Winter Brewing and Partigyle Woes

It's been cold here.  A cold white substance has been falling from the skies.  Not a surprise, it's Indiana and its January.  The semester starts tomorrow, so I thought I'd take some time to brew this weekend.  I decided to try my first partigyle (two beers, one mash) brew day.  I planned to brew two large beers (a barleywine and a strong ale) and I thought that I might run into some.  I was right.

The day started off fine as I cleared off the back deck.  It was a nice brisk saturday morning, clear skies and very little wind.  I started to boil a full ten gallons of water and fill a trash bag with my full grain bill.  The first mash filled the tun to the top.  After a 90 minute mash, I started to sparge and ... my first stuck sparge.  It was terrible.  It basically took all day to gather enough wort to brew both beers.  Sad to say, I found the limit of my system.

Unfortunately, I think this means I'll be steering clear of partigyle beers for awhile.  Thirty+ pounds of grain was to heavy and the mash just became a heavy batch of goo that wouldn't run clear.  Regardless, I think I wound up with two decent batches of brew.  I'm not sure how to enter a partigyle brew into iBrewmaster, so I entered it in as two separate batches.  I used a total of 30 lbs of Maris Otter and I entered in 15 for the first beer and 15 for the second.

21 yr itch ale

	Style: English Barleywine
	Type: All Grain	Calories: 372
	Rating: 0.0	Boil Size: 3.85 Gal
	IBU's: 81.63	Batch Size: 3.00 Gal
	Color:    9.6 SRM	Boil Time: 120 minutes
	Preboil OG: 1.104

		Estimated	Actual
	Brew Date:	-	01/05/2013
	OG:	1.114	1.110
	FG:	1.028	1.028
	ABV:	11.27 %	10.74 %
	Efficiency:	70 %	68 %
	Serve Date:	04/26/2013	/ /

Fermentation Steps
Name	Days / Temp	Estimated	Actual
Primary	21 days @ 68.0°F	01/05/2013	01/05/2013
Secondary	90 days @ 72.0°F	01/26/2013	-

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount	Percentage		Name	Time	Gravity
15.00 lbs	100.00 %		Pale Malt, Maris Otter	90 mins	1.038

Hops
Amount	IBU's		Name	Time	AA %
2.00 ozs	60.40		Northern Brewer	60 mins	8.50
0.66 ozs	14.42		Phoenix	30 mins	8.00
0.66 ozs	3.83		Fuggles	10 mins	4.50
0.66 ozs	2.98		Crystal	10 mins	3.50
0.50 ozs			Hallertauer	10 days	4.80
0.50 ozs			Goldings, East Kent	10 days	5.00

Yeasts
Amount	Name	Laboratory / ID
2.00 pkg	Safale S-04	Fermentis S-04

Additions
Amount	Name	Time	Stage
0.66 tsp	Calcium Chloride	15 mins	Mash
0.66 tsp	Gypsum	15 mins	Mash

Mash Profile

Light Body Infusion In 90 min @ 150.0°F

Add 30.00 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 162.0°F

Mashout 10 min @ 170.0°F

Heat to 170.0°F over 2 mins

Carbonation

(none)

Notes

This batch was brewed in partigyle fashion and this wort represented the first runnings. English Strong Ale in the Barrel Style: Old Ale Type: All Grain Calories: 235 Rating: 0.0 Boil Size: 6.38 Gal IBU's: 44.91 Batch Size: 5.50 Gal Color:   23.2 SRM   Boil Time: 75 minutes Preboil OG: 1.068 Estimated Actual Brew Date: - 01/05/2013 OG: 1.072 1.074 FG: 1.018 1.018 ABV: 7.07 % 7.34 % Efficiency: 70 % 71 % Serve Date: 03/27/2013 / / Fermentation Steps Name Days / Temp Estimated Actual Primary 21 days @ 68.0°F 01/05/2013 01/05/2013 Secondary 60 days @ 72.0°F 01/26/2013 - Grains & Adjuncts Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity 15.00 lbs 90.91 % Pale Malt, Maris Otter 60 mins 1.038 1.00 lbs 6.06 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L 60 mins 1.034 0.50 lbs 3.03 % Chocolate Malt 60 mins 1.034 Hops Amount IBU's Name Time AA % 1.50 ozs 34.02 Northern Brewer 60 mins 8.50 1.00 ozs 8.08 Goldings, East Kent 20 mins 5.00 0.33 ozs 1.40 Phoenix 5 mins 8.00 0.33 ozs 0.79 Fuggles 5 mins 4.50 0.33 ozs 0.61 Crystal 5 mins 3.50 Yeasts Amount Name Laboratory / ID 1.0 pkg Safale S-04 Fermentis S-04 Additions (none) Mash Profile Light Body Infusion In 75 min @ 150.0°F  Add 33.00 qt ( 1.25 qt/lb ) water @ 162.0°F Sparge  Sparge 15.46 qt of 170.0°F water over 60 mins Carbonation (none) Notes This beer was brewed from the second runnings from the 21 year itch ale. It was aged for two months in a wiskey barrel. To better (brew) days, HolzBrew