Advent #13 "Endless Summer" California Common

[Hub Brewer]

Style: California Common Beer

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 41.00 l
Bottling Volume: 38.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 22.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 40.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 91.7 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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6.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) 73.2 %
0.94 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) 10.6 %
0.83 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) 9.3 %
0.41 kg Victory Malt (49.2 EBC) 4.6 %
0.20 kg Pale Chocolate Malt (430.0 EBC) 2.3 %
44.00 g Northern Brewer [9.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 23.9 IBUs
60.00 g Northern Brewer [7.80 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 13.1 IBUs
10.00 g Northern Brewer [9.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 2.7 IBUs
58.00 g Northern Brewer [7.80 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 1.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg San Francisco Lager (White Labs #WLP810) Yeast

Actual OG 1.053
FG 1.010
ABV 5.6% (plus a bit for bottling with sugar?)

Mashed at 67C. Stepped up a vial of WLP810 a couple times (no stir plate). Fermented at 17C.

[GuingesRock]

Love this. Excellent. I think it is bang on and well made. It seems to be all about alcohol for some reason ...Yum. Very smooth on the way down, why's my glass nearly empty already?

Thanks

[GuingesRock]

I saved Kathleen 2" only at the bottom of the bottle, couldn't help that, we all slip up sometimes, she says "Oh Mark that's brilliant, I'm not just sayin that, that's brilliant"

[jtmwhyte]

This stuff is great. Going down nice putting up the Christmas Tree

[mikeorr]

Very nice brew, I wish I had some more. Great job


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[LiverDance]

Nice beer. Well done

[pet lion]

Really balanced beer. Nice malt flavours with enough bitterness to match up.

[RubberToe]

Yeah that was really good.

[GillettBreweryCnslt]

Great beer! Good job Pete.

[Hub Brewer]

Thanks everyone. It's my go-to summer beer. Hadn't made it the same twice yet but I'll probably do this one again in the spring. Or I might dry hop it. Who knows?

[Keith]

Tasty beer. Shared it with a friend and we both enjoyed it.

[gm-]

Solid cali common, nice chocolate flavour and I always like the northern brewer hops

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Tasty

[jacinthebox]

Great brew...4 of us sampled and all enjoyed last night

Thanks for sharing

[CartoonCod]

Fantastic beer. Lots of fluffy long lasting head. Its got a rich full malt character with a perfect amount of bitterness to balance it. There is a nice almost minty hop character that pairs up nicely with the caramel and chocolate malt. I wouldn't just save this for the summer, I would have it on tap year round.

[chicanuck]

I love this style and this is a great example, smooth and balanced...really tasty beer.

[Woody]

Half with through this pint and really liking it. I can't say I'm surprised Pete it's so good. Thanks!

[Hub Brewer]

[mumblecrunch]

This was another really really good beer. I love Anchor Steam and a Cali Common is on my to-brew list, but I wonder whether I might rather make a batch of this than try to approximate the original. Got some interesting evergreen flavor notes, thought the bitterness was excellent and the carbonation spot-on.