“Steam Beer” brings to mind visions of the California gold rush, and San Francisco. Today we’ll look at the history of California common beer (aka Steam Beer) and how to design steam beer recipes and present a collection of Steam Beer recipes you can brew at home.

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We’re pleased to announce that our BeerSmith Home Brewing Recipe Software is now available on professionally printed CD’s through selected retailers. You can help by recommending BeerSmith to your local home brewing store owner.

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I recently revisited Ray Daniels’ classic work “Designing Great Beers”, a book written in 1996 and published by the Brewers Association. Though I originally read this book several years ago, I enjoyed it even more the second time. For those of you who don’t know the book, it is advertised as “The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles”…

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I recently reorganized the BeerSmith home brewing recipes archive. It now lists over 300 web recipes by beer style and also has new recipe packs for malt extract, all grain and partial mash brewers.
Thanks again to all who contributed these outstanding recipes for public use. Join us on the BeerSmith discussion [...]

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