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Continental Common
I wanted to brew a continental type lager,but living in Las Vegas I needed to use San Francisco Lager yeast. So I took a recipe for California Common changed the hops and fermented it in the garage at about 60 degrees.
| Brewer: | Johnnybob | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Continental Common | Style: | California Common | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 18 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.056 | FG: | 1.014 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.4% v/v (4.2% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Used bottled water with no treatment. | |||||||
| Grain: | 4 oz. American crystal 40L 4 oz. American crystal 60L 4 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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| Steep: | Steep all grains in 1 gal. of water @155 for 30 minutes. Sparge grain into boiling kettle with 1 1/2 qts. of 160 degree water. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.153 | 2 gallons | |||||
| 8 lb. Light malt extract | ||||||||
| Add 1 tsp. irish moss @ 15 min. Add 1 oz. Hallertauer hops during the last 2 minutes, allow to steep for 30 min. after boil is complete. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1.5 oz. Perle (8% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Perle (8% AA, 15 min.) 1.0 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 2 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Use: White Labs "San Francisco Lager Yeast" (WLP 810) | |||||||
| Log: | Primary ferment in garage at around 60 degrees (carboy/blowby tube). Rack to secondary when primary fermentation is complete. Secondary should take 10 - 14 days, depending on the temperature. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Bottle with 1 cup of dry malt extract. Allow bottles to condition at room temp. for a 10 days, then refrigerate for at least 21 days. | |||||||
Recipe posted 01/25/04.
