🍺 Top-down Brew: Bell's Two-Hearted Ale Clone

Recipe Variables

Enter the parameters

Variations

For steeped grains plus malt extract:

  • Delete the two-row and the pale ale malt lines.
  • For liquid malt extract, add sugar: Liquid light malt extract, 96, 5, 76
  • For dry malt extract, add sugar: Dry light malt extract, 96, 3.5, 96
  • Set the mash efficiency variable to 55% (eff: 55) for steeping.

The metric dry hop dosage rate is 5.2 g/l.

Explore other malts, sugars, and hops

← Click here when the data entry is done.

Results

Notes

Bell's Two Hearted Ale is a highly regarded American IPA. This beer is known for using only Centennial hops.

This recipe is based upon an article authored by John Mallett in Zymurgy magazine, with input from David Curtis and Ryan Kramer of Bell's General Store. BYO magazine published a very similar recipe. The Bell's Store also has a clone kit available for sale.

The dry hopping process is critical. The recipe notes are to start dry hopping one week into fermentation for a one week period. Packaging processes that minimize oxygen exposure are beneficial for keeping hop flavors and aromas.

The closest yeast choice for Bell's cloning would be Imperial A62 - Bell's House Yeast. An alternative would be a neutral American ale yeast.

References

Mallet, J. (n.d.) Bell's Two Hearted Ale. Zymurgy

Rodammer, N. (2018, December). For whom the Bell's pours, BYO, 63.