Normally I put the brisket on the stove top but this year I went with a slow cooker.
Took the spice packet and crushed the whole spices and put in a cup of boiling water
then took the brisket and put in a ziplock bag and put in beer and ginger beer
water with spices - kept in the cooler for 1 day
Put two cans beef broth in slow cooker added brisket and liquid from previous day
added additional spice, salt, whole cloves of garlic, yukon potatoes, carrots, celery, yellow onion
let cook on high for 6 hours - then added wedges of cabbage for last hour
Took a cup or two of cooking liquid put in pan and reduced by half
added to sour cream and horseradish to make table sauce.
All in all a nice family meal for St Paddy's day.