Found a clone recipe for 3 Floyds Zombie Dust which came with a lot of good feedback (I've never tried the real thing), and should certainly be a good showcase for Citra hops, being single hop and also using up the entire half pound in a 21 litre recipe
Also, more the style of pale ale/IPA that I am leaning towards now, with a bit more malt interest, further accentuated (hopefully) through the use of an English yeast. Also went with a fairly balanced water profile, more or less just what I ended up with after adjusting with CRS/AMS, with the sulphate touched up just a tad (about 100 Cl, 140 SO4).Also picked up some Brewbrite from Rob at the maltmiller and decided to give that a go (have used it a fair bit in Aus a few years back, and I remember it working well).
Recipe tweaked very slightly to use up some Caragold I had lying around (replacement for Carapils - shouldn't be too much in it), also used a medium crystal instead of 60L, as I am finding the UK 60L is a little bit roasty for my tastes (from memory, when I was using Briess (I think) down under, I wasn't getting quite as much roasty/toasty out of it).Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 27.92 l
Post Boil Volume: 23.92 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Bottling Volume: 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 15.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 67.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 69.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.60 kg Maris Otter Low Colour (3.0 EBC) Grain 1 80.7 %
0.55 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 2 7.9 %
0.25 kg Caragold (Crisp) (5.9 EBC) Grain 3 3.5 %
0.25 kg Crystal Light - 45L (Crisp) (88.7 EBC) Grain 4 3.5 %
0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (59.1 EBC) Grain 5 3.5 %
0.05 kg Acidulated (Weyermann) (3.5 EBC) Grain 6 0.7 %
15.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 7 23.5 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 19.8 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 14.4 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 7.9 IBUs
30.00 g Citra [13.40 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 11 1.8 IBUs
1.1 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.49 Yeast 12 -
90.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: NO SPARGE
Total Grain Weight: 6.94 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 34.07 l of water at 71.7 C 66.5 C 75 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min
Also dropped the hops a tad because mine were a bit more potent than the listed recipe.
Mash went smoothly, although I undershot my pH (5.3 room temp) and had to bring it back up with 2g of slaked lime:
Pre-boil runnings - pretty much on target, and nice and clear:
Brewbrite was added at about 1m left in the boil, got a nice cold break in big clumps:
And more or less on target - I actually ended up with 24l in the fermentor @ 1.063:
Gorgeous colour on this one, which comes out better in the glass.
Pitched a 1.8l starter of WLP002 made from a fresh pack, and chucked in the fridge with wort chilled to 18.5 and fridge set for same. Really looking forward to this one - 90g of Citra to go in as dry hops, I think its going to be tasty..
