1294:
417:
188:. Thus while brewing, the brewery had a distinct cloud of steam around the roof let off by the wort as it cooled, hence the name. Another explanation is that the carbon dioxide pressure produced by the 19th-century steam-beer-making process was very high, and that it may have been necessary as part of the process to let off "steam" before attempting to dispense the beer. It is also possible that the name or brewing process derive from
642:
43:
303:
butter and sugar. On his way back to his office, one block above, he stopped at Joe Frenna's saloon and bought a pitcher of steam beer. It was his habit to leave the pitcher there on his way to dinner.... By and by, gorged with steam beer, and overcome by the heat of the room, the cheap tobacco, and the effects of his heavy meal, he dropped off to sleep.
175:, which trademarked the term in 1981 (and ceased operations in 2023). Although the modern company had corporate continuity with a small brewery which made beer since the 1890s, Anchor Steam was a modern craft-brewed lager. The company did not claim any close similarity between its present-day product and turn-of-the-20th-century steam beer.
231:
Conversely, ale yeast is best used at temperatures from 55 to 75 °F (13 to 24 °C). Fermentation by ale yeasts produces a beer that has a more distinct flavor. Steam Beer uses bottom fermenting lager yeasts at ale temperatures, which results in a very distinctive flavor profile that includes both ale and lager characteristics.
273:
searching scrutiny. Nevertheless, he opened a bottle of ginger ale. Afterward, back in the alleys, in the pauses between games, the boys enlightened me. I had offended the barkeeper. A bottle of ginger ale cost the saloon ever so much more than a glass of steam beer; and it was up to me, if I wanted to hold my job, to drink beer.
213:
302:
It was Sunday, and, according to his custom on that day, McTeague took his dinner at two in the afternoon at the car conductors' coffee-joint on Polk Street. He had a thick gray soup; heavy, underdone meat, very hot, on a cold plate; two kinds of vegetables; and a sort of suet pudding, full of strong
230:
The flavor of beer is influenced by the strain of yeast and the fermentation temperature. Lager yeast is best used at temperatures from 48 to 58 °F (9 to 14 °C). Classic lagering of beers takes place over a period of time from weeks to many months at a temperature of 37 °F (3 °C).
183:
There have been various explanations for the use of the name "steam beer". According to Anchor
Brewing, the name "steam" came from the fact that the brewery had no way to effectively chill the boiling wort using traditional means. So they pumped the hot wort up to large, shallow, open-top bins on the
272:
The first day I worked in the bowling alley, the barkeeper, according to custom, called us boys up to have a drink after we had been setting up pins for several hours. The others asked for beer. I said I'd take ginger ale. The boys snickered, and I noticed the barkeeper favoured me with a strange,
321:
Apart from Anchor Steam, other commercial examples include
Skyscraper Brewing Company Lug Nut Lager, Moab Brewery Rocket Bike Lager, Southampton West Coast Steam Beer, Old Dominion Victory Amber, Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager,
311:
She broke him of the habit of eating with his knife, she caused him to substitute bottled beer in the place of steam beer, and she induced him to take off his hat to Miss Baker, to Heise's wife, and to the other women of his
250:
were often used in the early days. Malt, grits, or raw cereals of any kind, and sugars, especially glucose, were added in the kettle and roasted malt or sugar coloring used to give the amber color of Munich beer.
348:
in Canada ten years earlier. Canadian courts dismissed the suit and subsequent appeals, ruling that Anchor's
Canadian trademark was invalid, since the beer had not been marketed in Canada up to that time. After
369:
The 1865, New
Orleans City Directory has an advertisement for the Old Canal Steam Brewery, "First Lager-Beer Steam Brewery in New Orleans", owned by Geo. Merz, next to the Ice House and Lager Beer Cellar.
246:(1902) describes California Steam Beer as “a very clear, refreshing drink, much consumed by the laboring classes", and while most modern California common beers are all-barley malt,
1331:
708:
200:
that was also fermented at unusually high temperatures and that may have been known to 19th-century
American brewers, many of whom were of German descent; Dampfbier is an
1605:
1396:
395:
resulted in a tank of Port City's beer fermenting as a steam beer due to loss of refrigeration. Port City has since continued to release
Derecho Common.
277:
As a budding writer, "a wild band of young revolutionists invited me as the guest of honour to a beer bust" and was challenged to a drinking contest.
1324:
1391:
771:
1370:
607:
628:
689:
360:
brewery along the James River were once called David
Yuengling Jr.'s James River Steam Brewery, located at (or near) 912 East Main St.
1317:
557:
344:
introduced a product called Steam Beer in Canada in 1999, Anchor sued for trademark infringement, since it had trademarked the term
126:
1579:
392:
583:"Citation: Anchor Brewing Co. v. Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd., 2001 FCT 1066, (2001), 1 F.C. D-15, Docket: T-1158-99"
501:
161:
64:
1600:
107:
1253:
164:. It was an improvised process, originating out of necessity, and was considered a cheap, low-quality beer, as shown by
79:
60:
666:
603:
86:
1340:
764:
388:
1523:
337:
A British brewery, the
Lincolnshire Steam Beer Co., derives its name from the steam-powered brewing machinery.
357:
373:
264:
93:
53:
366:(1859) shows advertising copy for J. F. Boyd & Co. St. Louis Ale, Porter and Lager Beer Steam Brewery.
172:
353:
bought
Sleeman in a $ 400-million takeover in 2006, Sleeman's production of Steam Beer was discontinued.
1354:
519:
28:
75:
1533:
898:
757:
430:
285:
Faugh! It was steam beer. I had learned more expensive brews. Not for years had I drunk steam beer...
326:
Pi Common, Linden Street Common Lager, Eagle Steam Beer and Cosmic
Brewing Company Plead the Fifth.
1472:
816:
784:
381:
1375:
582:
239:
398:
Steam beer may have developed in parallel in North Korea. Due to the scarcity of electricity, a
298:, set in San Francisco, sets the stage with a reference to steam beer in its opening paragraph:
561:
1564:
1518:
1513:
1482:
1365:
1360:
1068:
1003:
861:
811:
399:
341:
1462:
1412:
1268:
1248:
1078:
993:
903:
440:
1293:
416:
184:
roof of the brewery so that it would be rapidly chilled by the cool air blowing in off the
1447:
1073:
866:
713:
405:
Many brewing supply shops provide a Steam Beer/California Common kit, and recipes abound.
402:
style very similar to steam beer has developed because it does not require refrigeration.
350:
281:
I'd show them, the young rascals.... These unlicked cubs who thought they could out-drink
197:
735:
100:
1574:
1569:
1508:
1457:
1452:
1258:
988:
878:
1594:
1487:
1477:
1437:
1278:
1236:
928:
923:
883:
856:
826:
435:
323:
185:
157:
505:
376:
released Columbia Common Beer, a seasonal common ale which is brewed with lager and
1098:
533:
289:
17:
1543:
1538:
1467:
1442:
1298:
1231:
1201:
1194:
1189:
1172:
1167:
1128:
1038:
935:
821:
422:
259:
224:
42:
268:, in a passage explaining how he started drinking in late-1880s San Francisco:
1432:
1184:
1157:
1123:
1028:
1018:
970:
960:
950:
893:
841:
836:
780:
464:
412:
377:
1528:
1492:
1427:
1422:
1309:
1162:
1135:
1118:
1105:
1088:
1060:
940:
846:
831:
806:
585:. Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. 2001-09-28
235:
1023:
156:
Historically steam beer came from Bavaria, Germany, and is associated with
1273:
1243:
1179:
1150:
1140:
918:
908:
709:"Port City Brewery re-releases derecho beer — and ironically loses power"
487:
294:
247:
736:"'Kim Jong-Ale': North Korea's surprising microbrewery culture explored"
667:"Widmer releases O'Ryely IPA, Columbia Common Spring Ale and three KGBs"
1417:
1263:
1033:
913:
801:
27:
This article is about the beer style. For the New Zealand brewery, see
307:
When he marries, his wife convinces him to adopt more refined habits:
212:
1093:
1083:
1013:
1008:
965:
871:
851:
749:
1211:
1145:
1043:
980:
955:
945:
631:. J.S. Post & Company. July 31, 1859 – via Google Books.
150:
147:
998:
888:
1313:
753:
334:
Adam Wood Steam Brewery is listed as having been sold in 1859.
793:
201:
36:
238:
style of beer today, it was originally a cheap beer made for
690:"'Derecho' Storm Transforms Beer For Special Brew Release"
391:
of Alexandria, VA after the power outages related to the
534:"The Oxford Companion to Beer Definition of steam beer"
443:, a beer made in the opposite way of California Common
223:
In 19th-century California, brewers found a strain of
166:
references to it in literature of the 1890s and 1900s
1557:
1501:
1405:
1384:
1347:
1224:
1059:
1052:
979:
792:
67:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
262:refers to steam beer in his "alcoholic memoir",
356:In Richmond, Virginia, the remains of a former
1397:List of defunct breweries in the United States
459:
457:
364:The St. Louis Guide for Citizens and Strangers
1325:
765:
8:
629:"St. Louis Guide for Citizens and Strangers"
227:which would ferment at higher temperatures.
234:While steam beer is considered a specialty
1332:
1318:
1310:
1056:
772:
758:
750:
244:American Handy Book of Brewing and Malting
127:Learn how and when to remove this message
211:
604:"Sapporo acquisition of Sleeman on tap"
453:
1392:List of breweries in the United States
171:Modern steam beer originated with the
153:at a higher than normal temperature.
1606:Cuisine of the San Francisco Bay Area
610:from the original on December 2, 2008
520:"Dampfbier: the original Steam Beer?"
467:. United States National Park Service
7:
65:adding citations to reliable sources
165:
25:
387:Derecho Common was issued by the
1580:Prohibition in the United States
1292:
734:Steadman, Ian (April 29, 2013).
415:
393:June 2012 North American derecho
41:
330:Other varieties of "steam beer"
162:West Coast of the United States
52:needs additional citations for
1207:Steam beer / California Common
688:Greenwood, Arin (2012-07-09).
1:
707:Dewey, Caitlin (2013-07-01).
558:"Pittsburgh Signs: Otto Milk"
1357:(incl. Puerto Rico and USVI)
1254:Beer and breweries by region
742:– via www.wired.co.uk.
665:Foyston, John (2013-01-15).
1622:
26:
1341:Beer in the United States
1287:
1114:
389:Port City Brewing Company
1524:Bourbon barrel aged beer
646:interactive.ancestry.com
606:. CBC News. 2006-08-11.
538:Craft Beer & Brewing
465:"Carson Brewing Company"
204:, however, not a lager.
146:, is made by fermenting
374:Widmer Brothers Brewery
317:California Common beer
220:
173:Anchor Brewing Company
144:California common beer
1355:Beer in the Caribbean
485:e.g., Norris, Frank;
340:When Canadian brewer
215:
29:Steam Brewing Company
1601:American beer styles
1534:Kentucky common beer
1502:American beer styles
899:Kentucky common beer
431:Kentucky Common Beer
242:. Wahl and Heinus's
61:improve this article
817:Australian pale ale
508:on October 3, 2014.
240:blue collar workers
669:. Oregon Live, LLC
221:
1588:
1587:
1519:American wild ale
1514:American pale ale
1483:Pabst Blue Ribbon
1348:Regional or state
1307:
1306:
1220:
1219:
1069:American wild ale
1004:Dortmunder Export
812:American pale ale
400:North Korean beer
196:), a traditional
137:
136:
129:
111:
18:California common
16:(Redirected from
1613:
1473:Milwaukee's Best
1463:Miller High Life
1334:
1327:
1320:
1311:
1297:
1296:
1269:Low-alcohol beer
1249:Barrel-aged beer
1079:Flanders red ale
1057:
994:Australian lager
774:
767:
760:
751:
744:
743:
731:
725:
724:
722:
721:
704:
698:
697:
685:
679:
678:
676:
674:
662:
656:
655:
653:
652:
643:"Please wait..."
639:
633:
632:
625:
619:
618:
616:
615:
600:
594:
593:
591:
590:
579:
573:
572:
570:
569:
560:. Archived from
554:
548:
547:
545:
544:
530:
524:
523:
516:
510:
509:
504:. Archived from
498:
492:
483:
477:
476:
474:
472:
461:
425:
420:
419:
142:, also known as
132:
125:
121:
118:
112:
110:
69:
45:
37:
21:
1621:
1620:
1616:
1615:
1614:
1612:
1611:
1610:
1591:
1590:
1589:
1584:
1553:
1497:
1401:
1380:
1343:
1338:
1308:
1303:
1299:Beer portal
1291:
1283:
1216:
1110:
1074:Berliner Weisse
1048:
975:
788:
778:
748:
747:
733:
732:
728:
719:
717:
714:Washington Post
706:
705:
701:
694:Huffington Post
687:
686:
682:
672:
670:
664:
663:
659:
650:
648:
641:
640:
636:
627:
626:
622:
613:
611:
602:
601:
597:
588:
586:
581:
580:
576:
567:
565:
556:
555:
551:
542:
540:
532:
531:
527:
518:
517:
513:
500:
499:
495:
484:
480:
470:
468:
463:
462:
455:
450:
421:
414:
411:
332:
319:
265:John Barleycorn
257:
210:
208:Brewing process
181:
133:
122:
116:
113:
70:
68:
58:
46:
35:
32:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1619:
1617:
1609:
1608:
1603:
1593:
1592:
1586:
1585:
1583:
1582:
1577:
1575:Beer in Mexico
1572:
1570:Beer in Canada
1567:
1561:
1559:
1558:Related topics
1555:
1554:
1552:
1551:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1521:
1516:
1511:
1509:American lager
1505:
1503:
1499:
1498:
1496:
1495:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1475:
1470:
1465:
1460:
1458:Michelob Ultra
1455:
1453:Keystone Light
1450:
1445:
1440:
1435:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1415:
1409:
1407:
1403:
1402:
1400:
1399:
1394:
1388:
1386:
1382:
1381:
1379:
1378:
1373:
1368:
1363:
1358:
1351:
1349:
1345:
1344:
1339:
1337:
1336:
1329:
1322:
1314:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1301:
1288:
1285:
1284:
1282:
1281:
1276:
1271:
1266:
1261:
1259:Beer sommelier
1256:
1251:
1246:
1241:
1240:
1239:
1228:
1226:
1222:
1221:
1218:
1217:
1215:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1198:
1197:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1176:
1175:
1165:
1160:
1155:
1154:
1153:
1143:
1138:
1133:
1132:
1131:
1121:
1115:
1112:
1111:
1109:
1108:
1103:
1102:
1101:
1096:
1091:
1081:
1076:
1071:
1065:
1063:
1054:
1050:
1049:
1047:
1046:
1041:
1036:
1031:
1026:
1021:
1016:
1011:
1006:
1001:
996:
991:
989:American lager
985:
983:
977:
976:
974:
973:
968:
963:
958:
953:
948:
943:
938:
933:
932:
931:
921:
916:
911:
906:
901:
896:
891:
886:
881:
879:India pale ale
876:
875:
874:
869:
864:
862:Bière de Garde
854:
849:
844:
839:
834:
829:
824:
819:
814:
809:
804:
798:
796:
790:
789:
779:
777:
776:
769:
762:
754:
746:
745:
726:
699:
680:
657:
634:
620:
595:
574:
549:
525:
511:
493:
478:
452:
451:
449:
446:
445:
444:
438:
433:
427:
426:
410:
407:
331:
328:
318:
315:
314:
313:
305:
304:
292:'s 1899 novel
287:
286:
275:
274:
256:
253:
209:
206:
180:
177:
135:
134:
49:
47:
40:
33:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1618:
1607:
1604:
1602:
1599:
1598:
1596:
1581:
1578:
1576:
1573:
1571:
1568:
1566:
1563:
1562:
1560:
1556:
1550:
1547:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1535:
1532:
1530:
1527:
1525:
1522:
1520:
1517:
1515:
1512:
1510:
1507:
1506:
1504:
1500:
1494:
1491:
1489:
1488:Steel Reserve
1486:
1484:
1481:
1479:
1478:Natural Light
1476:
1474:
1471:
1469:
1466:
1464:
1461:
1459:
1456:
1454:
1451:
1449:
1446:
1444:
1441:
1439:
1438:Coors Banquet
1436:
1434:
1431:
1429:
1426:
1424:
1421:
1419:
1416:
1414:
1411:
1410:
1408:
1404:
1398:
1395:
1393:
1390:
1389:
1387:
1383:
1377:
1374:
1372:
1369:
1367:
1364:
1362:
1359:
1356:
1353:
1352:
1350:
1346:
1342:
1335:
1330:
1328:
1323:
1321:
1316:
1315:
1312:
1300:
1295:
1290:
1289:
1286:
1280:
1279:Seasonal beer
1277:
1275:
1272:
1270:
1267:
1265:
1262:
1260:
1257:
1255:
1252:
1250:
1247:
1245:
1242:
1238:
1235:
1234:
1233:
1230:
1229:
1227:
1223:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1196:
1193:
1192:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1183:
1181:
1178:
1174:
1171:
1170:
1169:
1166:
1164:
1161:
1159:
1156:
1152:
1149:
1148:
1147:
1144:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1134:
1130:
1127:
1126:
1125:
1122:
1120:
1117:
1116:
1113:
1107:
1104:
1100:
1097:
1095:
1092:
1090:
1087:
1086:
1085:
1082:
1080:
1077:
1075:
1072:
1070:
1067:
1066:
1064:
1062:
1058:
1055:
1051:
1045:
1042:
1040:
1037:
1035:
1032:
1030:
1027:
1025:
1022:
1020:
1017:
1015:
1012:
1010:
1007:
1005:
1002:
1000:
997:
995:
992:
990:
987:
986:
984:
982:
978:
972:
969:
967:
964:
962:
959:
957:
954:
952:
949:
947:
944:
942:
939:
937:
934:
930:
929:Baltic porter
927:
926:
925:
922:
920:
917:
915:
912:
910:
907:
905:
902:
900:
897:
895:
892:
890:
887:
885:
884:Irish red ale
882:
880:
877:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
859:
858:
857:Farmhouse ale
855:
853:
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
835:
833:
830:
828:
825:
823:
820:
818:
815:
813:
810:
808:
805:
803:
800:
799:
797:
795:
791:
786:
782:
775:
770:
768:
763:
761:
756:
755:
752:
741:
737:
730:
727:
716:
715:
710:
703:
700:
695:
691:
684:
681:
668:
661:
658:
647:
644:
638:
635:
630:
624:
621:
609:
605:
599:
596:
584:
578:
575:
564:on 2012-07-20
563:
559:
553:
550:
539:
535:
529:
526:
521:
515:
512:
507:
503:
497:
494:
490:
489:
482:
479:
466:
460:
458:
454:
447:
442:
439:
437:
436:Tower brewery
434:
432:
429:
428:
424:
418:
413:
408:
406:
403:
401:
396:
394:
390:
385:
383:
382:Columbia hops
379:
375:
371:
367:
365:
361:
359:
354:
352:
347:
343:
338:
335:
329:
327:
325:
316:
312:acquaintance.
310:
309:
308:
301:
300:
299:
297:
296:
291:
284:
280:
279:
278:
271:
270:
269:
267:
266:
261:
255:In literature
254:
252:
249:
245:
241:
237:
232:
228:
226:
219:
214:
207:
205:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
186:Pacific Ocean
178:
176:
174:
169:
167:
163:
159:
158:San Francisco
154:
152:
149:
145:
141:
131:
128:
120:
109:
106:
102:
99:
95:
92:
88:
85:
81:
78: –
77:
73:
72:Find sources:
66:
62:
56:
55:
50:This article
48:
44:
39:
38:
30:
19:
1548:
1406:Major brands
1206:
1053:Other styles
739:
729:
718:. Retrieved
712:
702:
693:
683:
671:. Retrieved
660:
649:. Retrieved
645:
637:
623:
612:. Retrieved
598:
587:. Retrieved
577:
566:. Retrieved
562:the original
552:
541:. Retrieved
537:
528:
514:
506:the original
496:
486:
481:
469:. Retrieved
404:
397:
386:
372:
368:
363:
362:
355:
345:
339:
336:
333:
320:
306:
293:
290:Frank Norris
288:
282:
276:
263:
258:
243:
233:
229:
222:
217:
193:
189:
182:
170:
155:
143:
139:
138:
123:
114:
104:
97:
90:
83:
76:"Steam beer"
71:
59:Please help
54:verification
51:
1544:Spruce beer
1539:Pumpkin ale
1468:Miller Lite
1443:Coors Light
1232:Abbey beers
1202:Spruce beer
1190:Smoked beer
1168:Millet beer
1129:Banana beer
1039:Schwarzbier
936:Pumpkin ale
822:Barley wine
781:Beer styles
502:"Dampfbier"
423:Beer portal
380:yeasts and
260:Jack London
225:lager yeast
198:German beer
192:(literally
1595:Categories
1549:Steam beer
1185:Small beer
1158:Light beer
1124:Fruit beer
1029:Pale lager
1019:Kellerbier
971:Wheat beer
961:Strong ale
951:Scotch ale
894:Grodziskie
842:Copper ale
837:Burton ale
720:2015-06-12
651:2016-07-25
614:2010-01-20
589:2010-01-20
568:2010-07-25
543:2019-05-29
448:References
378:hefeweizen
346:steam beer
324:Schlafly's
194:steam beer
140:Steam beer
87:newspapers
34:Beer style
1565:Applejack
1529:Cream ale
1493:Yuengling
1428:Budweiser
1423:Bud Light
1413:Blue Moon
1385:Breweries
1371:San Diego
1361:Milwaukee
1195:Rauchbier
1163:Malt beer
1136:Hard soda
1119:Corn beer
1106:Oud bruin
1089:Framboise
1061:Sour beer
941:Quadrupel
847:Cream ale
832:Brown ale
807:Amber ale
358:Yuengling
236:microbrew
218:Dampfbier
190:Dampfbier
179:Etymology
117:June 2007
1448:Icehouse
1274:Real ale
1244:Adjuncts
1237:Trappist
1225:See also
1180:Rye beer
1151:Podpiwek
1141:Ice beer
919:Pale ale
909:Mild ale
867:Grisette
740:Wired UK
608:Archived
488:McTeague
409:See also
295:McTeague
248:adjuncts
160:and the
1418:Bud Ice
1376:Vermont
1264:Brewery
1034:Pilsner
914:Old ale
802:Altbier
351:Sapporo
342:Sleeman
216:German
101:scholar
1366:Oregon
1094:Gueuze
1084:Lambic
1024:Märzen
1014:Helles
1009:Dunkel
966:Tripel
924:Porter
904:Kölsch
872:Saison
852:Dubbel
827:Bitter
491:; 1899
441:Kölsch
103:
96:
89:
82:
74:
1433:Busch
1212:Tella
1146:Kvass
1099:Kriek
1044:Zoigl
981:Lager
956:Stout
946:Sahti
673:3 May
471:9 May
151:yeast
148:lager
108:JSTOR
94:books
1173:Pito
999:Bock
889:Gose
785:list
675:2013
473:2013
80:news
794:Ale
283:me!
202:ale
63:by
1597::
738:.
711:.
692:.
536:.
456:^
384:.
168:.
1333:e
1326:t
1319:v
787:)
783:(
773:e
766:t
759:v
723:.
696:.
677:.
654:.
617:.
592:.
571:.
546:.
522:.
475:.
130:)
124:(
119:)
115:(
105:·
98:·
91:·
84:·
57:.
31:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
