#20 AHS Fat Tire Amber Ale (New Belgium) (10B)

 Named in honor of New Belgium's co-founder's bike trip through Europe, Fat Tire Amber Ale marks a turning point in the young electrical engineer's home brewing. Belgian beers use a far broader palette of ingredients (fruits, spices, esoteric yeast strains) than German or English styles. Together with co-founder, Kim Jordan, they traveled around sampling their homebrews to the public. Fat Tire won fans with its sense of balance: toasty, biscuit-like malt flavors coasting in equilibrium with hoppy freshness.

BJCP Style 10B ABV 5.25 OG 1.051 FG 1.011 Calories 144 SRM 20.6 Grains 3 lb Extra Pale Extract 4 lb Amber Extract 6 oz Victory Malt 1 lb Munich Malt .5 lb Crystal 75L Hops-Bittering .75 oz Target Hops-Flavor .5 oz Willamette Yeast WLP051 California Ale V

#14/54 AHS Dos Equis Amber Lager (3A)

Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by the German-born Mexican brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The brand was named Siglo XX ("20th century") to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numeral for 20 ("XX"), thus "Dos Equis" which is Spanish for "two X."

"The Most Interesting Man in the World"

"I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."

"Stay thirsty, my friends."

BJCP Style 3A Date Brewed 41021 ABV 4.73 OG 1.049 FG 1.013 Calories 139 SRM 14.4

Grains  7 lb Extra Pale Extract 4 oz Malto-Dextrin 1 lb Vienna Malt 6 oz Crystal 20L Malt 1 oz Black Patent Malt  Hops-Bittering 1.25 oz Tettnang Hops-Flavor .25 Tettnang and .25 Saaz Yeast WL940 Mexican Lager Hops-Flavor .5 oz Tettnang Yeast WL940 Mexican Lager

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#13 Northern Brewer - Dry Dock Paragon Apricot Blonde (#13/56/105)

Blonde ale: pale, refreshing, balanced. Already a crowd-pleaser, but add in apricot and you’ve got one of Dry Dock Brewing Co.’s most popular beers. A very light, slightly sweet malt body is the foundation, accompanied by minimal hopping and classic American yeast. The secret here is using real apricot puree, which contributes fresh apricot flavor, additional body and a bit of fruity tartness. Some apricot extract added at bottling supports the flavor and extends it. The perfect end to a summer evening, or an excellent pair for a light almond pastry.

Northern Brewer - Dry Dock Paragon Apricot Blonde

BJCP Style 20 ABV 5.2 OG 1.055 Calories 160 SRM 8.1 IBUs 17 ABV 5.1%

Grains 6.3 lbs Gold Malt Syrup 1 lb Golden Light Dry Malt Extract 8 oz Briess Caramel 20L Hops-Bittering .75 oz Cascade Yeast Wyeast 1056 American Ale Secondary Apricot Puree

Dry Dock Brewing Company of Aurora CO is one of the hottest up and coming breweries in the US. In the 6 years that it has been open, it has racked up more than a dozen World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival medals, including Small Brewing Company of the Year. But to try one of their amazing brews you’d have to live in the tiny section of Colorado they cater to. Good thing for the rest of us Dry Dock has worked closely with Northern Brewer to develop these Pro-Series beer kits.  Northern Brewer sourced the same ingredients and kept all the recipe particulars the same, just scaled down to homebrew size.

Check out the Dry Dock Beer Menu

#10/40/51 Adventures in HomeBrewing - Utterly Good Milk Stout

Milk stout (also called sweet stout or cream stout) is a stout containing lactose, a sugar derived from milk. The lactose adds sweetness, body, and calories to the finished beer.

BJCP Style 13B ABV 4.46/3.68 OG 1.054 FG 1.026 Calories 154 SRM 24

Grains 5 lb Dark DME 8 oz Lactose 12 oz Crystal 120L 1 lb Chocolate 8 oz Flaked Barley Hops-Bittering 1 oz Northern Brewer or Perle Hops-Flavor .5 oz Fuggle or Kent Golding Yeast WLP001 California Ale

Utterly Good Milk Stout Kit from Adventures in HomeBrewing
Recipe

Check out beer advocates list of best commercial milk stouts

#09 Jay's - Blue Moon Clone

Check out Jay's Brewing in Manassas

This is a clone similar to Blue Moon Wheat Belgian Style Wheat Ale.  The beer is orange-amber in color with a cloudy appearance because it is unfiltered. Blue Moon has a more pronounced orange flavor than many other beers of the style, and also has a slightly sweet flavor. The grain bill for Blue Moon includes malted barley, white wheat, and oats.

BJCP Style 16A ABV 5.38 OG 1.051 Calories 144 SRM 4.4

Grains 1 lb Wheat Muntons DME 4 lb Extra Light Muntons DME 12 oz White Wheat Malt 8 oz Oats Flaked Hops-Bittering .25 oz Hallertau Hops-Flavor .25 oz Hallertau and .5 oz Coriander Yeast WLP400 Belgian Wit

Some weiss and hefeweizen beers are commonly served with a slice of lemon in North America.[citation needed] Blue Moon is traditionally served with a slice of orange, which its brew masters claim accentuates the flavor of the brew. Keith Villa admitted the orange slice garnish was mostly for attention-getting when Blue Moon is served in a bar.

#08/27/59/65/94 Austin - Samuel Adams Summer Ale (6D)

Great beer to start the summer.

Crisp and tangy with refreshing lemon peel and a hint of pepper from rare Grains of Paradise.  Golden, hazy, & thirst quenching, this American wheat ale balances bright citrus, Noble hops & spice for a lively brew that’s perfect on any summer day.

Sam Adams Summer Ale

BJCP Style 6D ABV 5.25/5.25 OG 1.052 FG 1.012 Calories 147 SRM 12.6

Grains Extract 7 lb Wheat Extract .5 lb White Wheat .5 lb 2-Row Malt Mini Mash 5 lb Wheat Extract 1.25 lb White Wheat 1.75 lb 2-Row Malt Hops-Bittering 1.5 oz Tettnang Hops-Flavor 1/2 oz Paradise Seeds 2 tbsp Lemon Zest Yeast WLP051 California Ale V

Austin Homebrew Supply - Sam's Summer Ale

#07 Austin - Left Hand Milk Stout

My favorite Milk Stout and one of my favorite beers.

Left Hand Milk Stout Bottle Label

Left Hand Brewing creates a number of great beers.  This one is my favorite.  Rate Beer list this beer as a 96 out of 100.  This beer is worth a try.

Check out the Left Hand Brewing - Milk Stout

Austin Hombrew Supply sells this as a kit.

Austin Homebrew Supply - Left Hand Milk Stout

BJCP Style 13B ABV 5.64/6.04 OG 1.064 FG 1.018 Calories 182 SRM 21.3

Grains 7 lb Amber Extract 1 lb Lactose 12 oz Munich Extract 12 oz Chocolate Malt 1 lb Black Roasted Barley 12 oz Crystal 60L Malt 10 oz Flaked Barley 8 oz Flaked Oats

Hops-Bittering .75 oz Magnum Hops-Aroma 1 oz Kent Golding Yeast WLP001 California Ale

#06 Austin - Negra Modelo (3A)

Clone from Austin Homebrew Supply 

The was my first Negra Modelo attempt.  I realized after this that I was going to try more varieties.  Check out a later attempt  Negra Modelo dark.

BJCP Style 3A ABV 5.78 OG 1.052 FG 1.008 Calories 146 SRM 13 Austin Homebrew Supply Mexican Amber Lager

Grains 7 lb Amber Extract 2 oz Chocolate Malt 6 oz Crystal 60L Malt 8 oz Vienna Malt Hops-Bittering (60 min) 1 oz Hersbrucker and .5 oz Tettnang Hops-Flavor (15 min) .5 oz Tettnang Yeast Wyeast 2124  Bohemian Lager Fermentation was at room temperature.  Looking forward to doing the next one as a Lager.

This has been a staple.  I make sure that I keep this on tap year round as it remains an easy drinking brew.  The room temperature fermentation tasted good, but all of my future brews were lagered.  

#05 Brewers Best - Irish Stout

Well not everything goes as planned.  The brewing was fine, but the keg still had the taste of root beer.  You win some, you lose some.  I was really looking forward to this one and was hoping that the root beer taste would go away.  This keg was tossed.

BJCP Style 13A ABV 4.73 OG 1.048 FG 1.012 Calories 136 SRM 40

Grains 3.3 lb. Dark LME 2.0 lb. Dark DME 8 oz Maltodextrin 12 oz Caramel 60L 4 oz Roasted Barley 4 oz Black Patent Hops ?? Yeast Nottingham Ale