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#31 – California Common

#31 – California Common

Based on a mix of No. 4 Shay Steam from How to Brew and Uncommonly Lucky from Brewing Classic Styles

Stats:

  • 5 gal
  • OG: 1.055
  • FG: 1.021
  • ABV: 4.45%

Ingredients:

  • 6 lb Mutons Plain Light DME
  • 0.75 lb Crystal 40
  • 0.5 lb Victory 28
  • 0.25 lb Malodextrin Powder
  • 2 oz Northern Brewer @ 7.5%, 1 oz @ 60 min, 0.5 oz @ 15 min, 0.5 oz @ 1 min
  • WLP810 S.F. Lager Yeast

Steps:

  • Steeped crystal and victory in 154F 2.5 gal H2O for 30 min.
  • Boil 1h, splitting the malt with 3 lb at 60 min and 3 lb at 15 min “knockout”. By adding some later, the beer should stay lighter with less caramel flavor.
  • Cooled and strained into primary fermenter. Added cold water to 69F. Stirred to aerate and pitched yeast.
  • Kept upstairs for 6h to get fermentation started then moved to ~60F basement
  • 6/17/21 – Racked to Keg. Seems like maybe didn’t get a full fermentation. Beer tastes good. Tastes a bit like an english bitter. Malty plus hop notes. Carbonated to 2.8 L CO2.
  • Enjoyed by many this summer!