4 Dog Brewery

Stewart Line 2011 This is a light brew since I am very low on ingredients. I just got under the wire so to speak. The OG is only 1.036. My efficiency suffered a bit, as I hoped to get to 1.040. 14 Gallons 19 lbs. OiO 2 row 1 lb. Crystal 10 60 grams Hallertauer - 60 min. Wyeast 1099 - carboy #1 100 grams 34/70 dry lager yeast - carboy #2 O.G. - 1.036 F.G. - 1.014 (ale) % - 3.2 (ale) SRM - 4.4 BU - 16 This just used up all of my yeast on hand. The lager wort is taking a long time to cool. I have time. I pitched the 1099 in 64F wort. I didn't rehydrate the 34/70 because the sealed pack was already in 100 gram packets. Since 50% of it dies when just sprinkled on top, well, I am left with 50 grams. It has a big rocky head of krausen on top of the carboy. Absolutely no smell from the fridge or air lock. I assume I will have a big huge mess on the bottom of the carboy when all is done. Things are moving along nicely. I have to remember that this is a 1.036 beer, so that it may be done a ...

3 Dog Harvest Ale This is another version of this Canadian Amber Ale. The previous one is okay, but too thin of a malt taste. I added some biscuit malt to this to see if it will get more of a malt background to it. 15 Gallons 25 lbs. OiO 2-row 1.5 lbs. Munich malt 1.18 lbs. Biscuit malt 50 grams Amarillo - 20 min. 50 grams Centennial - 20 min. 50 grams Amarillo - 10 min. 50 grams Centennial - 10 min. 50 grams Amarillo - 0 min. 50 grams Centennial - 0 min. 34.5 grams rehydrated US-05 O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.010 % - 5 BU - 20 SRM - 6 I didn't see any signs of fermentation until the next morning. Too long of lag time. 18 hours. Now if this was a lager, that would be okay. This isn't the first time I have had a long lag time with this yeast. I'm not worrying though...

3 Dog Harvest Ale I brewed this a month or so ago and that useless yeast from Australia didn't complete it's job. Threw it out. Garbage yeast. I didn't use any crystal malt with this recipe. Kept it simple. 15 Gallons 25 lbs. OiO 2 row pale malt 1.5 lbs. Munich malt 50 grams Amarillo - 20 min. 50 grams Centennial - 20 min. 50 grams Amarillo - 10 min. 50 grams Centennial - 10 min. 50 grams Amarillo - 0 min. 50 grams Centennial - 0 min. 4 sachets of rehydrated Nottingham yeast. O.G. - 1.050 F.G. - 1.010 % - 5.2 BU - 20 SRM - 5 This has a nice, light citrus flavour to it. I didn't want it to be too strong, just a nice CPA. It did, however have a good hop bite to it when I tasted the wort. I like this, but it needs more of a malt background. It is Jan. 25th now. It is unbalanced. Too much of a hop bite vs a malt background. Next time use more Munich malt or ssomething to give it more malt. Maybe mash higher.