Style: California Common

All Styles

Style Profile

BU:GU

0.70

Hops

4.7 g/L

Mash pH

5.55

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.048 1.054
1.053
FG
1.011 1.014
1.013
IBU
30 45
37
ABV
4.5% 5.5%
5.2%
SRM
9 14
Typical Grain Bill

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

Common Additions

% of California Common recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

Hop Usage by Addition Type

g/L · median with IQR range

Bittering
0.53 g/L 1.36 g/L
1.12 g/L
Flavour
0.53 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.75 g/L
Aroma
0.62 g/L 1.36 g/L
1.02 g/L
Whirlpool
0.55 g/L 1.36 g/L
1.13 g/L
Dry Hop
0.66 g/L 1.5 g/L
1.43 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2019
1.5 g/L 1.5 g/L
1.5 g/L
2020
0.46 g/L 1.24 g/L
0.61 g/L
2021
0.81 g/L 0.81 g/L
0.81 g/L
2023
1.43 g/L 1.43 g/L
1.43 g/L
2024
1.45 g/L 2.7 g/L
2.08 g/L

dated California Common recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

Mash Profile
  • 84% Single Infusion
  • 12% Step Mash
  • 4% Decoction

% of California Common recipes with mash data

Typical Water Profile
  • 75 ppm Ca²⁺
  • 5 ppm Mg²⁺
  • 15 ppm Na⁺
  • 75 ppm Cl⁻
  • 80 ppm SO₄²⁻
  • 100 ppm HCO₃⁻

median across recipes with a declared water profile

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