California Common (Anchor Steam)

[TheMumbler]

Recipe as here
The grain as poured grain rearranged slightly
mash, new ball valve to avoid mash out

I forgot to take photos of the hops and boil, nothing exciting although the hops (from themaltmiller) were very sticky and aromatic.

OG 1050 nice clear run off the trub

Not sure how much I got as it went in the bucket with no markings but I'd say 23-25l going from the level in the boiler, so pretty much on target.

[maxashton]

Looks brilliant! Om nom nom.

[lancsSteve]

oooh nice - and looks less disastrous in the documenting than in the event. So - that hole in the bucket with water coming out was fixed or previous brew?

Hope it's as good but maybe less peanutty than my california steam with recultured Robinson's yeast? Good beer - 'basic drinker' have the Michael Jackson Beer Hunter prog with his visit to Anchor Steam if you want to borrow it?

[TheMumbler]

The water pouring out was on the previous brewday when I discovered exactly how easy it was to knock the tap the came with the boiler off and pour 80*C water all over the place. I had to grind the hole a little bigger but that ball valve isn't going anywhere without some effort. The Burco needs a new tap now though.

[leedsbrew]

hope it turns out well matey1 I did one back in December that still needs a bit more cold conditioning!

I did

Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.000 kg 82.5 % 4.2 In Mash/Steeped
UK Munich Malt 0.500 kg 10.3 % 1.0 In Mash/Steeped
UK Medium Crystal 0.250 kg 5.2 % 5.2 In Mash/Steeped
UK Wheat Malt 0.100 kg 2.1 % 0.1 In Mash/Steeped


Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
German Northern Brewer 10.5 % 27 g 29.2 Loose Whole Hops All Of Boil
German Northern Brewer 10.5 % 15 g 8.3 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
German Northern Brewer 10.5 % 25 g 0.0 Loose Whole Hops At turn off



Yeast
White Labs WLP810-San Francisco Lager

Not too far from the mark!

[TheMumbler]

The finished article

Label inspired by Fable3. Picture nabbed from t'interwebs


No sign of peanut in the taste, quite quaffable. I think it is not a million miles away from anchor steam. I should probably do a side by side comparrison to see how close I am