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San Francisco Amber

San Francisco Amber

California Common Beer • Partial Mash • 5 gal

Chris Olson

February 8, 2002 pm 09:07pm

0.0/5.0 0 ratings

Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 1 lbs American Vienna

    American Vienna

    Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.

  • 1 lbs American Munich

    American Munich

    Munich Dunkels. Adds color/nutty flavor. Sometimes called Aromatic.

  • 1 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

    In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.

  • 6 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1.5 oz Northern Brewer - 7.2 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 1 oz Goldings - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • 1 oz Goldings - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • 1.5 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP810 San Fransisco Lager

    White Labs WLP810 San Fransisco Lager

    This yeast is used to produce the "California Common" style beer. A unique lager strain which has the ability to ferment up to 65 degrees while retaining lager characteristics. Can also be fermented down to 50 degrees for production of marzens, pilsners a

Notes

Hops were very old, so didn't give much aroma. Beer turned out quite good, although next time I'd add a little less bittering hops.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: B - California Common Beer

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.054 1.048 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.011 - 1.014
Color: 7.3 SRM 10 - 14
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.5% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 48.8 IBU 30 - 45

Discussion

schmerd

Best Ever

2002-02-24 6:33am

I've been drinking this batch for a few weeks now, and it's definitely my best ever. The hops are actually perfect for the style. The key to a good Steam beer is accurate fermentation temperature control. I kept this at 60 for 2 weeks then racked to secondary for 1 week, then bottled.

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