American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[TallDan]

My buddy and I think that there has to be Mosaic in there.

We too did this recipe and while it came out tasty, it wasnt Zombie Dust.

The first batch of this that I made last fall tasted VERY close to Zombie Dust in a side by side tasting. So close that I'm sure there will be a bigger difference between batches that I make than there was between my first batch and the real thing. You might consider changing some steps in your process before changing the hop varieties.

That or just enjoy a good beer whether it's a clone or not. :fro:

 

[danorocks17]

The first batch of this that I made last fall tasted VERY close to Zombie Dust in a side by side tasting. So close that I'm sure there will be a bigger difference between batches that I make than there was between my first batch and the real thing. You might consider changing some steps in your process before changing the hop varieties.

That or just enjoy a good beer whether it's a clone or not. :fro:

I did this recipe AG with all Citra and it was spot on. I just did a beer similar to this with all Mosaic, I"m excited to see how it turns out

 

[ultravista]

Has anyone tried different yeasts, say WLP001, 002, or 007? If yes, what were your results?

How much of an influence is the strain w/this recipe?

 

[mtnagel]

I used WLP005. I didn't love my version of this clone. It was good, but not great (to me). It was my highest rated beer in a local competition though. Take that for what it's worth.

If I was brewing again, I'd use the yeast as specified or 1056.

 

[blackonblack]

I've got my first attempt 2 days in primary in my buddies chest freezer

 

[Agher32]

I used 1968 in mine and it turned out great. Making 2nd batch tomorrow all grain. I'll post the recipe once I get a chance. Throwing galaxy and centennial in the mix w a lot of citra

 

[mrgrimm101]

Rather than browse through all the posts here, I thought I would just ask my noob question.

Is there any substitution for the 1lb of Munich malt? It is my understanding that this cannot be steeped. Would I just convert it and add an extra 0.6 lb of DME?

 

[Steve3730]

Made my second attempt at this. Dry hopping now. First time over shot the abv. And had some off flavors. So far if gravity doesn't change much in the secondary I'm right on at 6.5abv.

 

[blackonblack]

Made my second attempt at this. Dry hopping now. First time over shot the abv. And had some off flavors. So far if gravity doesn't change much in the secondary I'm right on at 6.5abv.

What caused the off flavors? Did you ferment too high temp?

 

[GenIke]

Has anyone tried different yeasts, say WLP001, 002, or 007? If yes, what were your results?

How much of an influence is the strain w/this recipe?

I used 007 the only time I made the recipe. The beer was 100% awesome, but I have never had the commercial version to compare too.

 

[72westie]

Just bottled up a couple of cases today. Tasted pretty good. Used 1968 yeast. Hit a OG of 1.072 and a FG of 1.018. Just over 7%

 

[Steve3730]

What caused the off flavors? Did you ferment too high temp?

Not really sure. I guess they weren't off flavors but the caramel flavor came through much stronger than zombie. And the citra flavor wasn't as strong

 

[aStoutObserver]

Bottled today too. Excited to try this one.

 

[blackonblack]

I've had this recipe fermenting for the last 6 days at 65 degrees and today it appeared it stopped bubbling. Little concerned about that. I did pitch a massive yeast starter so maybe it fermented out extra quickly... I hope. I'm going to check it out Wednesday and transfer it to a secondary and dry hop. Hopefully this batch ain't ruined. I'm surprised it stopped bubbling so soon but it was bubbling extremely aggressively for several days after it started. Could a beer this high of gravity ferment that quickly?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Yes.

 

[omonigan]

I brewed the extract version of this yesterday. I followed the recipe on the first page exactly. Original gravity was supposed to be 1.065 but I only ended up at 1.057
I plugged the recipe into my brewers friend app and it estimated the OG at exactly what I got. It's already fermenting, so my question is should I add some more DME at this point to bring the gravity up, or would that be a bad idea? Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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[hezagenius]

Anyone tried dryhopping this in the keg instead of the primary or secondary?

 

[Danno81]

I've had this recipe fermenting for the last 6 days at 65 degrees and today it appeared it stopped bubbling. Little concerned about that. I did pitch a massive yeast starter so maybe it fermented out extra quickly... I hope. I'm going to check it out Wednesday and transfer it to a secondary and dry hop. Hopefully this batch ain't ruined. I'm surprised it stopped bubbling so soon but it was bubbling extremely aggressively for several days after it started. Could a beer this high of gravity ferment that quickly?

Professional breweries fully ferment their brews in less than a week. Cigar city claims jia alai is grain to glass in 7 days




Primary 1 arrogant bastard clone no3


Primary 2 sublimely self-righteous clone no1

1gal #1 arrogant bAstard with scorpion pepper

1 gal #2 self-righteous w/ *undecided*

 

[olotti]

To those that use the US-04, is 1 packet enough for the 6Gal batch?????

 

[JonGrafto]

To those that use the US-04, is 1 packet enough for the 6Gal batch?????

Nope.. Use 2 packets...

I regret not using 2...

AND REHYDRATE IT

 

[olotti]

So I plan on doing the 6 Gal batch Thursday. Just plugged all the numbers from the recipe into Beersmith and the OG, ABV, and IBU were way off. I'm assuming those that have made this recently adjust the grains and hops to fit the percentages and IBU's from the original recipe. I was just wondering if people customized the recipe to fit or just brewed it as written in the first post.

 

[beerman2013]

I brewed this up a few months ago. Having never tried the real thing I was always unsure how mine compared. This past weekend I was in Chicago at a local pub. They had Revolution brewing's Citra Hero on tap. Their take on Zombie Dust. I must admit that what I brewed up was pretty similar. Great brew for sure.

 

[barhoc11]

I just kegged this and began the dry hopping so I took a sample and WOW this is probably the best beer I have had directly from the fermenter, and I have made a lot of beer in the past few years. I can't wait to see how dryhopping and carbonation changes things, hopefully it only get better for our party in a few weeks.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

I just kegged this and began the dry hopping so I took a sample and WOW this is probably the best beer I have had directly from the fermenter, and I have made a lot of beer in the past few years. I can't wait to see how dryhopping and carbonation changes things, hopefully it only get better for our party in a few weeks.

In my experience it gets better after a week or 2 cold and carbed.

 

[blackonblack]

I used a 2 liter starter and my god it started fermenting insanely fast

 

[TallDan]

To those that use the US-04, is 1 packet enough for the 6Gal batch?????

I was happy with my first batch that had one rehydrated pack of s-04. Two might be overpitching??

 

[blackonblack]

I was happy with my first batch that had one rehydrated pack of s-04. Two might be overpitching??

Not according to brewers friend yeast pitch rate calculator

This high grav beer should have a starter

 

[olotti]

Not according to brewers friend yeast pitch rate calculator

This high grav beer should have a starter

Mr Malty says 1.2 packets of US-04 so maybe I'll just do 1.5 packets to play it safe and hopefully not overpitch it.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

mrmalty recommends 1.2 packs of dry yeast

edit: beat me to it

 

[blackonblack]

You guys don't use yeast starters? Brewers friend has a pitch rate calculator for it