Hello, everyone!
This Friday I will be making an assortment of purchases (payday!) that will culminate with me brewing my first all-grain batch of American IPA (Bell's Two Hearted clone) sometime next week. Hoooray! In the meantime, I've been scouring the internet and trying to decide on: 1. my final recipe and 2. the equipment + grains I need. I wanted to run this by the forum and get everyone's two cents!
The Recipe
My recipe is a mashup of a few different Bell's Two Hearted recipes I've come across online. I've based my decisions on recipes + comments they received. For those of you with experience brewing cloned Bell's or IPA's, please have a look at my recipe and tell me what you think, because as of now I plan to go forward with this...
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American IPA (Bell’s Two Hearted clone)
Batch Size (gallons): 5.5
OG: 1.062 — FG: 1.015
OG: 1.055 — FG: 1.014
IBU: 52.6
ABV: 7.0%
Boiling time: 60 min.
Mash: 150 degrees
Sparge: 75-90min (~ballpark)
Sparge: 6.5 gallons to start wort
Sparge: 1.5 gallons per 15 minutes
Grain Bill
- 10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US Grain 76.92 %
- 2 lbs Vienna Malt Grain 15.38 %
- 8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine Grain 3.85 %
- 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L Grain 3.85 %
Hop Schedule:
1.0oz@60 (Pellets)
0.7oz@20
1.0oz@15
1.0oz@5
1.0oz@1
1.0oz Dry Hop (Leaf)
Yeast: Safale US-05
Primary Fermentation: 4 weeks @ 65 degrees
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Commentary: Wanted to get your feedback on: my hop schedule + leaf dry hopping, the use of carapils and dextrine.
The Gear:
On Friday I was planning on purchasing the following gear: a pair of 10 gallon converted Igloo cooler Mash Tun with false bottom & HLT with the add-on sparge arm + tubing (link)
Wanted to get everyone's opinion on this. I'm also thinking about picking up:
- Carboy Cleaner (link) w/ drill
- A second carboy (6 gallons)
- Tincture of iodine
With the gear I have at home, this should be enough for me to brew my first all-grain batch (I hope). Just wanted to run this by the forum.
Thanks! :rockin:
This Friday I will be making an assortment of purchases (payday!) that will culminate with me brewing my first all-grain batch of American IPA (Bell's Two Hearted clone) sometime next week. Hoooray! In the meantime, I've been scouring the internet and trying to decide on: 1. my final recipe and 2. the equipment + grains I need. I wanted to run this by the forum and get everyone's two cents!
The Recipe
My recipe is a mashup of a few different Bell's Two Hearted recipes I've come across online. I've based my decisions on recipes + comments they received. For those of you with experience brewing cloned Bell's or IPA's, please have a look at my recipe and tell me what you think, because as of now I plan to go forward with this...
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American IPA (Bell’s Two Hearted clone)
Batch Size (gallons): 5.5
OG: 1.062 — FG: 1.015
OG: 1.055 — FG: 1.014
IBU: 52.6
ABV: 7.0%
Boiling time: 60 min.
Mash: 150 degrees
Sparge: 75-90min (~ballpark)
Sparge: 6.5 gallons to start wort
Sparge: 1.5 gallons per 15 minutes
Grain Bill
- 10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US Grain 76.92 %
- 2 lbs Vienna Malt Grain 15.38 %
- 8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine Grain 3.85 %
- 8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L Grain 3.85 %
Hop Schedule:
1.0oz@60 (Pellets)
0.7oz@20
1.0oz@15
1.0oz@5
1.0oz@1
1.0oz Dry Hop (Leaf)
Yeast: Safale US-05
Primary Fermentation: 4 weeks @ 65 degrees
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Commentary: Wanted to get your feedback on: my hop schedule + leaf dry hopping, the use of carapils and dextrine.
The Gear:
On Friday I was planning on purchasing the following gear: a pair of 10 gallon converted Igloo cooler Mash Tun with false bottom & HLT with the add-on sparge arm + tubing (link)
Wanted to get everyone's opinion on this. I'm also thinking about picking up:
- Carboy Cleaner (link) w/ drill
- A second carboy (6 gallons)
- Tincture of iodine
With the gear I have at home, this should be enough for me to brew my first all-grain batch (I hope). Just wanted to run this by the forum.
Thanks! :rockin:
