California Common decoction brewed with Vienna style malt adds a continental-twist to this iconic American beer style.

Ingredients

10.0 lbs - Goldpils® Vienna Malt - Mash Grain
0.75 oz - Chinook Hops (14.0% AAU0 - 60 min boil
0.25 oz - Northern Brewer Hops - 10 min boil
0.25 oz - Northern Brewer Hops - 1 min boil
1 pack - WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast - Fermenter
1 Capsule - Servomyces Yeast Nutrient - 10 min boil

Directions

Mash grains in 3.5 gallons of water at 130ºF to achieve about 4.5 gallons of mash
Remove 5 quarts of thick mash and slowly bring to boil, over 30 minutes, with constant stirring
Add boiled portion back to un-boiled portion and stir (should achieve approximatley 144ºF)
Repeat steps 2 and 3 twice more (should achieve approximately 157ºF and 167ºF)
Sparge grain with 170ºF water to obtain desired pre-boil kettle volume
Bring to boil
Add 0.75 oz Chinook Hops
Boil for 50 minutes
Add 0.25 oz Northern Brewer Hops and Servomyces Yeast Nutrient
Boil for 9 minutes
Add 0.25 oz Northern Brewer Hops and boil for 1 minute
Turn heat off and cool wort to 62ºF
Transfer to fermenter
Pitch one pack of WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast