Here is a collection of brine recipes you can use when smoking your own salmon. We encourge you to add in your own ingredients to come up with the exact flavor you like.
Use a large container made of plastic. Pour in 2 gallons of cold water. Mix in remaining ingredients.
3 cups of granulated sugar
1.5 cups of table or kosher salt (not iodized!)
2 tbsp. Cracked black pepper
6 bay leaves
5 crushed garlic cloves
2 cups pineapple juice or 1 cup crushed pineapple
