Never aimed at any particular brands via recipe, but am getting some good kit+extract+hops "American" pale ales lately.
This is from the ratebeer.com entry for Atomic Pale Ale:
"Some research suggests the hops are Citra, Ahtanum and Centennial hops - to me they tasted much like the hops in James squires 150 lashes, which I believe are Nelson Sauvin and Amarillo hops"
So ... Get a generic low-IBU kit, like Coopers lager.
US-05 yeast (or the kit yeast if it's worth saving $4.90 over the price of 2 and a half cartons of beer).
Chuck in a kilo of dry malt and 300g dex + 200g maltodextrin, or alternatively, half a box of Brew Enhancer 1 (which is just 60/40% dextrose/maltodextrin).
Use the kit and extract recipe creator spreadsheet-o-matic to calculate your hop additions. Go for an IBU of 30-35ish. Then brew and drink and tweak and brew and drink and tweak and brew and drink and ....