4 Dog Brewery

Lady Lager 14 gallons 27.50 lbs. Canada Malting 85 grams Czech Saaz ( 60 min ) Saflager 34/70 dry yeast ( rehydrated ) O.G. - 1.058 F.G. - 1.014 % - 5.8 SRM - 5 BU - 15.5 This beer is a tribute to my dog Lady who passed away on March 29, 2009. She was 15. The bitterness is pretty low on this one. I should of ordered more hops, but I cheaped out. I haven't had a lot of luck lately in brewing beer and I should not of made a lager at this time. If anything can go wrong, it will certainly go wrong in a lager instead of an ale which may be more forgiving. We will see in two weeks. There was no activity after about 20 hours. I brought it out of the fermentation chamber and let it warm up some. After a few hours it started to ferment. I put it back in and it is going now. I shouldn't have to do this, but I should of doubled my dry yeast. It is fermenting good now. I may need a blow-off hose. My temperature strip only goes down to 58F, so I am only guessing that it is slightly too...

3 Dog IPA 25 lbs. Canada Malting Pale Ale 1 lb. Bairds Crystal 28 grams Galena ( 60 min ) 40 grams Chinook ( 30 min ) 30 grams Chinook ( 20 min ) 16 grams Chinook ( 0 ) 11.5 grams US - 05 O.G. - 1.052 F.G. - 1.016 % - 4.74 SRM - 7.2 BU - 40 I used up all my Chinook pellets. It has a nice citrusy finish, but the Galena is very noticeable. It will mellow out though, it always does. I kegged 5 gallons and it has a nice, citrusy flavour with limited bitterness. I assume it was the higher finishing gravity that is over powering the bitterness somewhat. It is still there, just not as bitter as I hoped. Good beer though. This is my first IPA using "C" hops. There is a balance here that I have to be careful with. I don't want it to taste like grapefruit. That is why I went with Galena for bittering and Chinook for aroma. This beer is changing quickly. For the better. The citrusy taste is starting to mellow out with the malt and this is getting quite tasty. I am not sure ...

The most loyal and best dog in the world.