Well, my pseudo clone of this is done, and it's a solid beer. Mine actually wound up at 1.055 OG and 1.010 FG, which is obviously a bit off. Also used 1056 yeast because I couldn't get ahold of Pacman.
My thoughts: first off, I'm never using the home brew stores crush again. I let them crush my grain for this, as it was for an event at their store. I get way better efficiency using my barley crusher.
Second, the color and flavor are dead on, but the hop bite is milder in my clone, and my clone completely lacks the honey aroma that the real Dead Guy has. I actually prefer the clone to the real thing in everything except the lack of the honey aroma. Anyone know what causes that? Is it the Pacman yeast? Or just that mine finished too dry?
My thoughts: first off, I'm never using the home brew stores crush again. I let them crush my grain for this, as it was for an event at their store. I get way better efficiency using my barley crusher.
Second, the color and flavor are dead on, but the hop bite is milder in my clone, and my clone completely lacks the honey aroma that the real Dead Guy has. I actually prefer the clone to the real thing in everything except the lack of the honey aroma. Anyone know what causes that? Is it the Pacman yeast? Or just that mine finished too dry?