4 Dog Brewery

This is a cross between an English bitter and English IPA. I like the way this tastes. Hoppy, but not too much alcohol. Besides, using 22 lbs. of 2-row stretches my inventory. 3 Dog English IPA 15 Gallons 22 lbs. Canadian 2-row 1.5 lbs. Flaked Barley 1 lb. Crystal 80L 1. lb. Biscuit 25L 1 lb. Corn Sugar 180 grams EKG - 60 minutes Mash @ 150F for 90 minutes O.G. - 1.054 F.G. - 1.010 % - 5.8 SRM - 7 IBU - 52 This brew is now in kegs. The bitterness is still quite evident, but it will mellow out in couple of weeks. Since I have 2 kegs, I tap one and put the other one away to age.

This is my first feeble attempt at an IPA. This is a light IPA if it exists. Maybe just an amber ale? I didn't want a high alcohol beer at this time. I may brew a true to style IPA later on this winter. This is my version that should be drinkable just in time for Christmas. 3 DOG IPA 15 gallons O.G. - 1.054 F.G. - 1.009 % - 5.93 SRM - 7 IBU - 45 22 lbs. Canadaian 2 Row Malt 1.5 lbs. Flaked Barley 1.0 lbs. Crystal ( 80L ) 1.0 lbs. Biscuit ( 25L ) 1.0 lbs. Corn Sugar 50 gms. Chinook pellet hops - 60 min. 25 gms. Chinook pellet hops - 30 min. 10 gms. Chinook pellet hops - 10 min. 28 gms. Nottingham yeast Mashed @ 150F for 90 min. Fermented @ 67F

This brew is a light ale that I usually only make in the summer. Low level of hops in this brew make it a great beer around the pool. This is for our annual family Christmas and there are a lot of mega-swillers coming. I have on hand of course my Stout and my English IPA for anyone who craves beer with flavour. Here is my pool beer recipe. Pretty simple. 12 gallons O. G. - 1.044 F.G. - 1.010 % - 4.7 SRM - 7 IBU - 15.9 22 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row 1 lb. 75L Crystal 1 lb. flaked barley 55 grams EKG hop pellets ( 60 min )

My Dry Stout is in the fermenters. Just finished cleaning my mash-tun and boiler. Added my water for tomorrow's brew, an English IPA. 3 Dog English IPA 10 Gallons O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.012 IBU - 49.6 SRM - 7.9 % - 5 Mash in @ 150F for 60 minutes. 23 lbs. Canada Malt 1 lb. crystal 1 lb. flaked barley 8 ozs. biscuit 160 grams East Kent Goldings Nottingham yeast This is my first English IPA. I didn't get the efficiency on this beer I wanted. O.G. was only 1.042 % - 3.7. Nice tasting brew anyway.

This is a homebrew blog. I will post my recipes, what's brewing? etc.. Since this is my first attempt at a blog, I will tell you about myself. I am a retired GM Oshawa, Ont. worker and live near Peterborough Ont. This blog will tell you what I am brewing and how they turn out. I am going to brew a Dry Stout tomorrow and an English IPA the day after. I am currently still drinking my summer ale ( 4% ). I haven't brewed since September, so I am a bit behind. I base most of my recipes on Jamil Zainaseff and John Palmer's book "Brewing Classic Styles". They are easy and straight forward. My recipes reflect on what I have on hand for ingredients at the time. I am all electric and brew in my garage until November or when turns cold. Here is my dry stout recipe which will be brewed on Oct. 16/08. 14 gallons 3 Dog Dry Stout O.G. - 1.045 F.G. 1.010 % - 4.2 37.8 - SRM 43.4 - IBU Canada Malting 2-row.................................15 lbs. ( 62.5 % ) Flaked Barl...