Brewed my 7th batch on Saturday, a California Common. This was my 4th brew of this recipe, it’s the beer I drink the most so it goes quick. When it came time to heat the sparge water, I do as usual and grabbed the yeast out of the fridge to warm it up too (liquid yeast). As I’m digging through bags of various hops and yeast, I find white labs oktober fest and then California ale. I grab the California and set it out. The brew goes great, transferred around 11 gals to the fermenter, finished cooling it down and pitched the yeast.
Everything’s been looking good, already dropped from 1.059 to 1.034 gravity wise. So, I go to order more supplies today, that’s when I realized I screwed up. I pitched an ale yeast (WLP001) instead of a lager yeast. A Cali Common is what it is because of the lager yeast. I head to the fridge, dig around in my magic drawer and find the lager yeast (WLP810) hidden under some larger Wyeast packs. That’s what I get for having too many refreshments on brew day!
Hopefully it turns out decent, I think I’ve essentially brewed a pale ale. Crazy thing is, white labs website shows Cali Common as a selected style for WLP001 (ale), but it’s not listed for WLP810 (lager). Why would they show an ale yeast for CC?
Everything’s been looking good, already dropped from 1.059 to 1.034 gravity wise. So, I go to order more supplies today, that’s when I realized I screwed up. I pitched an ale yeast (WLP001) instead of a lager yeast. A Cali Common is what it is because of the lager yeast. I head to the fridge, dig around in my magic drawer and find the lager yeast (WLP810) hidden under some larger Wyeast packs. That’s what I get for having too many refreshments on brew day!
Hopefully it turns out decent, I think I’ve essentially brewed a pale ale. Crazy thing is, white labs website shows Cali Common as a selected style for WLP001 (ale), but it’s not listed for WLP810 (lager). Why would they show an ale yeast for CC?