Today my wonderful wife passed her federal mortgage licensing exam and we went to a local steakhouse to celebrate. To my delight they had Bell's Two Hearted IPA on tap. I had heard alot about this beer here on the forum and it was very tasty, however prior to leaving for the steakhouse I drank one of these homebrew IPA's that are now bottle conditioned. IMO, and only in my opinion, I liked my homebrew better. I couldn't believe that because I was so excited in seeing the Bells on tap at first, and it was great, but mine was a sharper hop taste & aroma and I liked it more............so thank you so very much for this recipe, it is a keeper and I see why you have won medals with it.
mattyg said:This recipe sounds great & I will be attempting it this weekend. Any thoughts on what an addition of a little honey at flameout might do? Is that too weird?
If you brew, let me know what you think.
plainbrad said:I brewed this a while ago and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, who has had one, loves this beer. Thank you for the recipe.
I'm transferring this to a secondary and dry hopping tonite I'm anxious to taste the final product
guelerct said:Brewing this on Sat but will substitute Breiss for Rahr due to inventory...it should be dead on though, right?
MacAztec said:How long until my starter is ready? I did one vial of the California Ale in about 800mL of water, with 1/3-1/2 cup DME. It's been about 18 hours since I made the starter. Anyone?
MacAztec said:What if I let it go like 36 hours? Can I still use it?
Nemleu said:I’ve read yeast strains used have been WLP001, and Wyeast1056. Have any of you used US-05 with this beer?
Nemleu said:I’ve read yeast strains used have been WLP001, and Wyeast1056. Have any of you used US-05 with this beer?
dougmaher434 said:I just brewed an extract version of this beer. It turned out pretty good by the gravity turned out lower than I expected 1.060.
Grain:
9lb. Pale Malt Extract
4 oz. Wheat Malt Extract
Specialty Grains:
1 lb. Carapils
Hops:
30 Minute: 1.5 oz. Chinook, 2 oz. Cascades.
15 Minute: 2 oz. Cascade, 1 oz. Willamette
5 Minute: 1 oz. Willamette.
I will dry hop 14 days with 2 oz. Cascades
I used a starter of White Labs San Diego Super Yeast.
I almost decided to replace Willamette with Citra hops but couldn't find em' at my organic Homebrew store.
It's fermenting like crazy at 67 degrees.
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