Description: 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%   [ ? ]  View the Most Popular: California Common / Steam Beer

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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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