Zombie Dust

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Has anyone tried the 3 Floyds Zombie Dust recipes that are floating around? I was intrigued by the Citra single hop usage, especially at the large quantities it calls for, so I brewed up a 5 gal. batch a couple weeks ago.

Well, I'm trying my freshly kegged & carbonated batch today, and I'm really impressed. This is a great example of a malt bill that keeps pace with the hops, making it a really nicely balanced beer, although we won't be calling it a session beer at 6.6 ABV. Very multi-dimensional flavors that make you sit and try to figure them out. And this brews super fast- I used two pkgs. of Safale SO-4, and this batch went from 1064 to 1014 in 3 days! Transferred to secondary on day 5, dry-hopped for 5 more days, and kegged & carbed at 1012. If you need a big beer quickly, this one gets it done.
 
What recipe did you use? I might give it a try.
 
Per my BrewTarget recipe:
5.125 gal batch size
OG 1.064
FG 1.016 ( I got a little better than this, 1.012)
ABV 6.6%
IBU 17.9
Color 9.3
efficiency 70%

11 lb. 2 row malt
1 lb. Munich malt
8 oz Melanoidin malt
8 oz C60
8 oz Carapils malt

.5 oz Citra FWH
1 oz Citra @ 45 min + Whirlfloc tablet
1 oz Citra @ 50 min
1 oz Citra @ 55 min
1 oz Citra @ 59 min
1.5oz Citra dry hop

Safale SO-4 (x2) direct to fermenter
 
Per my BrewTarget recipe:
5.125 gal batch size
OG 1.064
FG 1.016 ( I got a little better than this, 1.012)
ABV 6.6%
IBU 17.9
Color 9.3
efficiency 70%

11 lb. 2 row malt
1 lb. Munich malt
8 oz Melanoidin malt
8 oz C60
8 oz Carapils malt

.5 oz Citra FWH
1 oz Citra @ 45 min + Whirlfloc tablet
1 oz Citra @ 50 min
1 oz Citra @ 55 min
1 oz Citra @ 59 min
1.5oz Citra dry hop

Safale SO-4 (x2) direct to fermenter

Can we assume that the hop addition timing is reversed from the norm, like the @59 min. means one minute before the end of boil?
 

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