Post by Bob McGill on Apr 1, 2012 14:37:41 GMT -5
At the March club meeting at Richard’s, Eric proposed partigyle brewing for National Homebrewers Day, to include more members, with each brewer using a different roasted grain to add difference. I opposed, but had no support. I have delayed expressing my reasons, giving Eric a chance to come up with a plan. I don’t see this proposal as increasing the number of members participating in brewing this day, and can not visualize a good plan.
Partigyle brewing is a technique where the first running are used for a big beer, and the finial runnings for a small beer. Using one of the 3-tiered systems many members have and starting with 32-34 lbs grain and 10 gallons of water, the 1st 8 gallons drained could be expected to have a gravity of about 1.10, with a gravity of about 1.08 for 12 gallons, the amount required to give 10 gallons of a high gravity beer. The second runnings at this point may be high enough for a 2% beer, slightly higher if someone wants to make a long boil after waiting beyond the point everyone else has finished. If the goal at the start had been 15 gallons, 3 people could take home a 1.06 sg beer.
The 2nd problem is adding an additional grain after lautering. Adding a grain for flavor to a lautered liquid would reduce the SG, due to loses with the grain added in the sparge bag. If different flavor grains are to be added, they would be best added to 1-2 gallons of water and that added to the individual boiling worts.
Let’s try to have a big turn-out for this most important day; but partigyle brewing is not the way to do it.
Please respond with comments and suggestions.
Partigyle brewing is a technique where the first running are used for a big beer, and the finial runnings for a small beer. Using one of the 3-tiered systems many members have and starting with 32-34 lbs grain and 10 gallons of water, the 1st 8 gallons drained could be expected to have a gravity of about 1.10, with a gravity of about 1.08 for 12 gallons, the amount required to give 10 gallons of a high gravity beer. The second runnings at this point may be high enough for a 2% beer, slightly higher if someone wants to make a long boil after waiting beyond the point everyone else has finished. If the goal at the start had been 15 gallons, 3 people could take home a 1.06 sg beer.
The 2nd problem is adding an additional grain after lautering. Adding a grain for flavor to a lautered liquid would reduce the SG, due to loses with the grain added in the sparge bag. If different flavor grains are to be added, they would be best added to 1-2 gallons of water and that added to the individual boiling worts.
Let’s try to have a big turn-out for this most important day; but partigyle brewing is not the way to do it.
Please respond with comments and suggestions.