American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[Nagorg]

Floated my keg yesterday; sad its gone. This will absolutely be back in the pipeline again soon!!

 

[crusader1612]

Floated my keg yesterday; sad its gone. This will absolutely be back in the pipeline again soon!!

Great Clarity!

 

[bowlersp]

after drinking this for the past few weeks I have come to the conclusion that I have yet to find an APA that can touch this stuff. Its amazing. The compliments and feedback I have received from people I let try this beer is nothing short of outstanding.

I'm going to make a SMaSH with Pils/Citra next. Citra is my favorite hop right now and for good reason, unbeatable tropical flavors.

 

[bowlersp]

Hit the ten day mark today and sent it to secondary.
The sample was 1.020 and tasted quite nicely. I started with 1.070.
Can't wait to get the dry hopping on there!
Was even considering going 4oz on the dry hop.

do it! i dry hopped with 3.5 and it came out delicious! i think you would be safe with a 4oz dry hop on this beer.

 

[Dr-Jonz]

This just taste amazing! About to dry hop it tonight. cant wait to keg and enjoy!

 

[Steve3730]

Hit the ten day mark today and sent it to secondary.
The sample was 1.020 and tasted quite nicely. I started with 1.070.
Can't wait to get the dry hopping on there!
Was even considering going 4oz on the dry hop.

Go for it. I dry hopped my last batch with 3oz of citra pellets and 1oz of whole leaf. Aroma was so much better than batch #1

This beer is amazing biggest problem I have with it is my friends won't let me brew anything else!

 

[trip150]

I followed the ag recipe to a t, hit my numbers thru the brew process. I tried a homemade spider for the hops additions and used to small hop bags for the dry hop and it came out not hoppy. Last time I do the spider, I'm going to switch to the paint strainer after the boil method going forward. To hop it up after it was in the keg I added another 2oz in a sterilized knee high nylon, and after a week the citra aroma is finally coming thru! Overall best beer I've ever made, even with the mistakes. Thanks to everyone for the great tips.

 

[fosaisu]

To hop it up after it was in the keg I added another 2oz in a sterilized knee high nylon

And the beer pretty much names itself, "Knee High Nylon Pale Ale"!

 

[rustytypewriter]

I want to brew this one up next but I'm kinda confused with the bittering here. Skeezers recipe calls for 65 IBUs but the FFF website lists ZD at 50 IBU. Was this discussed in here before? Couldn't find anything.

 

[ultravista]

Has anyone put this into Beersmith? If yes, please share your .bmsx file.

 

[crusader1612]

I want to brew this one up next but I'm kinda confused with the bittering here. Skeezers recipe calls for 65 IBUs but the FFF website lists ZD at 50 IBU. Was this discussed in here before? Couldn't find anything.

Actualy versus theoretical can differ by quite a bit.. It also would depend onthe %AAU of the hops used.

 

[b-boy]

Has anyone put this into Beersmith? If yes, please share your .bmsx file.

This recipe its already in Beersmith's recipe database. Just search for it.

 

[barrooze]

Try this. I've changed the yeast to Conan but everything else should be right.

http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/576319/zombie-dust-clone-hbt

EDIT: Just noticed that for some reason the 1.25oz hops are being shown as 1.2oz. I have it entered as 35g, which comes to 1.23459oz, so maybe BeersmithRecipes.com rounds those sort of values... Either way, just use 1.25oz instead of 1.2oz for those Citra additions.

 

[secondbase]

Did a PM of this. Had some issues keeping my mash temp stable which may have something to do with over-attenuation. S-04 took this down to 1.01. It's a little hot on the end and tastes catty with big tropical fruits. Can't wait to dry hop this sucker.

 

[campbellmike]

Just had the first glass of our first batch of ZD. Wow, this is amazing. Our OG was 1.066 and FG is 1.014. Followed the 5 gal recipe but ended up with 4 gal in the keg. It's only been kegged for three days and not quite fully carbed but I am impressed. Thanks!

 

[copper2hopper]

Started at a 1.054. Now at a 1.010 only 11 days into primary. Puts it at a 5.78%ABV and 81% attenuation. Gonna hold out 3 more days to dry hop for only seven days I think. Whirfloc tablet really clarified this one compared to my first attempt at this recipe where I didn't use one.

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Im brewing this tomorrow on my AG Rig... I'm hearing potentially a diacetyl rest might be in order for S-04... Any truth to that?

If not, I plan on replicating the recipe...
I have relatively soft water so I should be ok if I add a little gypsum. I also plan on keeping fermentation temperature pegged at 65*F, for 2 weeks, then I plan on dumping off Trub from the conical, and dry hopping at 68-70* for a week, then keg it... Should be able to try a good sample by 5 days on the keg.

I know that Zombie Dust is not a filtered beer, any harm in doing a gelatin addition for the keg?

 

[barrooze]

I just pre-ordered a pound of 2014 crop of Citra. I'll be brewing this when they arrive! Should be some POTENT, FRESH hops!

 

[Steve3730]

Came out very cloudy but taste is spot on. 6.5% abv great Citra aroma. Little more bite then my last batch. But last batch while smoother than real ZD lacked some IBUs that this has

 

[milldoggy]

Some aging in the keg really clears it up. This is 6 week in the keg, cold

 

[wvdad]

Keg is almost kicked. Need to brew another batch. It really cleared up nice.

 

[milldoggy]

Keg is almost kicked. Need to brew another batch. It really cleared up nice.

What is on the window sill?

 

[Wes440]

Mine has been in the bottle for exactly 3 weeks, and appeared quite clear before chilling - I didn't use a whirlfloc tablet during the boil.
OG was 1.067, finishing at 1.016 after 3 weeks in the primary, and then dry hopped in secondary for 10 days with 3 oz. of whole Citra hops. ABV=6.7% and taste is delicious!

I finally got to try the real Zombie Dust at the Great American Beer Festival last weekend, and it's right on. Maybe a little more to it than what was on the keg at the fest - and definitely more aroma.

Cheers!

 

[olotti]

I'm drinking areal zd right now and this recipe is am exact clone if I had my eyes shut I wouldn't know the clone from the real thing. Bottling my second batch of this tomm. Its so good

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Cheers fellas. Glad you like it

 

[pvpeacock]

Finally put the keg in the kegerator 2 days ago. Wow, what a great recipe! Still cloudy from the dry hop residue, but still tastes great.


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[AfroHopster]

Ok quick question I reached FG or close enough 1.015, after 7 days @65 should I cold crash and then let it warm up to dry hop or what

 

[crusader1612]

Ok quick question I reached FG or close enough 1.015, after 7 days @65 should I cold crash and then let it warm up to dry hop or what

dryhop, then cold crash.

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

I just brewed mine on Saturday... Came in at 1.070 with about 5.75 gallons going to my fermenter... The smell is so damn intense and beautiful... I can't help myself. Every day I come home from work, open up my fermenting fridge and take a big whiff of the hoppy goodness emanating from there. I almost want to rig up a audio loop that sounds like angel's singing when I open the door...

 

[shaman1204]

Made my first home brew ever this Saturday and used this recipe. I did all grain BIAB (was never one to start out with the easiest process when jumping into a new hobby) and it went amazingly well. I was drinking real zombie dust while making it, so maybe that helped. Held perfect 152* mash temp for an hour.

If i figured my efficiency correctly, I got about 85%. I scaled down the recipe to 2.5 gallons, added about an extra 1/4 pound of the two row and double crushed the grains.

Pre boil gravity: 1.052
post boil: 1.077

Made a quick starter for the s-04 and holy moly, it was going crazy all day yesterday. Has slowed a bit but I can still see the activity in the fermenter. I plan to rack to a Brew Demon conical fermenter, for secondary, which I'll dry hop in that and bottle straight from there too.