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Have I told you before how much I love Centennial hops? You’re looking at 6.5 ounces of Centennials ready to do their job on ten gallons of Two Hearted IPA.
The brew day went well. The only thing out of the ordinary was my pump cavitating for a few minutes. Eventually it corrected itself [...]
One of the things I like to experiment with in my brewing is making single hop ales. It really allows you to see what a particular hop variety brings to an ale. To take this one step further (and feed my background as a former science teacher:), I like to take a recipe for a [...]
I put an ounce each of Amarillo and Centennial in each carboy this afternoon. The fermentation is all but done, and I want to get this ale dry hopped and kegged ASAP. It smells wonderful and has a dark red color.
The Two Hearted Ale clone should be ready to keg in the next couple days [...]
Yesterday’s brew day went well. I had the wort in glass by 2:00 p.m. It had a wonderful aroma from the 8 oz. of Centennial hops (imagine that smell while you watch the following move:).
When I got up this morning, the krausen was just about to shoot out of the blow-off tube, so the fermentation [...]
Last minute decision – time to brew an IPA! I recently found a clone recipe for Bell’s Two Hearted IPA and I’d like to give it a shot. I did mix it up a bit, by juggling the crystal malts and adding some corn sugar to dry out the ale. I’ll also be using White [...]
