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24 Hour Common

Vital Statistics: Batch Number: 74 Style: California Common Brew Date: 15 May 2013 Original Gravity: 1.034 (8.54 °Plato) Final Gravity: 1.004 (1.03 °Plato) ABV: 3.9% ABW: 3.1% Calories per pint: 145 Estimated IBU (Rager): 36.1 Estimated IBU (Tinseth): 30.8 Mash Temperature: 148° Mash Efficiency: 93% Days in Primary: 8   Days in Secondary: 0 (kegged on 23 May 2013) Ferm. Temp. Notes: 66-70° Yeast Used: 2112 California Lager Apparent Attenuation: 88% Real Attenuation: 72% Rating: 3.75 Entirely Consumed: Yes (finished 13 July 2013) Availability: 51 days	Recipe: 5.5 lb 2-row pale malt 5 AAU (14g @ 10.1% AA) Northern Brewer @ 60 5 AAU (14g @ 10.1% AA) Northern Brewer @ 15 5 AAU (14g @ 10.1% AA) Northern Brewer @ 5 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15 Wyeast 2112 - California Lager
General Notes:
Tasting Notes: Tasting notes taken 12 June 2013, 20 days after kegging. Dispensed from kegerator into a pint glass. Appearance: light golden hue with a touch of haze and a light effervescence. Head poured several fingers of frothy white foam due to a little overpressurization in the keg. The head has good retention, though, with plenty of chunky lace sticking to the glass. I like it. (4) Smell: a moderately grainy malt character and light dose of piney hops work well here. It's pretty good, stylistically, although I would say aroma intensity is a bit too low; this may have something to do with its relatively low gravity. (3.5) Taste: grainy malt with a hint of sourness and a moderate bitterness that fades away pretty quickly on the finish. I think this beer turned out quite well; it's balanced and stylistically accurate, if a little bit on the weak side (though this is by design). Not bad. (3.75) Mouthfeel: light and somewhat watery with a low level of carbonation and not much in the way of creaminess. Disappointing, but not unexpected. (3) Drinkability: this is pretty much this beer's raison d'être. This beer is light in weight, flavor and alcohol, and goes down like you wouldn't believe. A little more carbonation would help, but this bad boy is made for quaffin'. (4.5) Overall score 3.75 (B). This beer was brewed for the 2013 24 Hour Challenge, whereupon we tried to drink 24 beers, walk 24 miles and eat 24 tacos in 24 hours. We gave up halfway through due to lack of interest, but we did manage to drink a ton of this stuff. Tastes great, less filling! I need to revisit the California Common style more; it's just a good old-fashioned drinkin' beer.
Hops Table Hop Variety Addition Time AAU AA% Quantity (g) Type IBU (Rager) IBU (Tinseth) Notes Northern Brewer 60 5.00 10.1 14 Pellet 22.6 18.2   Northern Brewer 15 5.00 10.1 14 Pellet 9.3 9.0   Northern Brewer 5 5.00 10.1 14 Pellet 4.2 3.6