Uncommonly Lucky

Name: Uncommonly Lucky
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 338 h
Yield: 25.5 liters
Cuisine: Beer
Ingredients: 4.53 kg Pale 2-Row; 0.56 kg Munich; 0.45 kg Caramel / Crystal 40L; 0.227 kg Victory; 0.57 kg Pale Chocolate; 43 g Northern Brewer (German) (boil, 1 min); 43 g Northern Brewer (German) (boil, 15 min); 26 g Northern Brewer (German) (boil, 60 min); WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast yeast; 4.5 ml Lactic acid (88%)

Source: Classic Brewing Styles

19B. California Common · 4.9% ABV · 37 IBU · OG 1.054 · FG 1.017 · 22 SRM · 25.5 L batch · by Brewing It

Uncommonly Lucky is a homebrew California Common recipe.

Full recipe details

Vitals

OG 1.054
FG 1.017
ABV 4.9%
IBU 37
Color 22 SRM
Est. mash pH 5.40
181 cal / 355 mL
21.2 g carbs / 355 mL

Fermentables

4.53 kg — Pale 2-Row (2 °L)
0.56 kg — Munich (6 °L)
0.45 kg — Caramel / Crystal 40L (40 °L)
0.227 kg — Victory (28 °L)
0.57 kg — Pale Chocolate (207 °L)

Hops

43 g — Northern Brewer (German) (8% AA, boil, 1 min)
43 g — Northern Brewer (German) (8% AA, boil, 15 min)
26 g — Northern Brewer (German) (8% AA, boil, 60 min)

Yeast

WLP810 San Francisco Lager Yeast

Other ingredients

4.5 ml — Lactic acid (88%)

Water

Source (Montreal): Ca 31, Mg 8, Na 15, Cl 26, SO₄ 22, HCO₃ 113 ppm
Salts: Gypsum 3.4 g, CaCl₂ 3.2 g, Epsom 0.2 g, Table salt 0.5 g
Target: Balanced

Mash schedule

Saccharification — 66°C for 60 min

Fermentation

Primary Fermentation — 17°C for 14 days

Process

Efficiency: 75%
Boil: 60 min
Boil-off: 4 L/hr
Mash thickness: 2.7 L/kg
Batch volume: 25.5 L

Packaging

Method: keg
Target CO₂: 2.6 volumes
Priming sugar: corn-sugar
Serving temp: 3°C