4 Dog Brewery

First time using the WSM. Hope all goes well, If it rains the smoke is cancelled. If it rains in the middle of the smoke, stay the course but clean up will be messy. Water will get in there and end up at the bottom part. Cannot clean that out until it is 100% cooled down which will be the next day at the earliest. I am starting this around 5 am and go from there. I am quite excited to do this. Rain is in the forecast every day now, but hopefully it will end when I start to do this. I can wait awhile and start it later but that means it will be later in the evening when I am done. The Brisket will be cooked a day or two early and I think I can just toss it in the slow cooker on warm the day we eat it. Next summer I can do this on any day as it doesn't seem to rain as much. Bring fire extinguisher out there too. Never know, shit happens. Ingredients Brisket - 17 lbs. but I cut it up into the six pieces, the flat and point. Had a real hard time doing it too. I think I can get 3 meals ...

Getting an early start on my Helles Lagers. No use to wait until spring, may as well get'r done now. Using liquid yeast with an over build and I hope it does a lot more than my Kolsch yeast which was near dead for some reason. Since we are going away I have to let this ferment for 5 - 6 days. That is fine. I will shut the fridge off when we get back on Monday, Nov. 6.                         FOUND THE REASON FOR THE ODD TASTING BEERS I switched to using Celsius and didn't mash in at the right temperature. That is an enzyme problem. I should of mashed in at 75C instead of 70C. Dummy!! Ingredients 11 lbs. Pilsner Malt 8 ozs. Vienna 8 ozs. Carafoam Dextrine 40 grams Czech Saaz at 60 min. Biergarten Lager Yeast with over build - ( 500 ml ) - ( 9 - 13 C) - ( 48 - 55 F ) O.G. - 1.044 - 73% F.G. - % - SRM - 3.4 BU - 18 Mash Water - 5.75 gallons Sparge Water - 5 gallons Water Profile - 4 Dog Brewery CA - 22 MG - 8 S04 - 31 CI - 39 PH -...

I am not using beer gas as I don't think I will make a lot of UK styles of beer. This will be on tap down in the beer room. I will use my stout faucet and try to get a creamy head on it the best I can do. If it is okay, I will make another one sometime in the winter of 2024. Ingredients 9 lbs. Horton Ridge Organic 2 lbs. Flaked Barley 1 lb. Carafa Special III 1 lb. Choclate Malt 1 lb. Roasted Barley 40 grams Challenger at 60 min. US-05 Mashing the 2 row and flaked barley only. Cold Steeping the roasted malts On the day before brew day, mix the roasted grains with 6 qts. RO water and toss it in the fridge over night. Take out of fridge sometime during the day to warm up. Add to the boil kettle the last 10 minutes of the boil.                Water Profile - Yellow Balanced Mash Water - 5.25 gallons Sparge Water - 5 gallons CA - 50 MG - 9 S04 - 75 CI - 59 PH - 5.40 Mash Gyp - 1.4 g CI - 1.8 g Eps - 1.8 g Lactic Acid - 1.7 ml Boil Gyp- 1.4 g CI - 1.7 ...