Beer Style: California Common Beer
(7B)
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5 US gallons
I am please to say that I took third last year in the NHC with this one. :) I have a few suggestions added after the recipe/notes which I think would be improvments.
Med. amber color. Clean sweet taste. Hop very subtle. Quite close to Anchor Steam. Silver award from NHC! Favorite beer yet! Very quaffalbe.
Future changes: I would use cascade for flavor and aroma. Perhaps 1/2 oz for ten minutes and 1/2 oz for finish. That may be a bit much.
I might consider using a light malt extract, possibly upping the chyrstal, maybe not. The judges all said my beer was a little dark.
Original Gravity: 1.033
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
Starter made 2 days ahead instead of one. Steep grains for 30 minutes. Sparge into kettle. Boil extract and hops for 60 minutes.
Source: Gary Arkoff