Amber lager · California Common
California Common
Warm-fermented lager (steam beer) · San Francisco, California
California Common — historically "steam beer" — is an amber American lager fermented with lager yeast at warm ale temperatures, giving a toasty, caramel malt body balanced by a firm, woody-minty Northern Brewer hop character and a clean, moderately bitter finish.
Toasty · Woody-minty4.9% ABV35 IBU
In the glass
Colour
Light amber to copper
pale ambercopper · 11 SRM
A firm, off-white cap of medium-fine bubbles that clings and laces well down the glass.
At a glance
Body
Medium, rounded
4.9% ABV · 35 IBU
Signature
Northern Brewer
woody · rustic · minty
Structure
BitternessMedium
SoftBiting
Malt sweetnessMedium
DrySweet
CarbonationMedium
StillSpritzy