Had a pile of Centennial from the last group buy and although I have never tasted the original the clone seems to get good review on other boards, so decided i'd give it a lash.
It was my first time using liquid yeast and therefore a starter too. Only realised after I had ordered it that WLP001 is the same strain as US05 but sure I had to try it sometime.
Did a one litre starter 2 days before brew day.There was no visible activity at all in the jar but I had read that this did not mean there was nothing happening. I put it into the fridge for the yeast to fall out and was going to decant but when I checked on it again a few hours later there was significant krausen! Anyone else had a starter kick off in the fridge? I would have assumed the cold would have begun to put them to sleep.
Anyway, all went well, pitched the whole litre and it was bubbling after 4-5 hours.
Bells 2 Hearted
Estimated Original Gravity (OG): 1.065 (°P): 15.9
Actual OG: 1.056
Estimated Final Gravity (FG): 1.016 (°P): 4.1
Est. Alcohol (ABV): 6.39 %
Colour (SRM): 7.4 (EBC): 14.6
Bitterness (IBU): 62.0 (Average)
65.22% Liquid Malt Extract - Light
21.74% Vienna
6.52% Carapils (Dextrine)
6.52% Crystal 20
25g Centennial (13% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
25g Centennial (13% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
25g Centennial (13% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
25g Centennial (13% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil)
25g Centennial (13% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)
BIAB'd the grain at 66°C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes
Fermening at 20-21°C with WLP001 - California Ale
I drink Two Hearted by the gallon whenever I' home in Detroit. I'd love to try a bottle or two to compare if you can get it to Ennis. Would be happy to swap a couple bottles of my brew.
My dad did a Two Hearted clone that was v similar to yours and it worked really, really well. About 85-90% similar to the original.
Well it's still to be bottled but i'm sure we can work something out. Would like to get a review from someone that knows the original.