BBQ and beer!

[Trollby]

Over the past years I tested and came up with the BEST Pork Loin Brine:

Pork-Loin Brine
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup Kosher salt
8 cups water
4 bay leaves, crumbled
1 1/2 tablespoon whole Allspice berries, lightly crushed
2 tablespoon whole black peppercorns, lightly crushed
15 medium garlic cloves, peeled and cut into 4-6 pieces per clove

Instructions:
1. Place 4 cups water in a brining container and place in freezer to get cold (ice forming is fine).
2. In a large non conductive pan boil 4 cups of water turn off heat and add the sugar and salt, stir until dissolve.
3. Add the Bay leaves, Allspice and peppercorns set aside to seep.
4. After about 15 minutes slice garlic and add to brine.
5.After another 10 - 25 minutes add the brine to the container with the 4 cups of cold water; stir to combine
6. Check the temp of brine, if not cooled enough to add meat (around 50* or less for pork) refrigerate to cool.
7. Add the pork to the brine and cover the container with plastic wrap or lid
8. Refrigerate 12-24 hours minimum but no more than 4 days for large whole meat (I like 48 hours for 4# + loins)
9. Remove the pork from the brine and pick the spices off the meat
10. Dry the pork thoroughly with paper towels

I adjust the brine size on the amount of the meat, the recipe is for up to 5# but with 2 -3# of pork chops (thick cut) or pork roast I cut the brine size in half.

[FedoraDave]

That looks like a good brine recipe. I prefer dry rub myself, and a couple days ago I threw one together, on the fly.

Mostly paprika, but it also has salt, celery salt, black pepper, white pepper, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, dry mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, nutmeg, and ground cloves. Kind of sweet up front, with an afterburn, which is exactly what I want. The brown sugar should caramelize nicely and put a good, crusty bark on the pork.

I have apple chips, but no chunks, so I think I'm going to go with either hickory or pear. Probably hickory.

The day should play out as follows:

Bottle 2.5 gallon batch.
Rack fiver to secondary.
Get to LHBS right as they open, at 11:00; buy ingredients for Sunday's fiver and the following week's recipe.
Get home shortly after 12:00, and get my smoke on.
Sit around tending temperature, drinking homebrew, and listening to Rock And/Or Roll (or quite possibly the baseball game).
Have a barbecued pork dinner.

[Trollby]

Sounds like my kind of day!

[RickS]

I can get you all of the Bell's that you want. I live about 1 mile from there.

[alb]

Well, I know better than to ask for your BBQ sauce recipe, but could I get your recipe for FedoraDave's American Ale? Extract and AG, if you're feeling generous. I need a good summer brew. In case summer ever comes to Ohio.

[Beer-lord]

Wait, is this THE ALB? How are you doing? It's great to see you here.
<thread-jack over>

[alb]

Yep it's me, Beer-lord! I was so disgusted at that other site that I signed off altogether. I'm still brewing but I need some fellowship to go along with it. So here I am, trying to figure out where everything is on this forum. Good to be back.

[BlackDuck]

Welcome to the Borg alb!! That site did turn into garbage, but I think you'll see some very familiar faces here!!! Good to see you again!

[mtsoxfan]

Welcome back to the Borg...
BB will be delighted to have another female online. Although Evily finally showed up too...

[FedoraDave]

This is one hijacked thread I am thrilled to see!

Alb, my little sis! It's so good to see you again! You can take the girl out of the Borg, but you can't take the Borg outta the girl! Now I feel like this place is fulfilled!

I'll post the recipe for FedoraDave's American Ale ASAP (gotta dig it up). I'm not sure if I have an extract recipe on file still, but the AG recipe is solid, and I don't mind sharing it with the world, so it's all yours my dear.

Look for a separate thread in the Advance Recipes forum.

Alb is back!!!

[BigPapaG]

Yep it's me, Beer-lord! I was so disgusted at that other site that I signed off altogether. I'm still brewing but I need some fellowship to go along with it. So here I am, trying to figure out where everything is on this forum. Good to be back.

Hi Alb, glad to see you back!

[Inkleg]

Well, I know better than to ask for your BBQ sauce recipe, but could I get your recipe for FedoraDave's American Ale? Extract and AG, if you're feeling generous. I need a good summer brew. In case summer ever comes to Ohio.

BEST THREAD HIJACK EVER! Great to see you alb.

[berryman]

Hi alb, glad you found us here. A lot of the same good folks from the other site and a lot of great new members also.

[John Sand]

Welcome back! The Gang's all here.

[myhorselikesbeer]

Welcome back Alb. Glad to see you found us. Hope all has been well. Yea. waiting for Spring in PA too.