RecipeDB - Nifty's California Common

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Nifty's California Common

Specialty - California Common
All Grain

Brewer's Notes

This is my submission to the Xmas in July Case.
O.G. was 1.050
F.G. was 1.012
ABV %5.06
Single infusion mash at 66 deg.
15g Northern Brewer FWH.
15g Northern Brewer 60 mins.
15g Northern Brewer 15 mins.
15g Northern Brewer 1 min.
The recipe was derived from reading up on the style in Ray Daniels book, Designing Great Beers and a lot of searching on the web. I still don't know how close I am to style but it tastes ok.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	3.5 kg	JWM Traditional Ale Malt
	2 kg	JWM Light Munich
	0.25 kg	JWM Crystal 140
	0.25 kg	Hoepfner Caramel Malt Light

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	15 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 1mins)
	15 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 15mins)
	15 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 60mins)
	15 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 75mins)

Yeast

100 ml

White Labs WLP810 - San Francisco Lager

Misc

0.5 tablet

Whirfloc

31L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.051 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.016 (calc)
• Bitterness 27 IBU
• Efficiency 83%
• Alcohol 4.53%
• Colour 19 EBC
• Batch Size 31L

Fermentation

• Primary 14 days
• Secondary 14 days