Two Hearted Ale Clone - Awesome..but cloudy!

[bmock79]

I just cracked the first one tonight, only eight days in the bottle, amazing!!! I did a side by side comparison, mine was a tad cloudy but the taste was awesome. This was my third batch and by far my favorite.

I am gonna try and hold off another 7-10 days before I throw the rest in the fridge.

Thanks for the recipe kneelb4zod, I will definitely be brewing this one again soon!!

Cheers

 

[ErkenneDichSelbst]

How are you chilling the wort before pitching, and how long is it taking?

 

[mellowtiger]

Thanks for the recipe kneelb4zod, I will definitely be brewing this one again soon!!

Cheers

No problem! Glad it turned out well. I'm sure that batch will get better in 1-3 weeks, if you can wait that long. I never bottled that recipe. I always keg it after 2 weeks in the secondary and it turns out great every time. It's so good that it never gets to age much longer than 4 weeks because the keg is gone by then. It's a great stand-by recipe to keep in your pocket.

If you liked that, I have a really good extract recipe for Ballast Point Sculpin that I bottled a few weeks ago that's phenomenal.

Rob

 

[bmock79]

How are you chilling the wort before pitching, and how long is it taking?

I chill using a 50 ft. immersion chiller, before I had that I did the old ice bath. I'd say it takes me 10-15 minutes to chill with the cooler but the water coming from the ground is still pretty chilly here in Ohio.

 

[bmock79]

No problem! Glad it turned out well. I'm sure that batch will get better in 1-3 weeks, if you can wait that long. I never bottled that recipe. I always keg it after 2 weeks in the secondary and it turns out great every time. It's so good that it never gets to age much longer than 4 weeks because the keg is gone by then. It's a great stand-by recipe to keep in your pocket.

If you liked that, I have a really good extract recipe for Ballast Point Sculpin that I bottled a few weeks ago that's phenomenal.

Rob

I'd love that recipe if you got it. Feel free to PM me or post it here.

Thanks!!!

 

[ttk420]

outstanding seeing this post. I just kegged my 2 hearted clone on sat night so I hope to be enjoying it by sunday. can't wait.

 

[kneelb4zod]

I'd love that recipe if you got it. Feel free to PM me or post it here.

Thanks!!!

Here you go man - it's not an exact recipe clone, but it's close. I bottled this batch in 22 oz. bottles and I'm glad I didn't keg it or it would be gone already. It's got everything - my favorite is the hints of grapefruit. It's delicious. If you like the Two Hearted clone you will love this one. I promise.

Ballast Point Sculpin Clone, or as I called it "Apex Predator IPA". It needed a name a little more intimidating than Sculpin IMHO simply because it's so bad ass. :rockin: My custom label for this batch is in the label section of the forum. It's not really a "double" IPA but I took creative license with that term. It's only about 6% ABV.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/sculpin-ipa-clone-label-230257/

7 lbs. Light DME

Grains:
1 lb. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt USA
10 oz. Cara-20 (Caravienne Malt Belgium)
1 1/2 lb. Crystal 10L

Hops:
2 oz. Amarillo
1 oz. Columbus
1 oz. Crystal
1 oz. Centennial
2 oz. Simcoe

Safale US-05 yeast

Hop additions are:
60 mins:
1 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Columbus
1/2 oz. Centennial
1/2 oz. Simcoe

30 mins:
1/2 oz. Crystal
1/2 oz. Centennial

1 min:
1 oz. Amarillo

Dry hop: 1.5 Simcoe, 1/2 oz. Columbus, 1/2 Crystal (spread out over last week before bottling/kegging)

My OG was 1.064, FG should be around 1.018. I let it sit in the primary for about a week, then in the secondary for another 2-3 weeks or so. I'd probably give it 3 weeks in the secondary, or if you don't use a secondary, then dry-hop it for a week after 3 weeks in the primary. You want the fermentation to be pretty much done when you start dry hopping so you get all that aroma from the hops.

This batch might cost a little, but I cannot get Sculpin in a sixtel in PA for under $125 or so. Good luck!

 

[Heavyfoot]

What's a sixtel?

 

[kneelb4zod]

What's a sixtel?

It's like a corney keg. 5 gallons, which is a bit smaller than a typical 1/4 keg. They sell them here in PA. A lot of microbrews only come in sixtels around here. They have a American sanke-type tap on them.

 

[Heavyfoot]

Interesting. Do they stay fresh for long? Seems kinda crazy to have to drop a hundred bucks to get a beer you want.

 

[mellowtiger]

Interesting. Do they stay fresh for long? Seems kinda crazy to have to drop a hundred bucks to get a beer you want.

An IPA should be fresh for about 6 months in a sixtel. I wouldn't buy anything older than 3 months or so. Most of the time the date the beer was kegged is stamped on the keg label somewhere. $100+ is uncommon unless you are looking at a brew that's not kegged in large quantities. Most of the Ballast Point beers are over $100 for a sixtel, as is Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA. I would say the average price for a decent sixtel is around $60-$80. An example would be Dogfish Head 60 min IPA, which is $83 where I shop.

 

[Heavyfoot]

Man I'm jealous of the selection you have. We've only got one microbrewery where I am. They make great beer but it would be nice to have more choices. I keep hearing people mention the same great beers on here and I can't get any of em. Not even the big craft breweries. No dfh, no Sierra Nevada, no bells, etc.

 

[ttk420]

well, my 2nd batch came out killer. it was the three hearted clone from northern brewer. I don't filter any of my beer so when I went to have my first pint from the keg, it was immediately clogged by hops. I took the keg apart and had the same problem again. I then took it apart again but this time bent my feed tube, carefully, and tried for the third time. a huge success. the beer is delicious and did a taste test with my wife with the two hearted. she said my home brew had more punch vs the super clean taste of the two hearted.
in other news, I just realized the other day I can get sixtels for my keezer now. I am pumped. I can get great lakes sixtels less then 1/4 mile from from my house.