3 FLoyds Zombie Dust attempt. Help/info requested

[TrubHead]

Opened the 1st bottle tonight. Fantastic aroma and taste for this hop head but it might be too much hops (though not bitter) for others. Maybe drop one or more of the timed additions and mix amarillo in the mix next time.

 

[J343MY]

I got a chance to taste my clone side by side with Zombie Dust over the weekend and it was quite interesting.

The colour was close but Zombie Dust was about 1 SRM or so lighter. The hop profiles were quite different though. Mine was some citrus with a big peach flavour, and the Zombie Dust was some citrus with a piney dankness.

I'm starting to doubt weather zombie dust is still all citra. The comercial description no longer mentions citra, so I'm wondering if it may be a blend of citra and something like chinook or simcoe.

I'll post up my recipe and thoughts about changes later tonight probably.

 

[runningweird]

Brewed this a few weeks ago. It's been in the keg for about 8 days.

I think it will clear up a little bit more but I doubt it will be crystal clear. The dry hopping seems to have that impact on my beer.

The aroma is fantastic and the taste is great. I could use a smidge more bitterness.

Having never had the real zombie dust I can't say how close it is but this beer is very good.

I have 2.5 more pounds of citra waiting in my freezer - this will probably be on tap all year long.

 

[Gigan]

Ok superchunk I may be having trouble with brewing terms. Lets say I steep my grain to the appropriate temp and time. Then remove and sparge them. Do the hops then go in at that time? Or am I off base here

 

[suprchunk]

Dang! I typed up a long response and lost internet connection when I posted.

I'll try to type out the gist of it again, if you want more detail you can PM me.

First off, if you are doing BIAB the following won't apply. Or at least as far as I can tell. I suppose if you BIAB you can just add the hops when you pull the bag out and start heating to boil.

If you batch or fly sparge: once done mashing and starting to collect the runoff just put your hops into the boil pot. That's really all there is to FWH. Nothing in the boil pot but hops. Then start collecting the wort into the hops.

Again, if you need more explanation just PM me or someone else will put it more in layman's terms. There was a decent explanation a page or so back. And this page might do a lot better as there is some video for the explanation: http://billybrew.com/first-wort-hopping

 

[suprchunk]

Do I spy a recipe for Pumking under that beer?

 

[FeelingSurly]

I feel confident this hasn't been discussed on this thread...

Can someone enlighten me how much psi is being put on in a corny keg for this beer? And do I keep the desired psi at a constant until ready to drink?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I usually run around 12-13 psi on the CO2. You can force carbonate higher to get it carbed quicker (I do 30 psi) then dial it back.

 

[TrubHead]

skeezer - I'm still stunned at how much hop flavor and aroma the hop burst method delivers.

 

[runningweird]

Do I spy a recipe for Pumking under that beer?

indeed you do - I had just racked to the keg so I needed to know what to put into it.

I also tossed in half a heavy toast oak spiral.

I am going to brew a 10 gallon batch soon - enough to give a few away to other people.

 

[FeelingSurly]

Can I sanitize/clean my keg 3 days ahead of time? I just want to make my prep work easy for sunday

 

[ao125]

Can I sanitize/clean my keg 3 days ahead of time? I just want to make my prep work easy for sunday

• Wake Up
• Put on a pot of coffee
• Fill keg with sani and water
• Wait for coffee to brew and pour yourself a cup
• Drain off the sani with your auto-siphon
• Drink your coffee
• Xfer the beer
• Pour yourself another cup of coffe, but make it Irish this time.

 

[ShinyBuddha]

[*]Wake Up
[*]Put on a pot of coffee
[*]Fill keg with sani and water
[*]Wait for coffee to brew and pour yourself a cup
[*]Drain off the sani with your auto-siphon
[*]Drink your coffee
[*]Xfer the beer
[*]Pour yourself another cup of coffe, but make it Irish this time.

I like your style.

 

[FeelingSurly]

Can I substitute coffee for beer? Or will that screw up the process somehow.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Can I sanitize/clean my keg 3 days ahead of time? I just want to make my prep work easy for sunday

Yes, I'd do all the time, just hit it with CO2 to seal it up. After sanitizing, I like to hook the keg up to my empty tap and run the starsan through the line/tap then just leave the keg pressurized.

ao125's method works also.

 

[ShinyBuddha]

Dbl post

 

[ocluke]

Has anyone reached out to Three Floyds for a clone recipe, or asked for them to look at this recipe? I'd like to attempt a go at the Zombie Dust, but want to mimic Three Floyd's actual recipe as much as I can.

@skeezerpleezer Has your recipe on post #1 been edited to reflect the experimenting and feedback you've received? If not, I'd recommend it since it's the place everyone starts at on this thread. 21 pages and counting is quite a bit to sift through.

Cheers.

 

[ShinyBuddha]

As a westcoaster I haven't had the pleasure of enjoying zombie dust. However, it will be on cask tonight at a Real Ale festival. Can't wait to try it and see what you guys are talking about (and yes, I will be taking notes =)

 

[InityBrew]

Hey all,

I am very excited about being able to brew this tomorrow..

I plan on going with wyeast 1968

For those that have used this yeast.. What mash temps have been successful? I was told to mash low BC this yeast is known to leave some body behind

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I mashed my 1968 batch at 155 and it ended up a couple point higher than I wanted (higher than the s-04 and s-05 batches). I would probably do 151-152 next time with that yeast.

 

[InityBrew]

Thanks skeezer. I am pumped to get this started

 

[billysparrows]

Brewed a 3 gallon AG batch today. Looking forward to the results...thanks for the recipe.

 

[TrubHead]

Another week of aging has mellowed out the hops. Very drinkable now and happy it didn't stay a citrus bomb.

 

[Threetall]

I did a partial mash recipe today, and got an OG of 1.060. What is this going to do for my beer?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I did a partial mash recipe today, and got an OG of 1.060. What is this going to do for my beer?

It will be fine. Maybe a little light on abv, and a bit dryer, but it won't be a bad beer.

 

[Emagdnim13]

Bottling tomorrow.

Only thing I changed was adding 4oz of whole leaf for dry hop instead of 3 because I had only had 4oz of whole leaf and figured it couldn't hurt.

Will post in a few weeks when I drink it.

Edit: smelled amazing today, cannot wait to drink this!

 

[RC0032]

Anyone have the latest recipe revision?

 

[FeelingSurly]

On second day of force carb at 30psi. My parents 30th anniversary was last night and was FORCED to try it. Wow this beer turned out great. I had the true zombie dust an hour before tapping my version and the only thing I would do different is bump up on the dry hop.

 

[ao125]

Finally had my point of reference. Can't wait to brew my own.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Anyone have the latest recipe revision?

Post 1. It seems as though Similar results are being achieved with 1968 or S-04 yeast. I have used both and didn't recall much difference, but unfortunately drank all the S-04 before I could do a side by side. The 1968 did finish a couple points higher on FG, so maybe mash around 152 or so if you go that route.

Hopacolypse- glad it turned out well for you. I think you will find it improves in another week or two.