BIAB Partigyle

Hey everyone! I've looked around a bit about BIAB partigyle and didn't find much results anywhere. Well, brewing an Imperial IPA, I figured why not give it a try?

Recipe/
3 Gallon

Grain Bill:
7 lbs US 2-row
8 oz White Wheat Malt
8 oz Crystal 40
1 lb table sugar @ 60 min boil

Hop Schedule:
2 oz Amarillo @ FWH
2 oz Amarillo @ 5 mins
1 oz Citra @ 5 mins
2 oz Amarillo @ Flameout
1 oz Citra @ Flameout

Continually hopped with 1 oz Warrior.

Chilled to 68 and pitched US-05.

Here's where the partigyle comes in. After the mash, I took the bag out and dunked it in 1.5 gallons of 170 water. I stirred, and let sit for about 5 minutes. I only planned this to be a one gallon partigyle because I wasn't sure if I could get enough sugar to make an entire second 3 gallon batch.

I put it on a stove burner inside while the IIPA was boiling outside. Hopped with
.5 oz Cascade @ 60 mins
1.5 oz Cascade @ 5 mins

Chilled, and pitched US-05.


OG on the IIPA ended up at 1.082, a couple points higher than expected. And the second rubbings batch ended up at 1.050. Not bad! Considering I would've chucked the grains anyway.

Here's a pic mid fermentation:




I had to put the blow off vessel in a bowl because it overflowed all over the carpet. This is gonna be one good IPA. I plan to dry hop it with 2 oz Amarillo and 1 oz of Citra.

So, there are my endeavors with BIAB Partigyle. It works!!

Thats not a bad technique. I usually dunk sparge and add back to the first batch maybe ill try a few of these second beers and do a little experimenting.

When I do a big brew in the cooler mash tun, I frequently decide to try a partygyle beer. I have yet to produce outstanding beer sadly, mostly because by the time the boil starts Im already feeling pretty good Notes become scarce with the second beers and my math gets really shoddy. I tend to hop for 5 gallons instead of 1-3 and things like that. One day it will come together, maybe if i plan beforehand. Thanks for the idea anyway.

Here is a picture of the latest second runnings creation, it was a Stone SSR clone. All I remember is that we pitched two vials of expired WL yeast we got for free from the local. They were WLP-655 Belgian sour and WLP-665 Flemish ale blend. Dont know what was left alive but something is stirring in there. I am worried about the carafa, probably dont want that roastiness in a flanders beer. Like I said my sensibility seems to elude me with second runnings batches. I guess ill find out in about 10 months

Yea, and I realize it's not a traditional partigyle, but if anything, it's a way to utilize grains that you'd normally be throwing out.

And the cool thing is that I still hit the OG for my "first runnings", so if I can do that and still hit the volume, might as well take the grains and get something else out of them!

I wonder if I could've dunked them in like 4 gallons of water and boiled down to three, and gotten a 1.020 wort and then beefed up with some DME. Definitely going to try it next time!

Nice move with the BIAB partigyle, a gallon 1.050 wort beats a sweet compost pile...

Very nice! I partigyled a 3 gal batch off of an imperial stout, then did a sour mash with it to make a sour stout. It had an 0G of 1.043, hopped it to 8 IBU's with cascade, and it is honestly the best beer I have ever made. Very sour, but is balanced with a roasty, malty finish. friggin AMAZING.

Nice. You just gave me a reason to get a couple 1 gallon fermenting jugs. I'll tell SWMBO it was your idea.

I have done a sour "bonus beer" partigyle style a number of times.
Here is one I wrote up for my blog:
http://littlehouseonthesandpit.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/sour-holiday/

I did one of these yesterday, got 6 gal of 1.095 breakfast stout clone and 2.5 gal of 'bonus' beer at 1.046. Great tip!