Hoppy Friday!

This Wednesday Calicious California Common returned on tap at both of our locations after a surprisingly successful debut in September.

I intended the release of Calicious as an ode to the end of summer and really didn’t know what to expect in terms of customer reception to it. In fact I wasn’t sure how good it was going to be until I kegged it and put it on tap at both locales and (I too) was knocked out by how good it was! For reference there was one other beer in our history that I didn’t realize just how good it was/turned out until tasting it on tap: Grainne’s Special Bitter ESB back in 2015.

Calicious sold out within two weeks back in September. So, we decided to brew a double (two barrel) batch of it and it turned out well.

Calicious: smooth/easy drinking/light-medium mouthfeel yet full flavored. A bit hop-forward (and is dry-hopped with Simcoe) including a somewhat bitter finish that is balanced out by a nice/soft German pilsner malt character. This includes a nice crisp lager finish. Beautiful light amber color, too!

California Common is one of the truly indigenous American beer styles that goes back to the Gold Rush era in the bay area and of course was originally referred to as Steam Beer. It’s basically an amber lager fermented at ale temperatures due to the use of a wonderful lager yeast strain that ferments well at warmer temperatures.For reference: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/132/

Come on by for a delicious Calicious!

Cheers,

Jim

P.S. Who knows? Perhaps Calicious will be the next beer we put in bombers…,