Style: California Common
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.70
Hops
4.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.55
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.013
IBU 37
ABV 5.2%
SRM
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 1.12 g/L
Flavour 0.75 g/L
Aroma 1.02 g/L
Whirlpool 1.13 g/L
Dry Hop 1.43 g/L
Common Hops
- 66% Northern Brewer
- 15% Cascade
- 4% Magnum
- 3% Centennial
- 3% Crystal
- 3% Saaz
- 3% Citra
- 2% Chinook
- 2% Nugget
- 2% Perle
% of California Common recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 1.5 g/L
2020 0.61 g/L
2021 0.81 g/L
2023 1.43 g/L
2024 2.08 g/L
dated California Common recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 20% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 15% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 13% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L
- 12% Munich Malt
- 9% American - Caramel / Crystal 40L
- 9% Victory Malt
- 7% Cara-Pils/Dextrine
- 6% Chocolate Malt
- 6% American - Pale 2-Row
- 6% US - Pale 2-Row
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 25% California Lager (2112) Wyeast Labs
- 17% San Francisco Lager (WLP810) White Labs
- 12% California Lager (M54) Mangrove Jack's
- 6% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% Cablecar (L05) Imperial Yeast
- 2% California Ale (WLP001) White Labs
- 2% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 1% Nottingham Lallemand
- 1% German Ale (1007) Wyeast Labs
% of California Common recipes using each strain
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
Similar Styles
Most alike in strength, bitterness, colour, grist, hops and yeast.