American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[schweitzer22]

Brewed this and its been in the bottles for 2 months. Turned out great. My only issue is that due to all the hops I really only got about four gallons out of it. This was my most expensive brew to date but my favorite for sure. Thanks for the recipe. Anyone on the fence about this one, just do it you won't be sorry. Here's my label for it.

 

[FriendOrDafoe]

Anyone know of a 3 floyds Permanent Funeral clone?

 

[mtnagel]

First, welcome fellow Cincinnatian (is that a word?)!

I was going to ask if you got any, but I see on your twitter feed, you did! I had plans on Thurs, so couldn't get out, but the Lackman said they still had some on Friday, but by the time I got down there, it was gone. Hoping to get some at 8 Ball tomorrow.

Hope you find a clone. Let me know if you do.

 

[Weezy]

I never did a Citra only beer. Ive never had zombie dust but love me some Dreadnaught. the grains are similar, based on the homebrew recipes. ZD has some extra character malts. Looks like I need to scam up some Citra!

 

[FriendOrDafoe]

I plan to go to 8Ball tomorrow as well. Maybe I'll see you there!

 

[mtnagel]

I plan to go to 8Ball tomorrow as well. Maybe I'll see you there!

Cool, see you there.

 

[Thedutchtouch]

Is the recipe on the first post the most updated/best version? I really want to try this brew but don't want to wade through all 85 pages to make sure. Thanks in advance.

 

[jammin]

^yes

 

[Thedutchtouch]

^yes

Thanks!

 

[Marc77]

Due to some...uhm...screw ups we'll call them this got dry hopped after 10 days because fermentation wasn't done. Ok...basically we ended up WAY overshooting the OG and it ended up at 86 points instead of the 66 points it calls for. Guess I can slap an imperial on this and call it a day. Anyway, I've been thinking about leaving this for 5 days (til Saturday morning), pitching some gelatin and cold crashing this till we bottle this on Sunday.

Would this short the dry hopping schedule? My concern is that I'd have to wait till next weekend. I mean I could let the hops sit in there for 10 days which would make it Thursday that I'd do the gelatin and cold crash till Sunday and then bottle. So which is better?

4.5 days dry hopping, 1.5 days cold crash and bottle? or
10 days dry hopping, 2.5 days cold crash and bottle?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

4.5 days should work fine.

 

[Marc77]

I searched through the first few pages of this thread thinking someone would have posted it. For everyone that's made this how much corn sugar have you been using to carb this? Standard 4 oz'er for 2.7 is pretty standard for the APA format but my brother in law was saying this is more like an IPA in an APA format. So which did everyone go with?

 

[slentz]

Has this recipe been modified at all from the first page? I looked through but couldn't get through all 80+ pages. Thank you

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Has this recipe been modified at all from the first page? I looked through but couldn't get through all 80+ pages. Thank you

It's up to date.

 

[slentz]

Thanks so much for your quick response. I hope to brew up a 15 gallon batch this wknd using whole leaf hops.

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[dbkdev]

Sorry for the newbie question here. Would 1 11.5 gram pack of S-04 get me where I need to be? Should I rehydrate first or make a starter? Only my 3rd beer and used liquid yeast the other times. Will be making the extract version, I'm excited

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Sorry for the newbie question here. Would 1 11.5 gram pack of S-04 get me where I need to be? Should I rehydrate first or make a starter? Only my 3rd beer and used liquid yeast the other times. Will be making the extract version, I'm excited

I have used 1 pack before. No starter. Hydrated vs not hydrated is a debated topic. Personally, I haven't seen a difference, but usually do it if I remember to.

 

[dbkdev]

I have used 1 pack before. No starter. Hydrated vs not hydrated is a debated topic. Personally, I haven't seen a difference, but usually do it if I remember to.

So was it just as good w/ 1 pack? what's the ideal pitch. I don't see a cell count on the pack.

 

[Adaman05]

So was it just as good w/ 1 pack? what's the ideal pitch. I don't see a cell count on the pack.

One pack is certainly enough. I always rehydrate.

 

[Petekiteworld]

1 pack will work, you don't have to rehydrate, just dump it in and seal and swirl

 

[Docbuzz24]

I've used both dry and liquid yeast, both have worked effectively. I've never bothered with a starter and never had any issues. I also haven't rehydrated, just pitched straight into my carboy once I hit my pitching temp. It all comes down to your personal preference.

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[Thedutchtouch]

i followed this recipe exactly and brewed a 5.5 gal BIAB batch a few days ago. turned out great, preboil 1.054, post 1.065. used a wyeast smackpack, no starter, and fermentation activity has started. will report back how it turns out, but was pleased. thanks for all the hard work on this recipe, now to find a Citra wholesaler...

 

[dbkdev]

HELLP
So I thought I'd take this on as my second home brew. On the first/second read through I thought the extract part of this recipe was DME and steeping grains. I bought all the ingredients, had the grains crushed, got home, and realized it was a partial mash . I have all the grains crushed and in a muslin sack ready to steep tomorrow. I've never done a partial mash. My buddy told me not to panic and instead of steeping for 20 minutes or so, to bring the water up to about 160 and leave the muslin sack in for an hour and I'd be good to go. Is this really all I have to do? I'm a little tight on cash and hope I didnt just waste 60 bucks on ingredients

 

[Docbuzz24]

He is correct. U will just have to strain the wort off the grains at the end of ur mashing period and it might be a good idea to sparge the grains with some water at about 168 as well to ensure u get as much of the worry and fermentable sugars off the grains. If u need something to file or want more info on partial mashing http://www.howtobrew.com/section3/chapter16-5.html this website has a section on partial making and I have found everything very useful throughout all my brewing.

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[skeezerpleezer]

HELLP So I thought I'd take this on as my second home brew. On the first/second read through I thought the extract part of this recipe was DME and steeping grains. I bought all the ingredients, had the grains crushed, got home, and realized it was a partial mash . I have all the grains crushed and in a muslin sack ready to steep tomorrow. I've never done a partial mash. My buddy told me not to panic and instead of steeping for 20 minutes or so, to bring the water up to about 160 and leave the muslin sack in for an hour and I'd be good to go. Is this really all I have to do? I'm a little tight on cash and hope I didnt just waste 60 bucks on ingredients

Just do what you would normally do with steeping grains, but keep them in there for 45 to 60 minutes. 150-156 degrees if you can.

 

[dbkdev]

OK sweet thanks! Also to make sure that I understand correctly, add 1.75 oz Citra at 60? Because of the 60 min addition and the fwh at the same time?

 

[Rdom]

OK sweet thanks! Also to make sure that I understand correctly, add 1.75 oz Citra at 60? Because of the 60 min addition and the fwh at the same time?

You can approximate the first wort hop by adding the hops to the wort after you take out the grain bag and before you sparge (if you are sparging). You can then add the 60 min addition as soon as you start boiling. Good luck!

 

[FlaglerBC]

This is for 6 gallons post boil correct?

 

[dbkdev]

The partial mash is for 5 gallon

 

[FlaglerBC]

The partial mash is for 5 gallon

What about the all grain on the first page. Not sure if 6 gallons is pre or post boil.