A noble hop steam

[likwidbliss]

What do you think? Beginning now. Do hop additions look good? Should I have added some crystal grain?

Type: Extract
Date: 3/21/2010
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: ME
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
3 lbs 8.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 53.85 %
3 lbs Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM) Extract 46.15 %
0.25 oz Select Spalt [4.75 %] (60 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
0.25 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] (60 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
0.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (60 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
0.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (15 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.25 oz Tettnang [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
0.25 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] (15 min) Hops 2.1 IBU
0.25 oz Select Spalt [4.75 %] (15 min) Hops 2.1 IBU
1 Pkgs San Francisco Lager (White Labs #WLP810) Yeast-Lager


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[mkling]

I think this looks like a fine beer, but it looks nothing like a Steam, or California Common beer. You're beer is too pale to be a steam beer. It would need a malt bill that has some crystal & is more like a pale ale kind of grainbill.

This beer looks a lot like what I would imagine a Sam Adams Noble Pils recipe could look like, but with the steam beer yeast. If that's what you're going for, then I think it'll be great.

 

[likwidbliss]

I am a fan of California Common Beer and wanted to try a combo of the Sam Adams Noble pils as a CAlifornia Common. I did originally order 1 lb of crystal 20L from AHBS, however I accidently had it combined into another grain bill for an oatmeal stout. I opted to go without the grain

Other than crystal are there other grains to make it a California Common?

 

[Brewman79]

Wheres the Hersbrucker?Id add some for aroma