Tonedef131
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- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- California Lager
- Yeast Starter
- 2L
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 11
- Original Gravity
- 1.055
- Final Gravity
- 1.013
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 32
- Color
- 11.5
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 days @ 60F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- don\'t you dare
- Tasting Notes
- Carmelly and toasty with a big Northern brewer presence
This recipe tied the points for Amber Hybrid first place in the 2009 HBT BJCP competition, but YooperBrew beat me out by intangibles and won the category (argh this happened to me twice in the comp
). This is MK II of my steam beer recipe and it is the same for the most part but I made some tweaks on the recommendations of scoresheets I got from the first recipe and personal preference. The first time I made it I think it had to much caramel malt and that muted the dry breadiness that is so great about Anchor Steam. I was not trying to clone Anchor exactly, but all California Common beers are somewhat of an Anchor clone. If you get too much out of the Anchor archetype you are just making an American Amber/pale with Northern Brewers. Anyway, this time I reduced the caramel a bit and added some Victory to increase the toastiness. I am quite happy with the results, however next time I might bump the fermentation back up to the 63 range to add a bit more yeast character.
Steam Beer
California Common Beer
Type: All Grain
Date: 7/16/2009
Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Brewer: Kyle Alberda
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
16.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.19 %
2.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 9.52 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.00 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
2.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (60 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (20 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
3 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) [Starter 2000 ml] Yeast-Lager
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.48 %
Bitterness: 32.1 IBU
Calories: 245 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.5 SRM
60 min Mash at 154.0 F
Steam Beer
California Common Beer
Type: All Grain
Date: 7/16/2009
Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Brewer: Kyle Alberda
Boil Time: 60 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
16.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.19 %
2.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 9.52 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.00 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.76 %
1.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
2.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (60 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (20 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [7.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
3 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) [Starter 2000 ml] Yeast-Lager
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.48 %
Bitterness: 32.1 IBU
Calories: 245 cal/pint
Est Color: 11.5 SRM
60 min Mash at 154.0 F