3 FLoyds Zombie Dust attempt. Help/info requested
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Are you doing a 60 or 90 minute boil for the AG?
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skeezerpleezer
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60 min boil. I did a 90 once because I had to use pilsner in place of 2row.
Emagdnim13
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Fermenting right now. Hit just under the OG at 1.062, Smelled fantastic! Adding the dry hops in a few days. I will be using whole leaf, I can just throw them in the secondary right?
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skeezerpleezer
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Yes
Jamison
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Any idea what WLP004 Irish Ale yeast would do to this?
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Just curious. I plugged the numbers into beersmith for the extract version, and it estimates
a starting gravity of 1.055, that's different than what you posted.
I am using a 3 gallon - 60 minute boil, 5 gallon total.
What about upping the extra light DME by a pound, and increase the other hop additions to achieve the right gravity/ibus?
a starting gravity of 1.055, that's different than what you posted.
I am using a 3 gallon - 60 minute boil, 5 gallon total.
What about upping the extra light DME by a pound, and increase the other hop additions to achieve the right gravity/ibus?
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skeezerpleezer
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Threetall said:
Did you set it as a partial mash or extract? Either way, if you want to bump it up it should be fine. Just add a little to the first hop addition to get the ibus up, the rest should be fine.
Jamison- I have never used that yeast, so dont know much about it.
PLAYERSONLY
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I brewed the extract version of this up on Sunday 4/1 ... only my 4th brew session!
I love the smell of those Citra hops.
I used 1.5 pkgs of the Safale 04 dry yeast rehydrated for about an hour prior to pitching.
Fermentation was exploding thru the blowoff hose in 12-14 hours
I had one bottle of the real thing so I drank that during the brewing session. Now I need to get more for comparision once this is ready. My first two brews are not anything to brag about so I'm just hoping this is good. Anything remotely close to Zombie and I will be extremely happy.
Thanks for the recipe!
I love the smell of those Citra hops.
I used 1.5 pkgs of the Safale 04 dry yeast rehydrated for about an hour prior to pitching.
Fermentation was exploding thru the blowoff hose in 12-14 hours
I had one bottle of the real thing so I drank that during the brewing session. Now I need to get more for comparision once this is ready. My first two brews are not anything to brag about so I'm just hoping this is good. Anything remotely close to Zombie and I will be extremely happy.
Thanks for the recipe!
I set it as an extract brew. Also I've heard that citra produces off flavors when used as a bittering hop (60 minute addition)?
What if I just remove the 60 min addition and just hop burst for 20 mins of the boil?
Gigan
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Hey Players, I brewed it 2 weeks ago. Its still in the primary but tastes pretty good as is. When it gets dry hopped and carved it will only be better. I never had the original but it seems like a good one.
PLAYERSONLY
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^^^ good to hear that. You did the extract version?
Two weeks in primary huh? Is that the norm for this beer? I read the whole thread but I failed to write down what the normal fermentation process has been. I was thinking it was more like 7 days primary then secondary for 10 days when I add the dry hops. ??
I just want a good beer. My first batch tastes like dish soap
whitehause
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I'm going to brew this on Sunday....think I'll use the Bell's yeast I washed from my 2 hearted clone. What do you think? Or should I just get some 1968?
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skeezerpleezer
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I imagine the Bells would work fine. It works good in their beers.
eanmcnulty
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I just brewed this on Sunday, and after 74 batches of beer, I have never smelled the goodness coming from the blowoff bucket that is coming from this. It's like someone squirted and orange peel in my face. This is going to be a long five weeks...
Gigan
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^^^ good to hear that. You did the extract version?
Two weeks in primary huh? Is that the norm for this beer? I read the whole thread but I failed to write down what the normal fermentation process has been. I was thinking it was more like 7 days primary then secondary for 10 days when I add the dry hops. ??
I just want a good beer. My first batch tastes like dish soap
Its whatever you like really. I normally do 1 week but I had surgery this week so 2 weeks it is
Ya I did the extract too. I keep it in a primary the whole time. Ill just dry hop it for 10 days then bottle it when Im ready 
I think the FWH is fine. But I am concerned about a 60 minute addition for the extract version.
Thinking about doing this schedule (set up as partial mash):
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 1 11.8 %
8.0 oz Carafoam (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.9 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.9 %
8.0 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.9 %
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - First Wort 20.0 min Hop 5 15.6 IBUs
1 lbs Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 6 11.8 %
0.75 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 21.2 IBUs
0.75 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 17.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 9.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 11 2.0 IBUs
5 lbs Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 12 58.8 %
3.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 8.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 65.6 IBUs
Jamison
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Brewing my second batch of this on Tuesday, along with an Alpha King clone. It will probably be my last chance to brew until fall. Way too many projects to do : (
eanmcnulty
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I did the first wort citra. My first time. I'm hoping it works.
FeelingSurly
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I'm on my 3rd day of dry hopping. I plan on going 10 days (until next Sunday). Should I cold crash 2 days before the 10th day or wait until the 10th day?
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skeezerpleezer
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Citra works fine for FWH, and I have never had any off flavors using it early in the boil. Are the people that are saying Citra creates off flavors when used early the same ones that say Summit leaves an onion/garlic taste? Because I don't get that either and use Summit quite often (no one that has tried my beers have said that either). Everyone has their own opinion when it comes to hops, so it is probably best to form your own opinion. If you want to conserve some Citra on the extract version, you could use another hop for the 60min addition to get your ibus up.
Hopacolypse- you should be fine doing either method. My typical method is Primary, secondary (dryhop), rack to keg and cold crash for a few days, carbonate/add gelatin if using it, drink. I skip the secondary and dryhop in primary sometimes, depending on if I want to harvest the yeast or not.
Hopacolypse- you should be fine doing either method. My typical method is Primary, secondary (dryhop), rack to keg and cold crash for a few days, carbonate/add gelatin if using it, drink. I skip the secondary and dryhop in primary sometimes, depending on if I want to harvest the yeast or not.
Gigan
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I still cannot understand how to FWH so I did the 60 min addition so far it tasted good. I looked up several threads but I need some one to spell it out for me
I still cannot understand how to FWH so I did the 60 min addition so far it tasted good. I looked up several threads but I need some one to spell it out for me
Put hops in kettle and then start running off the mash into kettle.
whitehause
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Just brewed this yesterday, man what a great smell. OG came in at 1.066 using BIAB with a dunk sparge. Pitched about 6pm using my harvested Bell's yeast, and it's churning away like a champ this morning.
whitehause
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I still cannot understand how to FWH so I did the 60 min addition so far it tasted good. I looked up several threads but I need some one to spell it out for me
From my understanding......The FWH ( first wort hops) is added to the high gravity first runnings of your sparge. You would mash your grains, then add the hops to your boil kettle, then run your first sparge into the kettle. The hops then sit in the first runnings till your second runnings are ready. You run off the rest of your sparge, then boil as normal. I just did this yesterday , but I use BIAB, so I used 1.50qt per pound and held the rest of my strike water back in a separate pot. Did my mash as usual, then pulled the grain bag and added the hops to the high gravity wort. Then I put my grain bag into the second pot of heated strike water (kind of like a dunk sparge). If you are doing extract, I think you would add at about 20 mins left in the boil.(not sure about this) The recipe says FWH...20mins... That is just to estimate the IBU's that a FWH will give you as most recipe programs don't have a way to account for a FWH addition in their IBU calculations.
Again, I'm not an expert on this, so if there is someone with more knowledge on this please chime in/correct any inaccuracies in my description.
smokinj
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Whitehause nailed it. I think the idea is that sitting in the mash/sparge temp wort helps preserve some of the flavor and aroma through the boil, and also adds some bitterness.
This assumes a batch sparge. My explanation above is for any way you sparge.
I brewed this up three weeks ago, just took a gravity reading and MAN does this sample taste good. I've never tasted the real zombie dust, but I sure as hell like this beer. Going to pick up the hops for dryhop tomorrow, keg it in 7-10 days.
