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I modified this recipe by JJJ to be more like: http://gluttoncooking.blogspot.com/2012/03/two-hearted-ale-how-to-culture-yeast.html Also, this is very similar to this recipe (Bells Two Hearted Clone) at: https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/bells-two-hearted-clone-10 Bottled 68 deg 5 gal 4 oz. corn sugar One hour mash @ 152 degrees with 1.5quarts per pound of grain Single batch sparge @ 170 degrees (180 degree water added) ——————————————————————— From Bell’s: http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/info/2 ABV: 7.0% OG: 1.064 Hopped exclusively with the Centennial hop varietal from the Pacific Northwest, massive additions in the kettle and again in the fermenter lend their characteristic grapefruit and pine resin aromas. ——————————————————————— 11/8/2019 8:00pm (Fri), I boiled 1 qt of water with 4oz of Ligth DME for 10+ minutes, and placed in 4 qt Erlynmeyer flask with Wyeast California Ale yeast. I occasionallu stirred the flask. 11/10/2019 (Sun) Mash Start 12:06pm @ 152.4F with 20qts (5gal) of 170F strike water (Outside temps was 52F) (Strike Temp 170F, water in Tun 164.5F, after dough in 152.4F) Mash End 1:06pm @ 152.1F Batch sparge for 15 minutes with 4 gallons of 180F strike water, after doughin 167F Mash 1st runnings OG = 1.081 (1.065 @ 144F) 3.0 gallons [243 pts] 5 gal in and 3.1 gallons Out for 1st runnings Mash 2nd runnings OG = 1.034 (1.016 @ 149F) 4.2 gallons [142.8 pts] [81pts x 3.0g + 34pts x4.2g = 385.8 points (calculated] Combined OG in boil pot before boil started: OG = 1.056 w/7.2g (1.042 @ 138F) [56ptsx72.4g = 403.2pts] 60 min boil from 2:20pm-3:20pm OG = 1.068 (1.067 @ 71F) in 5.2 gallons (includling 1L starter) Pitched 1 qt WYeast Cali Ale yeast starter @ 6:45pm on 11/10/2019 (Sun) This beer fermentation is going very wel by the next morning. 11/17/2019 (Sun) Intermediate gravity 1.015 (1.014 @ 67F) 11/29/2019 Fri) After 12 days in primary. Racked 5 gallons to secondary and added 2 oz of Centennial hops to fine grain hops sack. 12/4/2019 @ 7:00pm (Wed) Removed hops 12/4/2019 12:00pm After 5 days in the secondary Boiled and added 4.0 oz of corn sugar -------------------------------------------------- FG = 1.013 (1.012 @ 70F) 55 * 12oz bottles Bottled labeled: THA Est ABV = 7.3% OG-FG, 1.065-1.009 = 7.4% ABV I washed, sanitized, and ran bottles through the dishwasher on the anti-bacterial setting.