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calvey [Visitor] — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:52:04 +0000

Here is my recipe from Brew365.com

A bit more complicated than yours, but for what it's worth:

All Grain Recipe - Bells Two Hearted IPA ::: 1.064/1.012 (5.5 Gal)
Grain Bill (75% Efficiency assumed)

10 lbs. - 2 Row Pale Malt
2 lb. - Vienna Malt
1/2 lb. - Caramel/Crystal Malt (15L)
1/2 lb. - CaraPils
Hop Schedule (47 IBU)

1/2 oz. - Centennial (60 min.)
1/2 oz. - Centennial (45 min.)
1/2 oz. - Centennial (30 min.)
1/2 oz. - Centennial (15 min.)
1/2 oz. - Centennial (flameout)
1 oz. - Centennial (Dry Hop)
*optional*
If you like a bit more hop, use 1/2 oz of Centennial as a First Wort Hop addition
Yeast

Wyeast American Ale II Yeast (#1272) - 1800 ml starter
Mash/Sparge/Boil

Mash at 153° for 60 min.
Sparge as usual
Cool and ferment at 65° to 68°
Notes

Let this one clear nicely, drink fresh.

In response to: Bell's Two Hearted Ale - Tasting & Recipe

Mike Flaminio [Member] — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:15:38 +0000

calvey -- I saw yours in my research. Thanks for sharing! ;)

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Bill [Visitor] — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:43:38 +0000

Thanks for all the research!

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Mitch [Visitor] — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:41:14 +0000

Great research. I look forward to hearing how the recipe turns out.

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Mat [Visitor] — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:50:45 +0000

Any update on how this turned out? This would also be on my short list of greats and I would love to brew this.

In response to: Bell's Two Hearted Ale - Tasting & Recipe

Mike Flaminio [Member] — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:21:10 +0000

Matt -- not yet. I've got a bottle of THA waiting for me. I've been letting the beer mellow out a bit, and I need the time to sit down and enjoy a couple glasses of IPA. :)

Off the bat, I would say it's lacking some aroma. So, I might suggest bumping up the dry hop to 2oz, if you got it. It also seems to have a punch of hop flavor, which is good, might might be too strong, so I might move the 20 minute addition back to 15, and/or stick another addition in at 5 minutes.

I'm planning to do an Amarillo version of this with Summit at bittering, so I'll get to this soon and report back.