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Author:

brewbrewbrewbrewbre

Boil Size: 11 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.053

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 58 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/24/2016 1:07 AM

Notes: Make Cream Ale to split to two fermentations - one ale yeast for Cream Ale Yeast, other California Lager Yeast to ferment at same temp (WLP810 or WYeast 2112). Style is cream ale with some common (steam) characteristics to go with the lager yeast.

Recipe to blend of both styles, include lighter crystal malt for toffee/honey flavor, some biscuitty-ness from biscuit malt. Mellow on specialty malts so nothing is overpowering, but builds in complexity.

Hop profile to include N Brewer (Pine/Herbal/Cedar) as a nod to the common style and some american hops (Ahtanum, Amaraillo, or Cluster) to bring some floral citrus/orange. Cluster for more earthy/floral/fruity or Amarillo for floral/citrus. Light hopping at end with a hopstand to round out lighter hop flavors on the palate.

Target a bitterness-to-starting gravity ratio (IBU divided by OG) of 0.6 to 1.0.
For flavor and aroma, add two or three later additions around 1⁄4 to 1/3 oz. per gallon (1 to 3 g/L).

Cream Ale
https://byo.com/mead/item/130-american-cream-ale-style-profile

California Common
https://byo.com/body/item/2123-california-common-style-profile

http://brulosophy.com/recipes/whatre-we-here-for/

If you want to create your own example of the style, but still do well in competition, the safe thing is to try to play off a characteristic of the Anchor example, such as emphasizing the toasty, biscuit, or caramel character. You can also experiment with different hops, but I would avoid trying to play with the fermentation profile too much, as it is an important part of this style.

Anchor’s mash schedule is a secret, although reportedly it starts at 140 °F (60 °C). Historical steam beer brewers supposedly used a mash temperature of 158 °F (70 °C). If you are trying to copy the Anchor example, I would start at 140 °F (60 °C) and then raise the mash for a rest at 158 °F (70 °C).

The only specialty malt you really need for California common is crystal malt. You want to build a gentle but clearly evident caramel flavor and color. Use a mid-color crystal malt between 30 and 70 °L for up to 10% of the grist. If you want to develop more of a toasty/biscuity character, you can add a small percentage (< 5%) of toasted malts, such as Victory, biscuit or even pale chocolate.

Author:

John Z.

Boil Size: 6.73 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/6/2022 2:20 PM

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Author:

Sean Dawson

Boil Size: 18.3 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/3/2022 5:44 AM

Notes: "Making a bold innovative" IPA with HBC 586 hops to honour the NexGen Nx586-133 CPU

"The Nx586 was a very bold, innovative design and pioneered the use of a RISC core to execute X86 instructions." - https://www.redhill.net.au/c/c-6.html

Author:

Boil Size: 25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 2.7

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/23/2020 6:11 PM

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Author:

Porschefile

Boil Size: 7.25 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.036

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/16/2019 1:48 PM

Notes: Add 21 grams sea salt at 10 min
Add 28 grams coriander at 10 min
Add some raspberries 5 min
Add more raspberries to fermenter at day 3

Author:

Trekker23

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 64 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/3/2017 4:36 PM

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Author:

Pumpkin Hill

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.041

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/30/2017 2:57 PM

Notes: Bottle conditioned with honey as the fermentable

Author:

Farger

Boil Size: 50 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 10.4

Efficiency: 83

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/13/2017 6:02 AM

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Author:

Greendoor

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.75

Primary Temp: 48 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/20/2017 4:07 AM

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Author:

ragingmoon

Boil Size: 6 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 54 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/18/2016 9:30 PM

Notes: Cool wort to 55 before pitching yeast.

Primary ferment at 53-55 for 1 week, re-rack and ferment 2 more weeks at 50-53. Bottle condition 3-4 weeks.

Author:

Wazza

Boil Size: 46 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/19/2013 10:16 PM

Notes: Yeast: 1000ml 10% DME @ 20oC for 48 hours.
Stirrer stopped 4 hours before pitching to settle cells and discard supernatant.

Strike water / temperature:
9.68kg grist @ 8oC
30lts @ 72.3oC to give mash at 65oC

Author:

Sáez & Son

Boil Size: 22 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11.9

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/25/2016 5:27 PM

Notes:

Author:

Midas Nanobrasserie

Boil Size: 27 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 22 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 1.25 bar

Creation Date: 5/23/2016 2:07 PM

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Author:

fabriciob9

Boil Size: 68 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.03

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 4

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 21 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/20/2016 1:31 PM

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Author:

ERoad

Boil Size: 3 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.104

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/11/2015 2:06 AM

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Author:

SeanKTM300

Boil Size: 94 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.037

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/19/2015 10:25 AM

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Author:

Bassline Brewers

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 74

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/12/2015 12:46 AM

Notes: Made a starter the NEW way. 4500ml of filtered water with 1# DME and it made a good amount of yeast. Only had a couple days for this one so we crashed it early and poured it off the day of the brew.

NO WATER TREATMENT!

First time with the new false bottom and so no underlayment present. Used the Brewers Friend calculator which said 166 for strike temp for a 153 rest - seemed to work pretty well.

Sparged well. First Runnings were 1.085 final were 1.010. Preboil gravity 1.057. Used about all of the 10g. sparge water this time.

Boiled 90 minutes w/ hop additions as shown. Chilled using an ice bath in the decoction boiler before the wort chiller. Was to save water, but I'm not sure it did. We heated a gallon of water in the HLT to push all the beer through the elongated path. This was OK, but then we couldn't collect the first 10g. of hose water in the HLT like usual. And the ice costs money, and we could have used two bags, etc. Maybe next time we just collect the chiller water in the big blue tub!

Pitched the yeast at 68°. Original gravity was around 1.065 so we boiled ~3 qts. of filtered water and let it cool to add to it. Added about 8 hours later. According to BF calculator this should bring it to 1.060. Good activity 8 hours later. Fermented out to about 1.012 in around 5 days - cold crashed for another 4 and then kegged with dry hops. Purged w/CO2 and bubbled up once it was sealed to 30#.

Pulled the dryhops after 5 days and tasted the drippings - very excited for this one! Excellent IPA - we are both Very happy. Hop nose is maybe our best. 7 out of 10 (Drakes) on a commercial scale maybe. Hop flavor is delicious and it is well balanced. May be our best IPA, although Mark still loves him some Texas Tea!

Author:

Brew Lab

Boil Size: 13 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 35

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: Extract

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/20/2015 9:40 PM

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Author:

casey langford

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: N/A

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/14/2012 3:13 AM

Notes: collected 5.5 gallons after boil, cooled to 70F and pitched wlp300. active fermentation withing 12 hours. crazy fermentation at ~1 day - had to switch to a blowoff tube because it was going nuts.

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