Ubiquitous Table Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

2/5/2018
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

This beer is the second runnings of my Mamber. Sparge water was supposed to be pH of 5.5, but ended up with pH of 5 using only 2.5mL of lactic despite Bru'n water calling for 3.1mL. My tap water is all over the place for pH, sometimes 6.98, like last night, or 7.18 like this morning. Second runnings ended up being 1.014 gravity instead of 1.042. I'm not going to top-off this at all for fear of extremely low gravity. I ended up adding 1lb of Belgian candi sugar to get this to a better OG. Pitched the whole pack of Imperial Cable Car. Activity already started after 4 hour stall. 2/6/18 - I'm not familiar with bottom fermenting yeasts so it's strange to not see the foam that I am used to, just the hop sludge. It is bubbling as I'd expect it to though so I'm assuming that it's going strong. 2/7/18 - Due to lack of foam, took off the blow-off kit and swapped for a normal airlock. The beer is very pungent with sulfur. 2/15/18 - pulled 1.0062 on the hydrometer. Flavor is pretty good, some honey. There is still a slight sulfur smell but no taste. I'm going to let this sit for a couple more weeks before I bottle. 2/21/2018 - bottling today at 2.8 volumes CO2. Sample had a very good lager taste, honey to start and slight corn and sulfur to finish. If the large amount of sugar was detrimental to this beer then I don't taste it. I got two boxes of 22oz bottles, so I'm going to "lager" one in the garage after priming is complete and compare that to one where I simply keep it 8n the pantry the whole time.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

10.5 lb kg
65 °FC
155 °FC
2 qt/lbl/kg
30 min.
5.5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
°FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

8.39 gals liters
6.09 gals liters
5.50 gals liters
163.59 °FC
163.59 °FC
3.92 gals liters
2.89 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.5 PH
155 °FC
155 °FC
0 minutes

Boil

1.140 1.029 (estimated)
6 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)
5.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.00 gallonsliters at 1.140 for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.152.

You wanted an OG of 1.031. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

5 gallons liters 5.50 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.030 (1.031 predicted)
1.006 (1.006 predicted)

Conditioning

2/21/2018
10
Dextrose
5.9 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 3/21/2018 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Color is yellow and is very clear. Pours with 1 finger of foam this dissipates fairly quick. Aroma is yeast with light sulfur. Taste is entirely characterized by the yeast, which has a lightly bready and corn flavor that is almost tart at the end; the flavors are very delicate though and, if you eat anything while drinking this, the beer really is nearly tasteless. Carbonation is fine for this light of a beer, though I wouldn't mind a little more. Overall, it's an okay first attempt at a lager, but I wouldn't brew this again. It needs more malt character to give it some complexity and actual flavor.

Recipe Facts

Ubiquitous Table Ale
California Common
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.031 OG
  • 1.006 FG
  • 38.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 1.26 BG:GU
  • 9.8° SRM Color
  • 35% Efficiency
  • 3.2% ABV Alcohol
  • 100 per 12oz Calories
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