2 minutes ago, LonnieP said:

Oh. I watched a video and I want to try it the way he did it. Once the meat temperature of the brisket reached 160 degrees, he put the brisket in an aluminum pan and poured a beer in it, then covered it in foil for the rest of the cook. I’d have to find the video again to see if he soaked it first.

ahhhhhhh..that changes everything.  very cool.

i can't stand corned beef & cabbage. 

sake isn't really a st paddy's day thing, so i don't do any drinking either. 

but i do make irish bread.  usually a make a few extra loaves and give them to my neighbors. this year, i didn't make any, because my kids made me some instead.  they also gave me a cool plaque to put on my kitchen wall, with my great great grandmother's  recipe all done up on some parchment with some clovers on it