It's no surprise that Michigan's most coveted and well-known beer, Bell's Two Hearted Ale, is one of the most popular recipes we put together for customers in the shop. So we made it into a nice little kit to share with the rest of the internet.
If you're not familiar with this popular IPA, it is a classic American IPA that helped shape the entire style and culture around American-style IPAs. The blend of base malt builds a clean malty backbone to allow the hops to really shine, and a pinch of light caramel malt keeps it balanced, not sweet. Hopped entirely with Centennial hops, this beer exudes resinous pine and grapefruit / citrus notes.
Malts | 10 lbs. Briess 2-Row malt 3 lbs. Biress Pale Ale malt 8 oz. Briess Caramel 40L malt |
Hops | 1.25 oz. Centennial hops @ 45 min 1.25 oz. Centennial hops @ 15 min 3.5 oz. Centennial hops dry hop |
Yeast | Lallemand LalBrew BRY-97 Omega OYL-004 WLP001 Wyeast 1056 |
Yield | 5 Gallons |
Original Gravity (OG) | 1.065 |
Final Gravity (FG) | 1.011 |
ABV. | 7.0% |
IBU | 60 |
SRM | 6.0 |
Efficiency | 72% |