Martin's American Amber Ale Recipe Kit

Start your homebrewing hobby with an easy beer recipe. This American Amber Ale recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's American Amber Ale, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

American Amber Ale grew up alongside the pale ale on the West Coast, trading some of the pale's brightness for a deeper caramel malt core. The extra crystal malt gives it color and a toffee sweetness that stands up to a firm hop charge, making it the maltier, more balanced cousin of the APA.

The pour is amber to light copper and clear. Special B adds a raisiny depth beneath the caramel, while Centennial and Amarillo bring citrus and stone fruit on top. At around 5% it stays sessionable, and that malt-to-hop balance is what has kept drinkers on the style for decades.

What's In The Kit

Your American Amber Ale recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 8 lbs · Pale Malt (2 Row) US
• 1 lbs · Crystal 45 → we include Crystal 50
• 1 lbs · Victory Malt
• 8.0 oz · Special B

Hops

• 0.4 oz · Centennial (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · Amarillo (Boil, 10.0 min)
• 0.5 oz · Centennial (Boil, 5.0 min)

Yeast

• American Ale II (Wyeast Labs 1272) → we include LalBrew BRY-97 (West Coast Ale)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Crystal 50 in place of the recipe's Crystal 45. We stock dry yeast only, so LalBrew BRY-97 (West Coast Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's American Ale II (Wyeast Labs 1272).