Trouble Deciding

[pmolou]

ok so my birthdays coming up and will be brewing a beer for it and just can't decide which one out of these 3
Fat tire BYO's clone
Red Tail Ale BYO's clone
or Classic left coast pale ale

any help on which tastes best... might brew 2 of them
heres the recipes in case


Red Tail Ale
(5 gallons, extract with specialty grain)
OG = 1.052 FG = 1.016 IBUs = 28 to 30


Ingredients:

• 1 lb. caramel malt (60 Lovibond)
• 0.5 lb. victory malt
• 3 lbs. Briess unhopped amber dried malt extract (DME)
• 2 lbs. Briess unhopped light DME
• 4 AAU Cluster hop pellets (1/2 oz. of 8% alpha acid)
• 4 AAU Cascade hop pellet (1 oz. of 4% alpha acid) 30min
• 1 oz. whole Cascade hops (flame out)
• American ale yeast (Wyeast 1056 or White Labs WLP-001)
• 1 cup Briess unhopped light dried malt extract (DME

Fat Tire Amber Ale OG = 1.050 FG = 1.011 IBUs = 16
(5 gallons, extract with grains)


Ingredients:

• 5 lbs. Laaglander plain extra-light DME
• 0.50 lb. crystal malt (20 Lovibond)
• 0.50 lb. crystal malt (40 Lovibond)
• 0.50 lb. carapils malt
• 0.50 lb. Munich malt
• 0.50 lb. biscuit malt (0.25lbs)(changes)
• 0.50 lb. chocolate malt (1oz)(changes)
• 3 AAUs Willamette pellet hops (0.66 oz. at 4.5% alpha acid)
• 1.33 AAUs Fuggle pellet hops (0.33 oz. at 4% alpha acid)(30)
• 2 AAUs Fuggle pellet hops (0.50 oz. at 4% alpha acid)(10mins)
• 1 tsp. Irish moss
• 2/3 to 3/4 cup corn sugar to prime

Classic Left Coast Pale Ale
By Phil Montalbano, brewer extraordinaire

A primer for the Broken Hydrometer contest/party V. This is a great version of the typical Sierra Nevada clone. I've substituted my current favorite-new-cause Amarillo hops for Cascade. Try it, you'll like it. And, unfortunately, so will your friends.

Extract Version
6# Light DME or 7# Light LME

250grams British Caramalt 11L
350grams Crystal 60L

1 oz. Amarillo/Simcoe/Cascade :: Boil 60 minutes
1 oz. Amarillo/Simcoe/Cascade :: Last 15 minutes of boil
1 oz. Amarillo/Simcoe/Cascade :: Final 1 minute (or better yet dry hop in secondary for 7 days)

1 Whirlfloc tab in last 15 minutes of boil

White Labs California Ale/Wyeast American 1056

 

[raven19]

Fat Tire gets my vote.

If I am reading the recipe correctly, do you have almost 40% specialy malts in this one? Will this be too overpowering?

2c, (or probably less in my case!)

 

[pmolou]

Fat Tire gets my vote.

If I am reading the recipe correctly, do you have almost 40% specialy malts in this one? Will this be too overpowering?

2c, (or probably less in my case!)

yer thats what i was thinking sorta why im asking to get advice, my bdays only a month away also so im guessing that one might need time to age

 

[pmolou]

anyone advice on which ones best

 

[Quintrex]

anyone advice on which ones best

For a party smasher I'd just go the left coast pale ale, if you've only got a month this one will be least likely to need much aging.