4 Dog Brewery

3 Dog Pub Ale 14 Gallons 25 lbs. Canada Malting 1 lb. Bairds Crystal ( 75L ) 65 grams EKG pellet hops ( 60 min. ) 1056 Wyeast Slurry O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.010 % - 5.26 SRM - 7.2 BU - 18.8 I sanitized the neck of the 2 carboys and dumped the slurry into the 14.5 gallon conical. I realize that a lot of homebrewers say not to do this because of over pitching and all that trub ( dead yeast, hop trub etc. ) getting into the beer. I did this once before with no noticeable difference in the finished beer. I won't do it again for brew number 3 though. I'll gather the yeast out of the conical and try to seperate all the bad stuff from the good stuff. The next brew will show me if I did it right.

3 Dog Pub Ale 14 Gallons 25 lbs. G&P Malt 1 lb. Crystal ( 70L ) 45 grams EKG pellet hops ( 60 min. ) 1056 Wyeast O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.012 % - 5 SRM - 6.7 BU - 14 This is the first in batches using and re-using the same yeast. I have two weeks to get more malt and get all my other brews packaged. This will take me into the end of April. After that I have to use some sort of fermentation temperature control. Yes, I love summer, but not for brewing. At least for brewing multiple brews all over the place so easily done in the winter. This turned out good, at least out of the fermenters. I like this yeast. It slowly ferments down to where it should be. I did notice that Nottingham just went crazy for a couple of days. I didn't like the resulting beer. Maybe it just fermented too fast? I will leave that question to the experts. I won't use it again.

3 Dog English IPA 14 Gallons 22 lbs. G&P 2-row 1 lb. Crystal Malt ( 70L ) 8 ozs. Biscuit Malt ( 25L ) 145 grams EKG hop pellets ( 60 min ) 23 grams US - O5 O.G. - 1.044 F.G. - 1.008 % - 4.73 SRM - 6.9 BU - 45 This beer has turned out nice. It has a nice hop bite to it and it tastes somewhat like an English ale I just bought at the LCBO. I does need, however some roasted or dark malt to get a darker colour. The yeast took it down too low for the style. If I use this yeast again, I will mash higher to get a FG of around 12 - 14. At least it tastes good. The last time I bottle conditioned beer, I threw out all of it. I got some sort of infection. I used an old pail on bottling day and that most likely infected it. I have since replaced that pail with a dedicated bottling bucket only pail.

3 Dog Pub Ale 15 gallons 22 lbs. G&P 2-row 8 ozs. Crystal 70L 50 grams EKG pellets 23 grams US-05 O.G. - 1.046 F.G. - % - SRM - 4.8 BU - 14.5 I am using US-05 for a change of yeast. I haven't used it in a couple of years and still here good things about it. I have on hand some 1056, but I am saving that for next month.