4 Dog Brewery

Last brew for 2010. Lots of brewing for 2011. I am going to use and harvest liquid yeast next year. I am going to use a lot of different yeast available now a days. This is a lower gravity ale because I have only one smack pack of 1007. I will save the slurry from this and hopefully have enough for a 14 gallon batch. This will be split into two carboys using Wyeast 1007 and Nottingham. Murphy German Ale 14 Gallons 18 lbs. OiO 2 row 1 lb. Munich malt 8 ozs. Muntons crystal 40L 75 grams Hallertauer - 60 min. Wyeast 1007/Nottingham O.G. - 1.038 F.G. - % - SRM - 6.4 BU - 20 I didn't have time to make a starter. The yeast was 3 months old and I thought that it wouldn't start, or even ferment. It was going good by the next morning. It actually started before the Notty. It is still going good. 16C for both carboys. I have no temperature control with these carboys, escept shutting a door to a cold room. Both have remained at a steady 16C.

3 Dog Oktoberfest Ale This is my version of a famous beer style from Germany. My version is an ale because my track record with lagers is dismal. I may give lagers another shot when all of my kegs are full of beer. I used all of the Pilsner malt I had. 15 Gallons 18 lbs. Pilsner malt 3 lbs. OiO 2-row 6 lbs. Munich malt 1 lb. Muntons crystal 40L 100 grams Hallertauer - 60 min. 35 grams Hallertauer - 15 min. 300 ml of US-05 slurry O.G. - 1.056 F.G. - % - SRM - 6 BU - 27

3 Dog Pub Ale 15 Gallons This is my house ale which I have been brewing for years. I need to keep this beer simple as I am going to brew it a lot next summer. 25 lbs. OiO pale malt 1 lb. Muntons crystal 40L 100 grams Hallertauer - 60 min. 35 grams Hallertauer - 15 min. 3 Sachets of US-05 O.G. - 1.045 F.G. - 1.010 % - 4.5 SRM - 5.1 BU - 27 This is ready to keg today, Dec. 15. I harvested 800 ml of yeast and hope to use 250 ml of this slurry. The last time I harvested yeast, it tasted lousy. I am still not sure what happened. Maybe I over pitched. This beer has a good noble hop taste to it. This will be ready for Christmas.