3 FLoyds Zombie Dust attempt. Help/info requested

[martyjmc]

I will most definitely brew this one again. Thanks!

 

[martyjmc]

This turned out to be my best brew ever!

Can't stop drinking this one.

 

[guitarmike]

awesome recipe! Never had the real thing, but man this one turned out a fantastic beer!!!

 

[Spinrathen]

Seems like this is getting good reviews, probably give it a shot.

 

[bigljd]

What was your finishing gravity?

Sorry, missed your question earlier. I went from 1.068 to 1.013. When I first gravity checked it it had stopped at 1.018, which is what I wanted, but then after dry hopping with leaf hops and gently stirring in the hops the yeast woke back up and knocked another 5 points off. Oh well, it still tastes good, just slightly more bitter than planned. WLP002 usually doesn't attenuate that high, since it drops so quickly.

 

[runningweird]

I just put 10 gallons into fermenters - thanks again for the recipe.

an idea, since I just went through a great deal of citra in one day.

since the FWH/60 minute addition is almost all bitterness perhaps using a cheaper hop would work. something clean bittering like magnum.

 

[tgmartin000]

Sorry, missed your question earlier. I went from 1.068 to 1.013. When I first gravity checked it it had stopped at 1.018, which is what I wanted, but then after dry hopping with leaf hops and gently stirring in the hops the yeast woke back up and knocked another 5 points off. Oh well, it still tastes good, just slightly more bitter than planned. WLP002 usually doesn't attenuate that high, since it drops so quickly.

Right on, thanks. I also used WLP002, and was concerned that my version wouldn't attenuate enough. I ended up mashing at 152-153, a little lower than recommended, for just over an hour. It's now been 5 days fermenting. Most of the fermentation happened at 64, and on day 4 I brought it upstairs to free rise up to 68 to help finish it off.

I'm going to stop by my LHBS to pick up a new hydrometer (my third), since I broke mine while cleaning up after the zombie dust. So we'll see where I'm sitting at, gravity wise. Hopefully right in the 1.016-1.018 range.

 

[Adaman05]

Tasted our first attempt after 3.5 weeks in the bottle. It was a little foamy and darn good, but not quite there. I'm thinking another week or two in the fridge should help both accounts since it's only been in the fridge a couple of days.

Sampled our second attempt as we bottled this one today. My brewing buddy and I both tasted a lot of banana, so I'm not quite sure what that's about! I'm hoping that will clear up in about a month as it carbs and conditions. I'm not sure if it was the yeast or not, but this batch we used s-04, whereas we used 1968 in the first batch.

 

[Yetiman]

Just finished a blind tasting of my third attempt at this vs. bottles picked up from the brewery two weeks ago and kept cold.

I brewed on 2/14/3
Used crystal 40 instead of 60 since I used pale malt (which is slightly darker than 2 row?)
1.060 OG finished at 1.016
1968 with starter pitched at 54 and fermented warm at 73.
Dry hopped 3.5 oz

Keg/brite tank for two weeks pushed by gas to serving keg.

Did this blind so I could avoid being influenced by what I thought would be the little lingering yeast from the brite tank. Turned out to be a non factor as the beers looked exactly the same.

Aroma was dead on and really couldn't tell a difference. I did pick correctly mine as I thought it was a smidgen stronger attributed to freshness.

Flavor was tricky. One of them had a noticeable mild harshness relative to the other. It also had a less clean flavor to it. At first I thought this was mine due to any lingering yeast. The more I sampled each, the more I felt mine was the cleaner of the two which turned out to be correct. My wife had a different take on this and picked mine out correctly as being the more "watery" of the two.

In any event, it was like splitting hairs and if you didn't drink them side by side with a thinking cap on, you could sell this as zombie dust.

Skeezer - any thoughts for adjusting the body? Could this be a result of my mashing? I use Blichmann Boilermaker with the false bottom and have produced my fair share of 1st place beers.

Thanks!

 

[whitehause]

I just put 10 gallons into fermenters - thanks again for the recipe.

an idea, since I just went through a great deal of citra in one day.

since the FWH/60 minute addition is almost all bitterness perhaps using a cheaper hop would work. something clean bittering like magnum.

I've tried this exact same thing with Magnum. All I can say is DON'T DO IT.
While it's a great beer, it is not the same. It has a harsher bitterness that just isn't right for this brew.

 

[Chug]

Took a break from brewing through this long, cold, and miserable winter but brewed this up at the end of February. I can't compare it to Zombie Dust as I have never had it but I have a feeling this keg won't last long and I will definitely be brewing this again!! Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Adaman05]

For those of you who bottled, how long did you find it took to reach its sweet spot? I tried one after 3 weeks at 65 and one week in the fridge, and it wasn't there yet. I'm sure I probably had an error or three along the way as well

 

[swedishiron]

Three weeks @ 68 degrees seemed to be the sweet spot for my bottles

 

[Sevenal]

One bottle left:confused saving for Easter but it looks really good sitting there ice cold in the fridge. Guess I'll do pale ale and Stout half and half.

 

[ReefKeeper]

Brewing a 10 gallon batch in two hours... for the 2nd time this month.

 

[Ailstock]

Has anyone done an all Mosaic or all El Derado hop version of this beer?

 

[Lagger]

In! Got this coming up the pipeline next after I bottle a saison. 5g partial mash version, more grain/less dme than original recipe listed on page 1. Can't wait!

 

[jvh261]

A lb. of Citra just arrived in the mail. Grain is on track to arrive tomorrow. Brewing this on Saturday (hopefully).

 

[formula2fast]

I brewed this last weekend, and so far is looking and smelling amazing. I can't wait to drink it. Will post results once it is finished.

 

[mudweiser5]

Need a little help as this will be my first brew involving a mini-mash. I plan on doing a 2.5 gallon version of this brew next week. Looks something like this:

Batch Size: 2.5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.061
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.015
Estimated Color: 9.9 SRM
Bitterness: 72.4 IBU
Mash Temp 151 F (45 min)


3.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract
0.50 lb Munich Malt-10L
0.25 lb Carafoam
0.25 lb Crystal Malt-60L
0.25 lb Melanoidin Malt
0.25 oz Citra [14.1%] (First Wort Hop) 15.6 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (15 min) 25.6 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (10 min) 18.7 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (5 min) 10.3 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (1 min) 2.2 IBU
1.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (Dry Hop 10 Days)
Safale S-04 Dry Ale Yeast

I plan on doing a full boil as I have a 5 gallon kettle. I do have a few questions however.
1- What volume of water/wort should I start the boil with to finish with 2.5 gallons?
2- How much water do I mash with? A gallon? Then top up to boil volume?
3- Should I add the 60 min addition since it will be a full boil? My BrewR app has it at 72.4 IBU w/o it and 98 IBU with 0.25 oz at 60 min.

Thank you in advance and a big thanks to skeezerpleezer for the recipe.

 

[Adaman05]

Need a little help as this will be my first brew involving a mini-mash. I plan on doing a 2.5 gallon version of this brew next week. Looks something like this:

Batch Size: 2.5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.061
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.015
Estimated Color: 9.9 SRM
Bitterness: 72.4 IBU
Mash Temp 151 F (45 min)


3.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract
0.50 lb Munich Malt-10L
0.25 lb Carafoam
0.25 lb Crystal Malt-60L
0.25 lb Melanoidin Malt
0.25 oz Citra [14.1%] (First Wort Hop) 15.6 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (15 min) 25.6 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (10 min) 18.7 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (5 min) 10.3 IBU
0.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (1 min) 2.2 IBU
1.50 oz Citra [14.1%] (Dry Hop 10 Days)
Safale S-04 Dry Ale Yeast

I plan on doing a full boil as I have a 5 gallon kettle. I do have a few questions however.
1- What volume of water/wort should I start the boil with to finish with 2.5 gallons?
2- How much water do I mash with? A gallon? Then top up to boil volume?
3- Should I add the 60 min addition since it will be a full boil? My BrewR app has it at 72.4 IBU w/o it and 98 IBU with 0.25 oz at 60 min.

Thank you in advance and a big thanks to skeezerpleezer for the recipe.

I had some questions similar to yours that were answered in this thread. Regarding your first question, it really depends on your set up and how much you're going to boil off. If it were me, I'd start with 3.5 gallons preboil.


General consensus for mashing is about 1 to 1.25 quarts of water per pound of grain. After mashing and rinsing, top up to achieved desired pre-boil volume.

Regarding question 3, leave the 60 minute addition out if doing a full boil.

Side note: Be VERY careful with your fermenting temps if you are using s-04. I've done this batch twice. Once with 1968 and once with s-04. I read that fermenting should be done in the low 60's, so I figured setting my ambient temp to 62-63 should be fine. I obviously made a mistake there, since the fermenting wort was well above 62-63, and I got a lot of banana esters from too high a fermentation temp with s-04.

 

[mudweiser5]

Thanks Adaman05

 

[wranglerx16]

I brewed this last night let it cool to around 67' checked the og and it was at 1.060 is that going to be a problem?

 

[jvh261]

Nah, a little low, but I bet it will still make a damn fine beer...I brewed it yesterday as well and my og is 1.062, so I finished a little shy of target, too. Fermenting away as I type.

 

[Veedo]

cant find this beer where I live, but am damn curious to how it tastes. don't have the English yeast or Melanoidin malt on hand, but I do have aromatic and kolsch or us05, and a ton of citra whole leaf. dont think I have ever brewed a pale with such a fg. curious to how it would turn out with the kolsch, I have been wanting to try a pale/ipa with 2565 and this might fit the bill. thoughts? I think I should be able to sub the aromatic for the Melanoidin ounce for ounce?

and has anyone checked the original beers actually gravity? last time I dealt with citra I received a total cat pee bomb. is that expected?

 

[Adeering]

Anybody know if they currently have some Zombie Dust available. Im taking a trip in 2 weeks and we are stopping at their brewery for a day. Hoping to pick some of this up

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Anybody know if they currently have some Zombie Dust available. Im taking a trip in 2 weeks and we are stopping at their brewery for a day. Hoping to pick some of this up

They did on Saturday.

 

[Shuasha]

Anybody know if they currently have some Zombie Dust available. Im taking a trip in 2 weeks and we are stopping at their brewery for a day. Hoping to pick some of this up

If you follow them on Facebook they will sometimes mention when they have it or when they sell out.

 

[ReefKeeper]

I bottled my first batch on Saturday. Ended up with 88 bottles of awesome. I can't wait to try them when they're not flat.

 

[PLAYERSONLY]

Anybody know if they currently have some Zombie Dust available. Im taking a trip in 2 weeks and we are stopping at their brewery for a day. Hoping to pick some of this up

You can also check on their website. Go to the "BREWPUB" link and there's a "Tap List" they update nearly everyday. It'll tell you on the top of the page what they have in packaged beers. 6 packs, bombers and on tap that day.