More Beer’s California Common

(5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains)
OG = 1.050 FG = 1.013 IBU = 47 SRM = 12 ABV = 4.9%
Jason Petros, of Beer, Beer and More Beer, sent us his recipe for a California Common beer. The folks at “B3” — which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary — have contributed to BYO many times in the past. Colin Kaminski, a designer for B3, wrote “Your Indoor Brewery,” in the November 2002 issue of BYO and “How Clear is Your Beer” in the July–August 2002 issue.

Ingredients

7.0 lbs. (3.2 kg) ultra light liquid malt extract
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) crystal malt (60 °L)
10.2 AAU Northern Brewer hops (60 mins) (1.5 oz./43 g of 6.8% alpha acids)
6.8 AAU Northern Brewer hops (10 mins) (1.0 oz./28 g of 6.8% alpha acids)
1.0 oz. Northern Brewer hops (1 mins)
1 pkg Whirlfloc (15 mins) Wyeast 2112 (California Lager) or White Labs WLP810 (San Francisco Lager) yeast
1 cup corn sugar (for priming)

Step by Step

Steep grains at 152 °F (67 °C) for 30 minutes. Boil wort for 60 minutes, adding hops at times given. Ferment at 55–63 °F (13–17 °C).