In this post, we’re going to offer some possible beers that you can brew. We can’t do them all, so we’re posting just a couple of styles. The other thing that we’re going to do is stick to ales, since lagers are a bit of a different animal. Additionally, we are assuming that you’ve decided to do a partial grain-type recipe, so you will get need some specialty grains if you want to use these recipes. Seeing as how our next post is about what to do on brew day, we thought that you might like something with which to brew.

There are plenty of homebrewing recipes out there, so you can always dig something else up. We have also avoided giving instructions on how to do this because it is posted in the next articles, so these are strictly ingredients lists. Also, we’re not giving any gravity readings on these brews. These are two recipes that I made up, so enjoy and feel free to use them if you like how they come out.

Mike’s Milk Stout

• 16 ounces Chocolate Malt
• 8 ounces Roasted Barley
• 16 ounces Caramel Malt (medium to dark)
• 3.3 pounds Dark Malt Syrup (no hops added)
• 2 pounds dark powder (dried) malt extract
• 1 pound light powder (dried) malt extract
• 12 ounces lactose
• 8 ounces malto-dextrin
• 1 ounce Nugget, Target, or Chinook Hops
• 2 teaspoons of Irish Moss (last 15 min of boil for picking up larger bunches of protein)
• 1 pack of Irish Ale Yeast (drier and nuttier) or Kolsch Ale Yeast (cleaner and smoother)

Not an American Pale Ale

• 3.3 pounds of English light liquid extract
• 12 ounces of dark caramel or crystal malt
• 2 pounds light malt extract
• 4 ounces malto-dextrin
• 1 package of burton water salts (if you can get them)
• 1 pound invert sugar
• 2 teaspoons Irish moss
• 1 ounce Challenger or Cluster hops (for bittering)
• 1 ounce Kent Goldings (aroma)
• 1 package of Whitbred Ale Yeast

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