4 Dog Brewery

3 Dog Cavan Springs Ale This is a variation of my usual pub ale. I retired that one and went on to this one. This has to be a really good beer to brew it again since I have to get the vienna malt online. I am sick of ordering stuff online and paying the huge postal rates. 15 Gallons 22 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row 2.0 lbs. Vienna Malt 90 grams Hallertauer pellet hops ( 4.5 AA ) - 60 minutes 24 grams Hallertauer pellet hops ( 4.5 AA ) - 20 minutes 35 grams Notttingham O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.008 % - 5.53 srm - 4.6 BU - 26.6 I read the pdf file on Nottingham. They said that aeration is not necessary with this yeast. If you repitch it, ( I don't ) then you need to aerate. I have always aerated my beers with Nottingham. So, I did what they said. I was of course hesitant to do this. The fermentation got up to 71F at one time, so I had to turn the fridge on. It pretty well finished fermenting in 4-5 days. Hmm, a stuck fermentation? I let it go to around day 8 and took a sample. Quite yeasty, ...

3 Dog Stewart Street Tankhouse Ale This my first attempt at cloning that wonderful beer made by Millstreet Brewery. Their Tankhouse Ale is incredible. Malty, slightly roasty and the Cascade hops give it a nice sweet taste that goes with all the specialty malts. Delicious. I am using Chinook because I like them and I have 5 lbs. to use up. 14 Gallons 22 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row 2.2 lbs. Carastan Malt 2.2 lbs. Munich Malt 1.5 lbs. Dingemans Special B 28 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) FW 28 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 30 min. 28 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 10 min. 84 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 1 min. 40 grams Nottingham O.G. - 1.056 F.G. - 1.012 % - 5.8 SRM - 14.3 IBU - 42.5 This was supposed to be 15 gallons in my conical, but it has some beer stone or water salt problem. It is soaking in star san. As of last night it hasn't come off. I am worried because if I can't get it off, it may inhibit bacteria. That is not good. The wort tasted good. Not as bitter as I had wanted, but I used a...

3 Dog Harvest Ale This is another pool beer using "C" hops. It certainly had a good citrus hop aroma. 15 Gallons 20.3 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row 1 lb. Flaked Barley 40 grams Nottingham 28 grams Centenial hops - ( 8% AA ) - 60 min. 14 grams Chinook hops - ( 11.5% AA ) - 30 min. 87 grams Chinook hops - ( 11.5% AA ) - 1 min. 1 Whirlfloc tablet - 5 min. O.G. - 1.046 F.G. - 1.010 % - 4.73 SRM - 4.2 BU - 29 I moved the Conical into the beer room with the wall heater. The other room where I keep my fridge with the temp controler is too cold - 15C. No problem for Nottingham, but it will be too clean. I have found in the past that Nottingham has a sweet spot as far as fermentation is concerned. Over 72F - too many esters. 58F - too bland. I mean really tasteless. Not like a lager, just bland and I don't like it. This yeast likes IMO 66F to 68F. Kegged it on Feb.14. It has a good chinook hop taste to it, but lacks malt. I only used 2 row because that is all I had at the time.