American Pale Ale Three Floyds Zombie Dust Clone

[copper2hopper]

Yeah the pound of pellets I just bought from Hop Union is in the 14's as well. I'm all good with it though. Love that hoppy punch in the face with this one. It's meant for that.

 

[BricksNBeer]

Just brewed this last night. Only change I made, I added a little more citra at the 60min addition, to up the ibu's. Hit all the numbers right on; will post a pic soon.

 

[jjbanks]

After fermenting for 2 weeks I checked gravity (1.011) and tasted. WOW! Tastes amazing already pre dry hopped. Looking forward to cracking a bottle of this in 3 weeks or so.

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[Semper_Ryedelis]

That looks mighty tasty!

 

[jjbanks]

Dry hop...View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1419108960.492445.jpg

 

[mhochman]

I just brewed this last Monday. I did the partial mash version and had some issues (see link below) during the mash stage. In addition, because the local hb store didn't have 04, I had to use Windsor to get as close as I could to the yeast profile. My OG was pretty high for the recipe (1.071). One week later and my gravity is currently 1.023. I know with extracts you sometimes don't get better than 1.020, and with Windsor I know there's little chance of getting too much lower.

I guess my question is, with the extract, higher OG, and using Windsor, is the consensus that I'm pretty much done fermenting? ABV for Zombie Dust is 6.2% and I'm currently at 6.3%.

I haven't dry hopped yet but the taste and smell right now or excellent (I've never tried Zombie Dust). I will test again in two days to be sure.

Thanks.

Mash story:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/partial-mash-small-error-509058/

 

[jjbanks]

I just brewed this last Monday. I did the partial mash version and had some issues (see link below) during the mash stage. In addition, because the local hb store didn't have 04, I had to use Windsor to get as close as I could to the yeast profile. My OG was pretty high for the recipe (1.071). One week later and my gravity is currently 1.023. I know with extracts you sometimes don't get better than 1.020, and with Windsor I know there's little chance of getting too much lower.

I guess my question is, with the extract, higher OG, and using Windsor, is the consensus that I'm pretty much done fermenting? ABV for Zombie Dust is 6.2% and I'm currently at 6.3%.

I haven't dry hopped yet but the taste and smell right now or excellent (I've never tried Zombie Dust). I will test again in two days to be sure.

Thanks.

Mash story:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/partial-mash-small-error-509058/

I would let it sit for 2 weeks for the yeast to finish cleaning up. Can only help. Usually IPA with a FG more than 1.020 tastes like candy to me.

 

[jammin]

I guess my question is, with the extract, higher OG, and using Windsor, is the consensus that I'm pretty much done fermenting?

i would carefully roust the yeast and see what happens

 

[rustedbucket]

This might be nit-picky, but I've been wondering something. My buddy and I have been brewing this recipe up for quite sometime now. We've had it in Beersmith for numbers/projections, etc. and this has lead me to a question.

When entering the recipe verbatim into Beersmith, it projects an OG of 62 with an FG of 16. Because of this, we've been INCREASING the OG with the calculator to 65 and then modifying the grain percentage(s) back to 81.7, 7.8, and 3.5 respectively. Doing this has created a 'forced' OG of 65 in Beersmith with a projected FG of 19.

So the question, for those using Beersmith, what are you doing? Are you hitting Skeezer's numbers without modifying, or are you modifying in Beersmith to improve projected efficiencies/output?

 

[skeezerpleezer]

You should use the grain %'s and your efficiency to calculate the amounts of grain. Just set your total efficiency to whatever you actually get, then use the scale function to scale it back up to the desired OG.

 

[copper2hopper]

Conversion efficiency, pre boil efficiency, ending kettle efficiency or brew house efficiency? We use brewersfriend.com to calculate and log these four efficiencies for every brew we do. We've done this recipe 6 times now and have used both BIAB and a three keggle vessel system with a pump. Of those 6 the first four have been BIAB.

 

[NickAus]

We'll I have one bottle left that's going in a case swap. I absolutely hammered this brew in no time. I force carbed so tried a frothy glass the next day from memory and it was already tasty.

SWMBO loved this brew, well everyone that tried it liked it, except for one guy that doesn't like citra or IPAs lol. You can't please everyone.

Only problem with this brew is that it evaporated so quickly and now I need to order more grain to make it again!!

Thanks Skeezer, nice job. :rockin:

 

[gtibrews2]

Guys what's the mash temp..and strike temp?

 

[TexasWine]

Guys what's the mash temp..and strike temp?

Mash temp is listed in the very first post. 152F.

Strike temp depends completely on your system and process. If you don't know how to arrive at your strike temp give us more information (water/grain ratio, grain temp) and we can point ya in the right direction.

 

[gtibrews2]

Using a igloo cooler I turned into mash tun.
Get my ingredients monday. So ill be dumping my mash water into my grains obviously.

 

[gtibrews2]

5 gallon batch.

 

[jammin]

^use this:

http://www.brewersfriend.com/mash/

 

[MMJfan]

^use this:

http://www.brewersfriend.com/mash/

Brewersfriend also has an app you can download for your smartphones...

 

[Semper_Ryedelis]

This is on deck for my next batch. I can't wait to try this out! Thanks to everyone for all of the input on this recipe.

 

[NickAus]

this beer is like drinking unicorn tears off a mermaids breasts while sitting in a tropical lagoon.. ummm, I mean I really like this beer. :rockin:

 

[Baldy246]

I'm drinking my first AG batch of this, 3rd total batch. I'm not sure I could describe it much better than that^^^

I got great bitterness and strong citra aroma. However, I got a hint of caramel in this batch that I don't remember in the other two. May have something to do with the all grain I guess. It's great!!

 

[thelouisvillekyle]

Has anyone ever brewed this using an entire pound of citra pellets? If so, how'd it turn out?

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

this beer is like drinking unicorn tears off a mermaids breasts while sitting in a tropical lagoon.. ummm, I mean I really like this beer. :rockin:

I'd like to see your label for this ^

 

[AfroHopster]

I'm still working on getting the aroma right I'm gonna brew this again in a few weeks and gonna try and nail everything. this will be my 4th time

 

[ulnpiper]

Just tasted mine last night, very good! It's been in the keg for two weeks, after the first week it was cloudy and had a lot of hop residue, but now has cleared up.

I took the hop bag out of it after the first week, so that probably helped with it clearing. Now almost crystal clear but still retains the wonderful Citra aroma.

I'm planning to brew another batch of this so I have another in the pipeline.

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[edroberts]

this beer is like drinking unicorn tears off a mermaids breasts while sitting in a tropical lagoon.. ummm, I mean I really like this beer. :rockin:

Best quote on HBT ever.

 

[edroberts]

I've played with 5 or 6 different tweaks with the base recipe (which is VERY close to ZD) over the last year and a half or so. I've added honey malt, played with different yeasts, mixed in some Centennial, dropped off the Melanoiden, etc. The next rendition will add a bit of Amarillo and Simcoe in with the Citra dry hop.

My favorite mod so far is simply using the base recipe and dropping about 10 IBU off. The more subdue bitterness seems to make the flavor profile of the Citra shine through more.

 

[brew_tq]

I've played with 5 or 6 different tweaks with the base recipe (which is VERY close to ZD) over the last year and a half or so. I've added honey malt, played with different yeasts, mixed in some Centennial, dropped off the Melanoiden, etc. The next rendition will add a bit of Amarillo and Simcoe in with the Citra dry hop.

My favorite mod so far is simply using the base recipe and dropping about 10 IBU off. The more subdue bitterness seems to make the flavor profile of the Citra shine through more.

I was thinking about doing that with the IBU's as well. The bitterness I got from this isn't overpowering at all and is quite nice, but I'm going to tweak some to try and get more aroma out of it and try and make it more appealing to visitors since it will always be on tap or on deck. I'm also going to dry hop with leaves next time, I did pellets this time.

This is my favorite beer that I have personally made so far as is and will be a mainstay in my house. Thanks Skeezer for the recipe and hopefully I can find the original to try side by side some time.

 

[beernbourbon]

Finally got to brew this last weekend, first brew of the new year! My temps were a couple degrees off with my mash, and my PH was about .6 lower than called for, but my gravities were hitting pretty close. 1.058 vs 1.054 into fermenter. I had actually (right or wrong, dunno, it's what I do) made a starter of the S-04 in anticipation of brewing a couple weeks ago, and it didn't happen, so I decanted and used it this past weekend. Got bubbles within a couple hours, pretty steady over a couple days. Tapered off yesterday, and pretty much stopped last night. Dry hopped this evening, hydro was at 1.014, and sample tasted great! Can't wait to get this carbed and drinkin and see how I did compared to the real deal!
Thanks. Skeezer for this....definitely a staple in my fridge and eventually my taps.

 

[mtnagel]

...hopefully I can find the original to try side by side some time.

Come to Cincinnati. It used to be that we'd go months between keg tappings of it but in the last couple months it seems like every few days some bar is tapping it. Not sure what changed and I'm not complaining. Still pretty tough to come by in bottles though.

I just bought another pound of citra hops, so I'm sure I'll be brewing this again in the next couple months.