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California Common / Steam Beer
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The California Common, or Steam Beer, is a unique 100% American style lager. It's usually brewed with a special strain of lager yeast that works better at warmer temperatures. This method dates back to the late 1800's in California when refrigeration was a great luxury. The brewers back then had to improvise to cool the beer down, so shallow fermenters were used. So in a way the lager yeast was trained to ferment quicker at warmer temperatures. Today's examples are light amber to tawny in color, medium bodied with a malty character. Mildly fruity with an assertive hop bitterness.
Anchor Brewing Co. trademarked the term "Steam Beer" and as such all other beers must be legally referred to as "California Common."
Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-6.0%
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Name
Brewery
ABV%
rAvg
Revs
Anchor Steam Beer
Anchor Brewing Company
4.90
3.88
3147
Oscura
Furthermore Beer
5.30
3.86
173
Steam Engine Lager
Steamworks Brewing Co.
5.50
3.35
101
Columbia Common
Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
4.70
3.57
97
California Ale
Telegraph Brewing Company
6.20
3.55
78
Barbary Coast Gold Rush
Minhas Craft Brewery
?
2.86
78
Element 115
Flat Earth Brewing Company
5.50
3.71
76
2X Steam
Southern Tier Brewing Company
8.00
3.53
65
Skjálfti
Ölvisholt Brugghús
5.00
3.7
56
Dampf Loc
Local Option
5.30
3.88
39
Dorothy's New World Lager
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
5.50
3.7
36
Fullsteam Southern Lager
Fullsteam Brewery
5.50
3.89
33
Mountain Goat Steam Ale
Mountain Goat Beer Pty Ltd
4.50
3.36
32
Common Man Special Lager
Three Heads Brewing
5.50
3.42
30
Zephyr
Lagunitas Brewing Company
7.20
3.88
27
The Citizen
Cismontane Brewing Company
6.00
3.8
26
Hop Common
Peekskill Brewery
5.70
3.83
26
Short's Village Reserve
Short's Brewing Company
4.70
3.65
25
Pomona Queen
Dale Bros. Brewery
?
2.86
24
Dampf Bier
Victory Brewing Company
5.90
3.78
24
California Steam
Argus Brewery
5.40
3.28
24
Boston Common
Beer Works
5.00
3.6
24
Rio Grande Outlaw Lager
Sierra Blanca Brewing Company (Rio Grande)
5.20
3.23
23
Steamhead
Aviator Brewing Company
5.80
3.71
17
Beer Esteam
Russian River Brewing Company
5.65
3.67
17
Steamy Windows
Liberty Street Brewing Company
5.60
3.46
16
Derecho
Port City Brewing
?
3.67
16
Lug Nut Lager
Skyscraper Brewing Company
5.20
3.08
14
Cali Common
Lucky Hand Brewing Company
5.50
3.84
14
Daily Bread Common Ale
Everybody's Brewing
5.50
3.93
11
405 Oklahoma Lager
Battered Boar Brewing Company
6.00
2.63
11
Winter Haze
Dale Bros. Brewery
7.10
3.22
10
White Birch Apprentice Series AKU
White Birch Brewing
6.00
3.75
10
Urban People's Common Lager
Linden Street Brewery
5.50
3.91
10
Summer Fusion
Amager Bryghus
3.50
3.74
10
Stratford Common
Stratford Brewing Company
5.00
3.85
10
Fusion
Amager Bryghus
3.50
3.82
10
Westy
Sun King Brewing Company
6.70
4.01
9
Park City Steamer
Moab Brewery
4.00
3.82
8
Steam Beer
Brewerkz Riverside Point
5.00
3.94
7
San Francisco Lager
Pisgah Brewing Co.
4.00
3.93
7
Portsmouth California Common
Portsmouth Brewery
5.50
3.97
7
Gold Rush Lager
Sly Fox Brewing Company
5.60
3.68
7
Contraband
Black Market Brewing Co.
5.00
3.48
7
Bjor Nagal
Moylan's Brewery
6.00
3.63
7
Steam Exchange Steam Ale
Steam Exchange Brewery
4.80
3.35
6
Lackawanna Steam Lager
Horseheads Brewing Inc.
6.10
3.76
6
Höga Höjders Ängöl
Ängö Kvartersbryggeri
4.80
3.46
6
Chicago Common
Revolution Brewing Company - Brewpub
?
3.43
6
1888
Anaheim Brewery
5.50
3.46
6
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