4 Dog Brewery

Maxwell Amber Ale This is another variation of my other brews. I am trying to brew some maltier beer, but don't want to lose that "C" hop aroma with too much specialty malts. A balancing act for sure. 22 lbs. Pilsner Malt 1.1 lb. Carastan 1.1 lb. Munich 1.1 lb. Biscuit 28 grams Chinook - 60 min. 28 grams Chinook - 10 min. 84 grams Chinook - 1 min. 60 grams Nottingham

3 Dog Harvest Ale II I changed the recipe a little bit. I wanted more flavour using specialty malts, but I didn't go crazy with them. Hopefully, they worked well together. 15 Gallons 22 lbs. Pilsner Malt 1.1 lbs. Carastan Malt 1.1 lbs. Munich Malt 1.1 lbs. Biscuit Malt 1.1 lbs. Aromatic Malt 28 grams Amarillo - 60 min. 28 grams Chinook - 10 min. 84 grams Chinook - 1 min. O.G. - 1.052 F.G. - 1.012 % - 5.3 BU - 27 SRM 6.6 60 grams Nottingham It is bubbling happily away 10 hours later. This is not a highly hopped beer. I do taste the citrusy hop, but not overly bitter. I am not a hop head. I want a good malt taste with a citrus flavour. I just had to sample some of this to see how the malts went with the lower hop schedule. Nice. It has a good biscuit/bread like taste to it. This beer has too much of a biscuit taste to it. I guess I should of used way less biscuit malt. Maybe after it ages awhile.

3 Dog Harvest Ale This is my house ale. Not too hoppy, but with a nice citrus finish. 15 gallons 22 lbs. Weyermann Pilsner Malt 1 kg. Carastan Malt 500 grams Munich Malt 28 grams Chinook - 60 min. 28 grams Chinook - 10 min. 84 grams Chinook - 1 min. 60 grams Nottingham O.G. - 1.052 F.G. - 1.012 % - 5.3 SRM - 6.2 BU - 31 I like Chinook, but find if I use a ton of it I get a cloying taste. I am trying to find a similar hop I can use a ton of. Horizon is a good choice, but I can't find any. I seemed to have hit a sweet spot with these chinook hops. 31 BU seems to be the limit, at least for me for this style of beer. When these hops are gone, I am going to brew a batch using Cascade hops. If I like it, I will buy a 5 lb. brick of it. This brew is good so far. It still has that citrus hop flavour. I hope to retain that after adding some Gelatin. I won't add too much.