• Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil
• Reduce to a simmer. Thoroughly stir in all ingredients, granulated ingredients should dissolve. Do not add brisket
• Turn off heat, double the volume with ice or cold water. You want to reduce the temperature of your brine to below 40 degrees before brining your brisket.
• In a narrow pot large narrow pot, place brisket, pour cold brine over brisket. Cover pot
• Brine brisket for 7 - 10 days minimum
  

Cook Corned Beef

• Using a pot that holds 1 gallon per lb. of brisket, for this 10lbs use a pot that holds 10 gallons of water with brisket in it, fill with brisket in the pot and bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer
  
• Simmer 2 -3 hours until internal temperature reaches 185 - 195 degrees f.
• If serving as a corned beef dinner follow instructions for Corned Beef and Cabbage recipe
  
• If using for sliced sandwich meat, cool slice across the grain
  
• If making a reuben grill sandwich follow instructions for Reuben