After suffering from "the plague", I'm feeling quite a bit better. (See my NyQuil thread for details.......)
Anyway, I decided that I feel well enough to brew. Because it's an impromptu brewday, I'm brewing without a starter for the first time in ages. I'm making California common today.
I crushed the grain, and will start heating the strike water once I rest up from the grain crushing.
Here's the recipe (taken from Brewing Classic Styles, for the most part):
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 73.56 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 11.49 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 9.20 %
10.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.75 %
0.75 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 21.0 IBU
1.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (15 min) Hops 18.7 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast-Lager
Anyway, I decided that I feel well enough to brew. Because it's an impromptu brewday, I'm brewing without a starter for the first time in ages. I'm making California common today.
I crushed the grain, and will start heating the strike water once I rest up from the grain crushing.
Here's the recipe (taken from Brewing Classic Styles, for the most part):
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 73.56 %
1 lbs 4.0 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 11.49 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 9.20 %
10.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5.75 %
0.75 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 21.0 IBU
1.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (15 min) Hops 18.7 IBU
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast-Lager