california common recipe?
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LordHedgie
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Sure, lots of folks have made them. Here's a simple extract recipe I used on my last one -- you can take out the smoked malt and reduce the ABV a bit if you want to be more true to style.
Steampunk
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Style: California Common Beer
Batch: 5.00 galPartial Mash
Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.074 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 30 IBU
Recipe Color: 11° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.019
Alcohol by Volume: 7.2%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.6%
Ingredients
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Cherrywood Smoked Briess Malt 2.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Light D.M.E. 7.00 lb, Extract, Extract
Cascade 0.50 oz, Whole, 2 minutes
Perle 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
California Lager yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast, Wyeast 2112
Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Mash grain as normal, boil for one hr with DME and Perle hops. Add Cascade hops at 2 min. Better with 2 weeks secondary, preferably at 50' if possible.
Batch Notes:
Tastes very smoky, with a sweet apply aftertaste. Color is light and creamy.
Steampunk
---------
Style: California Common Beer
Batch: 5.00 galPartial Mash
Characteristics
---------------
Recipe Gravity: 1.074 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 30 IBU
Recipe Color: 11° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.019
Alcohol by Volume: 7.2%
Alcohol by Weight: 5.6%
Ingredients
-----------
Cherrywood Smoked Briess Malt 2.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Light D.M.E. 7.00 lb, Extract, Extract
Cascade 0.50 oz, Whole, 2 minutes
Perle 1.00 oz, Pellet, 60 minutes
California Lager yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast, Wyeast 2112
Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Mash grain as normal, boil for one hr with DME and Perle hops. Add Cascade hops at 2 min. Better with 2 weeks secondary, preferably at 50' if possible.
Batch Notes:
Tastes very smoky, with a sweet apply aftertaste. Color is light and creamy.
HI_SALENITY
Well-Known Member
I started one 1-1-10
I am calling it "beer 10" as it's my first beer of 2010.
I am calling it "beer 10" as it's my first beer of 2010.
HI_SALENITY
Well-Known Member
My bad too 
LordHedgie
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Whoops, totally missed that. That's what I get for being a fan of the "unanswered threads" button.
I can't help but think it would still come out fine, but I've can't say I've made a gluten-free California Common.
I can't help but think it would still come out fine, but I've can't say I've made a gluten-free California Common.
Conodor
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*sorry missed the Glutton Free, but i left it for others who might be interested.
http://legacy.northernbrewer.com/docs/kis-html/1303.html
I photocopied this and took it to my LHBS and it turned out great. Better after 3 months, 4 months everyone wanted more when the keg was blowing foam.
http://legacy.northernbrewer.com/docs/kis-html/1303.html
I photocopied this and took it to my LHBS and it turned out great. Better after 3 months, 4 months everyone wanted more when the keg was blowing foam.
If you go to www.thebrewingnetwork.com, there is a podcast on making
that style:
http://thebrewingnetwork.com/shows/The-Jamil-Show/California-Common-The-Jamil-Show-07-31-06
Not a gluten recipe, though, sorry.
Jim
aggieotis
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Actually, it IS a gluten recipe...just not a gluten free one though.
midfielder5
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the Cal. Common Steam beer style is premised on using lager yeast (Wyeast or WL Cal/SF Lager), specific fermentation temps (~58- 65 degrees) and specific hops (N.Brewer mostly).
*not sure if you can use liquid yeast b/c they might use gluten. check with them.
*not sure if you can use liquid yeast b/c they might use gluten. check with them.
