Description

This mini mash kit brews 19 litre of one of our favourite IPA’s, Two Hearted has regularly been voted as the best beer in the world by Rate Beer, and this moreish IPA fully deserves the award.

A classic West Coast IPA with lovely depth and warmth, well balanced bitterness combined with caramel notes.

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Ingredients Included

Crisp Caramalt (230 grams)
Centennial Pellets (170 grams)
SafAle™ US-05 11.5g (1 packs)
Premium Grade Light Liquid Malt Extract 3kg Pouch
Spray Dried Malt Extract – Light – 115g (1 packs)
Spray Dried Malt Extract – Light -1kg (1 packs)

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Method

Beer Style (main): American Ales
Beer Style (sub): American-Style India Pale Ale
Batch Size: 19L
Original Gravity: 1066
Final Gravity: 1012
ABV %: 7%
IBU: 60

THE MASH
Temperature °C: 71
Length (mins): 20

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 45

Additions and timing:

Place crushed grains in the hop sock provided and steep in 4L of water at 71 °C for 20 minutes in your brew pot.
Remove the grains and fill up your kettle to 13 L of water.
Bring to a boil and then remove kettle from heat and add malt extracts. Stir until dissolved and return kettle to heat and boil for 45 minutes. Add hops as follows:
45 min – 35g Centennial
30 min – 35g Centennial

Secondary additions and timing:

When the boil is complete, chill the wort to 20–23 °C. Fill your sanitised fermenter with 8 L of cold water and transfer chilled wort to fermenter.
Top the fermenter up to 21 L with cold water. Aerate wort and add yeast.
Place your fermenter in a temperature-stable place that is in the 20–23 °C range.
On day five of fermentation, add the 100g Centennial dry hop addition either directly into the fermenter or by transferring beer on top of dry hops in a secondary fermenter.

Yeast: US-05
Fermentation temperature/steps: 20-23C

Comments:

Bottle or keg after fermentation after 3 days on dry hops.