Blind Pig - Experimental Partigyle

Almost a NYE brew, the Femme Fermental and I set aside the afternoon to brew up a batch of Blind Pig.  We are both raving fans of pretty much anything Russian River so I was very excited to brew the Pig.  I sourced the recipe from several different forums and decided to brew the current version, not the oak aged version that Vinnie originally brewed back in the day.  It was a really fun brew day because we also made a batch of English cider during the mash and an experimental partigyle batch from the second mash runnings.  The Femme Fermental handled the partigyle and she decided to go with a single hop all Centennial brew.  She continuously hopped it during the last 30 mins of the boil.  To keep with the experimental theme I used some S-33 yeast.  For some reason my mash efficiency was way down on the Blind Pig but spot on for the partigyle mash.  Maybe some dough balls, who knows.  I used my single kettle e-BIAB setup.  The beer will come in at 6.2% instead of 7.5%, so we will see.  I am sure it will be very tasty regardless.

1/27/12 - This beer is fantastic and I think it is my best tasting IPA yet.  Blind Pig is making its rounds at local bars right now and I happily sit at home drinking mine.  I am going to enter this in a competition to see how it scores.  It may be a bit young still, but it is darn tasty.

Grain              Additions                                 Results

13 2-row         1.5 chinook at 60                    6.8 at 1050

.5 wheat          .5 cascade at 30                      5.8 at 1058

.5 c-40            1 cascade at 15                      

.5 carapils       Irish moss at 10                                  

                        .5 amarillo at 2                                  

                        .5 simcoe at 2             

mash at 151    .25 amarillo, .25 simcoe, .5 cascade, 1 centennial dry

s-05 at 66-68   og 1066                                    

add dry hops to primary on day 7 (60 degrees), 32 degrees on day 12 and rack off on day 14
FG 1.012

All Centennial 2 gallon partigyle
.5 oz Centennial at 60
.5 oz continuously hopped from 30 to 0
1040 OG
S-33 yeast
fg 1.012

2/1-Sampled the partigyle and it certainly showcases the Centennial hop.  It is much more bitter than I thought it would be, but after the first few sips, that mellows.  Obviously, it lacks the hop complexity of its big brother, but makes for a nice session beer with some hop bite.

Vista, CA Water Profile
Water Adjustments (tsp)	Ca=57
.854 Epsom Salt	SO4=136
.825 Baking Soda	Mg=22
.155 Canning Salt	Na=71
1.254 Gypsum	Cl=88
	Carb=147
	Hard=233
	Alk=122