Two Hearted Clone Attempt

This is my second beer that I have brewed and I figured I would give this recipe of Two Hearted Recipe that I found a try.

Here is the original
http://www.glutenfreehomebrewing.org/showrecipe.php?recipeid=20

I decided to give it a few modifications of basically just moving the hop schedule up a little.

Ingredients:
9 lbs Sorghum Syrup (prior to boil)
1 oz Centennial Hops (60 min)
1 oz Centennial Hops (30 min)
1 oz Centennial Hops (20 min)
1 oz Centennial Hops (10 min)
0.5 lb Table Sugar (5 min)
8 oz Maltodextrine (5 min)
1 pkg Nottingham
Dry Hopping:
1 oz Centennial Hops (secondary fermenter)
OG: 1.070

Boil Minutes: 60

Just put it into the primary on Monday July 1.

I've done a similar brew a few times with all centennial. It was a fantastic beer and with the ample availability of Centennial you can't go wrong.

Don't be scared to double your dry hop. The latest version from byo.com has a dry hop amount of four ounces. Here's a link http://i.imgur.com/bfITU9X.jpg

Awesome thanks! I'll prolly double it up then

More great info on Two Hearterd here

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f69/bells-two-hearted-ale-clone-close-they-come-91488/

Reracked into the secondary and dropped in 2 ounces of centennial..hopefully it turns out good!

Let us know how it comes out! I'm looking for a good GF recipe to try out in the next few weeks!

Yes, do tell us how it went. I LOVE Two Hearted Ale.

I'm really hoping you tell us that this turned out well. If so, this will be my next batch. Here's hoping!

Its been just over 2 weeks and still hasn't cleared up like my previous beer has(I left that in the secondary for 4 weeks) I'm anxious to try it as well but probably 4 weeks out from a solid taste test

I brewed 3 batches with the Nottingham and had problems with very slow fermentation with all of them. I did one batch with Windsor and accidentally fermented close to 80F and it turned out fine. I have had much better luck with Safale us-05.

Many people seem to have difficulty getting sorghum beers to clear. I never have, but it's possible that the storage conditions and age of the extract could be a factor. I've seen sorghum beers fermented by friends of mine that were totally opaque even after several months.

I would assume the beer would still be good if it was cloudy? I was gonna give it another month to see if that helped at all... It took awhile for a previous beer to clear up but it started it seemed like it changed over night(not literally)

Also I wonder if adding the hops in the secondary has anything to do with the clarity bc there is still some hops residue on the top. A friend suggested shaking it to mix it in better

Thoughts on that?

I wouldn't recommend shaking--you risk oxidizing the beer. Rack it again and cold-crash it if you can, that'll help settle out any remaining hop matter and might help it clear.

I thought oxidizing the beer might happened. Good thing I never listen to him. Dumb question but what do you mean by cold crashing it?

just what it sounds like, stick it in the fridge for a week, it'll help clear the beer.

Figured It was something along those lines thanks!

Appreciate you giving these updates! I'm still waiting to see what your verdict on the beer is.

I did give the carboy a gentle swirl(not shake) 2 days ago and after that a lot of the hops started to fall. I did that again this morning and more started to fall. Hopefully it will be cleared up next weekend and I can bottle it up!

Success!!! Not sure if it taste just like a two hearted but taste pretty good! I think I would add Irish moss to help with the clarity. Not fully carb yet need another week or so. Overall good and I would remake it!

Great to hear, man! That's definitely going to be my next GF recipe. I submitted the recipe I recently brewed, which also came out very well, which is elsewhere on this subforum.

Congrats!