American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[Petekiteworld]

Yes they are the same except wlp001is more expensive

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[skeezerpleezer]

Yes they are the same except wlp001is more expensive

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And you get less cell count per package....

 

[zhubbell]

Zombie Dust and Dark Lord are the two 3F brews that I want to try but haven't had yet so I can't compare to the original.
My PM/BIAB version was ready for consumption on Tuesday and boy, this is a great recipe. Thanks skeezer!!

Finished up at 6.55% ABV, nice and crisp. Hop aroma and flavor was great, not overpowering. May have liked a touch more hop bitterness in their but all in all, this could easily be a staple in my fridge. Just wish the price of Citra at my LHBS didn't bankrupt my Homebrew funds

Here's a pic of the finished product:

Just poured a Zombie Dust - this looks very similar in color, and I have a similarly shaped glass, oddly enough. Just thought I'd let you know, haha


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[Thedutchtouch]

i recently picked up two cases of ZD at three floyds, and have a clone about a week into the fermenter. will post up a side by side shot when the beer is done fermenting (if these cases last that long)

 

[Purdue22]

Did AG with 1968 yeast. Color as you can see is spot on, so much so I cannot remember which glass has the real ZD in it. Great recipe, thanks.


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[BrewFry22]

Just racked mine to the secondary last night. It looks suuuper clear already. I used WLP002 and got a SG of 1.010 when I checked it last night. Did anyone else finish this low? Ended up with close to an 80 minute mash at 152 since we almost forgot to get the sparge water heated up. Could the longer mash be the reason?

 

[mtnagel]

Is everyone still doing the aroma hop additions as is? Anyone move them to a hop stand and how did it work out?

 

[jammin]

Is everyone still doing the aroma hop additions as is? Anyone move them to a hop stand and how did it work out?

i brewed this again a month ago. i only used FWH and flame out additions. 3oz dry hop. hop aroma and flavor is level 9000

for the record - i added hops at flame out as well as in the hop back

 

[mtnagel]

And how would you recommend I add them without a hop back?

 

[jammin]

And how would you recommend I add them without a hop back?

personally, I use a paint strainer bag and dunk it like tea after flame out. about 10 minutes or so of that and a good squeeze when youre done (you'll want good gloves).

you might consider upping the FWH addition to make up for the bitterness you'll lose by moving the aroma additions.

 

[mtnagel]

Yep, I was planning on doing that. I was thinking more like 30-45 mins for hop stand though. But I was thinking of doing something like this:

I'll be doing that when I brew this in a few weeks - this is tentatively the hop schedule I was thinking of using:

.75 oz FWH
1.5 oz 10 min
3.75 oz hot-steep 30 mins
3 oz dry hop

I'm not going for an exact clone so I just designed this based on past experience for what I thought would work well.

I'm only doing 5.25 gal, so the 0.75 oz FWH is a slight increase from the original recipe which is for 6 gal.

 

[beavers]

Just racked mine to the secondary last night. It looks suuuper clear already. I used WLP002 and got a SG of 1.010 when I checked it last night. Did anyone else finish this low? Ended up with close to an 80 minute mash at 152 since we almost forgot to get the sparge water heated up. Could the longer mash be the reason?

Transferred mine to secondary about a week ago, and I had hit 1.012. I don't recall the details of how the mash went at the moment, but I was surprised, too. I might have done a 75-minute mash (BIAB).

 

[Komodo]

I'm going to brew a 12 gallon batch of this to kick start my brew season as I drank up most of my reserves over winter break. It's also going to be my first non-Belgian n a looooooooooong time. I'm using S04 for ease, and no dry hopping or anything. Just multiple additions. Also I'm using 2-3 ounces of Motueka in there along with the Citra. Should be somewhere in the ZD, MH9, Pranqster spectrum. Not worried where at all.

 

[thaymond]

Just added WY1056 yeast to my version. Tasted my gravity sample and can't wait for the finished product. Thanks Skeeter!

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Cheers, I hope you enjoy

 

[mister704]

So are we deviating from the original recipe? I am hoping to brew this right after the my Allagash..

can someone provide a straight consensus? I know its hard but would loved to lock in my ingredients so I can order them.

 

[Thedutchtouch]

So are we deviating from the original recipe? I am hoping to brew this right after the my Allagash..

can someone provide a straight consensus? I know its hard but would loved to lock in my ingredients so I can order them.

I made the recipe exactly as is the first time around and it was great.

 

[mister704]

I made the recipe exactly as is the first time around and it was great.

Thanks. Was seeing a lot of movement and just wanted to make sure we had not went to something else

 

[mtnagel]

I was just curious about changing the aroma hops timings and amounts and moving some to hop steep to maximize aroma. But now I think I'm leaning towards brewing as is. Still undecided.

 

[EVBrewing]

I brewed an eight gallon batch of zombie dust yesterday. I can't wait to try it. All of those citra hops smelled awesome all day.

 

[tokerlund]

It is on my stove as I type this. I love the ZD grain bill. I love Citra. I really want to mix in some other hops, but I love ZD so much just the way it is I can't bear to mess with it.

 

[ljames]

Brewed a 5gal PM version today. Man do I love the smell of Citra. Can't wait to try this out.

Thanks for the recipe skeezer!


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[Komodo]

13g batch boiling now. Overshot my volumes, minor crisis, boiled excess on stove and ended up with 15g right at my target of 1.059. Extra 2g, whoops!

I might reward this bad boy with some dryhopping after all. What do you guys do, drop 1oz into a muslin and put it in for 5 days? More than 1oz per 5g? I'll have three 5g buckets.

 

[wvdad]

I have brewed this recipe now 3 times and plan to brew many more as long as Citra hops are plentiful. Good thing I stocked up a little. This beer is awesome. I would love to try the real thing sometime to compare. Thanks for all of the good info.

 

[ljames]

13g batch boiling now. Overshot my volumes, minor crisis, boiled excess on stove and ended up with 15g right at my target of 1.059. Extra 2g, whoops!

I might reward this bad boy with some dryhopping after all. What do you guys do, drop 1oz into a muslin and put it in for 5 days? More than 1oz per 5g? I'll have three 5g buckets.

Yeah, I use muslin bags and I have a large stir bar that I sanitize and drop in with hops. I'm not a fan of using pellet for DH but my LHBS was out of leaf and I needed to get this brewed. I think most are dryhoping with 3oz per 5gal although I think the consensus is somewhere between 2-3oz.

 

[Komodo]

I'm sick of pellets period. No matter what I do, they plug everthing up after it's cooled and going into the fermenters. I've put off getting one of those hop screen baskets, and I think it's time. My brew days are always fun until that. I've made false bttoms, tube screens, slotted manifolds, blah blah blah.

 

[IvanBrew]

I can sympathize, Komodo. I bought a hop basket and haven't looked back. It makes a huge difference.

 

[EVBrewing]

I did it the cheap way. A circular wire frame that hangs off the kettle and i tie a hop bag around it and just let it hang into the wort. Metal coat hanger.

 

[jammin]

I'm sick of pellets period. No matter what I do, they plug everthing up after it's cooled and going into the fermenters. I've put off getting one of those hop screen baskets, and I think it's time. My brew days are always fun until that. I've made false bttoms, tube screens, slotted manifolds, blah blah blah.

dude - just buy a few hop bags. i really like these: http://www.williamsbrewing.com/9BY-14-STEEPING-BAG-P648.aspx

 

[skeezerpleezer]

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Trimaco-1-Gal-Elastic-Top-Strainers-2-Pack-11572-36WF/202061359

I keep a bunch of the 5g ones around also