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Single Hop CA Common (Brewer's Gold)

Single Hop CA Common (Brewer's Gold)

California Common Beer • All Grain • 5.5 gal

nshack

I used Wyeast Bohemian Pils yeast and was surprised that it did CA Common so well. One of my favorite beers this year.

February 22, 2013 am 06:41am

5.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Medium Crystal Malt; Simpsons

    Medium Crystal Malt; Simpsons

    Ale colour and flavour adjustment tailored to requirement.

  • 12 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 0.25 lbs Aromatic Malt; Briess

    Aromatic Malt; Briess

    Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • .12 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 1 oz Brewers Gold - 9.3 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Brewers Gold

    Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor

  • 1 oz Brewers Gold - 9.3 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Brewers Gold

    Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor

  • 2 oz Brewers Gold - 9.3 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Brewers Gold

    Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor

  • Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager™

    Wyeast 2124 Bohemian Lager™

    A pilsner yeast from the Weihenstephen. Ferments clean and malty, with rich residual maltiness in full gravity pilsners.

Notes

12/22/12 Brew day. Grain crushed twice. No-sparge method in cooler with manifold. No mash out. Starch conversion done in 45 min. Mash water 160 F, mashed at 151-147. Runoff was 1.037 SG.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - California Common Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.049 1.048 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.011 - 1.014
Color: 13.4 SRM 10 - 14
Alcohol: 4.9% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 36.4 IBU 30 - 45

Discussion

nshack

I loved it, and so did others.

2013-03-25 7:44am

I used Wyeast Bohemian Pils yeast and was surprised that it did CA Common so well. One of my favorite beers this year. It did pretty well in a competition. The only flaws were in traces of diacetyl, which is typical for this yeast. I didn't detect it, and thought the beer was very tasty. I will certainly brew this again.

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