American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[mtnagel]

It won't affect the bitterness at all so I would just stick with the 5 gal dry hopping amount.

 

[ljames]

but i'm doing an extract so no sparge.

You would add them during the steeping process. However if you're using the original PM recipe I believe the Munich Malt should be mashed to get conversion.

 

[Komodo]

Skeezer, you asked if I was going to add apricots when I said I would bend this a little towards Magic Hat 9. I ended up bottling 12 G, and put apricot flavoring (I know, I know, I wanted EASY) in 4G of it. We'll see.

My FG was 1.010 from 1.058, it seems a little dry. I wasn't expecting S04 to be so robust. Beer is very clear, cake is compact but still had losses and a very large cake.

And now we wait.

 

[TrickyDick]

I think I went wrong with my brew somewhere. I think it might have been the flameout hops and not a long enough steep. Or steep at too high a temp. It was good, but I was not overly impressed. Might have to try it again.

Any general recommendations for the whirlpool/flameout hops? How long, when out add (temp wise)?

Td


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[gregorybriscoe]

now at 2 weeks in the bottle. Want. TO. DRINK ONE.

guess I'll wait another week or so. Can't stand the taste of young/green beer.

 

[mtnagel]

I'm in a similar situation. I kegged after 10 days and it's now been 17 days since kegging. First sample after 1 week was pretty bad. No carbonation or bitterness and yeasty. After 2 weeks, it was getting better, but I knew it could be even better. I just took a sample now (17 days after kegging; 27 days from brew day) and it's very good, but I know it will get better over the next week or so, so I'm trying hard not to sample too often.

 

[fireslayer]

Looking forward to brewing this up tomorrow with citra leaf. Have the 1968 on the stir plate.


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[Steve3730]

Beersmith has the extract version coming in way under OG. 1.053. My BS settings off or something?

5g total volume
3.5 g boil

 

[gregorybriscoe]

Woh. After 10 days primary, 7 dryhop, 14 days bottle conditioning and 1/2 day in the fridge, this is intense and wonderful

 

[gregorybriscoe]

The result via extract

 

[thaymond]

I overshot my efficiency, SG at 1.068 and over attenuated down to 1.010. Its 7.6%. Had a few pints for the Hawks game on Friday with friends. I have requests for more already. Great stuff!

 

[gregorybriscoe]

Yeah buddy!

 

[ljames]

Beersmith has the extract version coming in way under OG. 1.053. My BS settings off or something?

5g total volume
3.5 g boil

Plugging in the numbers of the PM version from the first post into Beersmith and BrewTarget, the numbers match...Check your equipment profile and fermentables again?

 

[danorocks17]

I'm kegging my batch of this tonight, can't wait to see how it's doing!

 

[brewSTI]

Hey fellow home brewers,
I am making the extract version this weekened. I have read much of this thread and the posts from the extract guys who didnt hit their gravity numbers concerns me. I like my IPAs to be strong and would consider this a failure if my beer came in at 5%.

I would like to add an extra lb of dme. Any suggestions as to extra hops amounts to balance the additional dme?



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[jakenbacon]

If you use the proper amount of water with the extracts listed, then it is nearly impossible not to hit the determined O.G.....

 

[brewSTI]

If you use the proper amount of water with the extracts listed, then it is nearly impossible not to hit the determined O.G.....

Im sure you are right. But reading through this thread showed there are several that did not.
Even if I nail the OG, I would not be in the least upset by a bit more ABV from extra fermentables

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[skeezerpleezer]

If you hit the SG, there is no need for more hops. Check your pre boil SG, do some calculations, and see what you need to add to get there for Post boil SG (if you do)

 

[danorocks17]

Kegged this last night (day 18). It had a fantastic smell, but I poured a little bit off the tap just to taste it and it had an acrid/sulfur taste. Very strange, I've never had that before. I'm assuming because it's still really young it's giving off this flavor.

 

[mtnagel]

So mine is about a month old and it's very astringent. Probably the most astringent beer I've brewed.

Here's what the BJCP says causes astringency:
- Extraction of tannins (overcrushing, oversparging) - I did the batch BIAB and did double crush and I squeeze my bag. But I've heard tannin extraction is a function of temperature and pH. Mash temps were fine and pH was corrected to 5.47.

- Alkaline mash or runoff water - I did a dunk sparge, but the sparge water was acidified per Bru'n Water.

- excessive hopping - Obviously there are hops in this one. I did up the 60 min hops to get 44.5 IBUs so my total IBUs would be higher - 82 IBUs total calculated.

- Polyphenols from acetobacter - I don't know what this is but I'm assuming it wasn't my issue.

- Spices - NA.

So could any of those cause it?

More info if necessary. It was in primary for 10 days total. Dry hopped last 5 days. At final gravity when I tested it the first time at 5 days. Kegged after 10 days. Set and forget method at ~10 psi at ~42F.

This was my most aggressive mineral addition to date using the "pale ale" profile in Bru'n Water, but I know many people like that one. Here was my finished water profile:

Ca - 106 ppm
Mg - 25 ppm
Na - 26 ppm
SO4 - 300 ppm
Cl - 37 ppm
HCO3 - 36 ppm

Any ideas what could have gone wrong? It's still a decent beer, but it's hard to drink more than a little bit because it's so drying.

 

[rafaelpinto]

Judging from the pictures, this brew has no head retention power. Would adding flaked oats do any harm?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I always have good head retention.

 

[ljames]

I have no issues with head retention either.


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[thaymond]

I got some good looking head.

 

[Steve3730]

I brewed this last night. Went smooth og was a little high 1.070. House smells like a citra bomb went off in it. A lot of airlock activity after only about 10 hours.

 

[Paradigm]

I'm going to try lagering this instead of the normal ale method. I'll report back with results in a month or two.

 

[mister704]

I am dry hopping today...let it sit for 10 days even though it already smells like a citrus explosion. Will bottle next weekend.

 

[chubbsjp]

Brewed it, loved it, friends loved it, will be my go to beer, a great recipe

 

[Mx750ktm]

I have read a lot of pages on this recipe but will be brewing tom and I have two questions.

For the first wort hop I'm supposed to add them as I'm straining and sparging my biab? And then just continue on as normal?

Lastly I just got around to getting the ingredients tonight and would like to brew tom and was curious if 2 packets of S-04 would be enough for this beer?

Any help would be appreciated thanks

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I have read a lot of pages on this recipe but will be brewing tom and I have two questions.

For the first wort hop I'm supposed to add them as I'm straining and sparging my biab? And then just continue on as normal?

Lastly I just got around to getting the ingredients tonight and would like to brew tom and was curious if 2 packets of S-04 would be enough for this beer?

Any help would be appreciated thanks

Yes.
Yes, more than enough (I have used 1 pack several times). Check out this yeast pitching calculator: http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html