Recipes: California Common Beer

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Style Profile based on 210 recipes

OG

1.053

FG

1.014

IBU

37

ABV

5.2%

BU:GU

0.71

Hops

4.4 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 83% Base
  • 14% Toast
  • 9% Crystal
  • 1% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 71% Southern Brewer
  • 22% Northern Brewer (GR)
  • 18% Cascade
  • 3% Amarillo Gold
  • 3% Centennial
  • 3% Citra
  • 3% Simcoe
  • 3% Willamette
  • 2% Nugget
  • 2% Columbus

% of California Common Beer recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 30% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
  • 25% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 18% Munich Malt
  • 17% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
  • 14% Victory Malt
  • 10% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
  • 9% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
  • 9% Chocolate Malt
  • 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
  • 8% Vienna Malt

Colour = malt category ยท bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 37% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
  • 21% San Francisco Lager Yeast (WLP810) White Labs
  • 5% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
  • 5% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack
  • 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
  • 2% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
  • 2% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
  • 1% LalBrew Nottingham Lallemand

% of California Common Beer recipes using each strain