18B American Pale Ale

Dusty Zombies

Name: Dusty Zombies
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Yield: 22 litres
Cuisine: Beer
Ingredients: 4.7kg Gladfield Ale Malt; 1.9kg Gladfield Vienna Malt; 10g Citra (60min boil); 60g Citra (10min boil); 40g Citra (whirlpool); 40g Citra (dry hop); 20g Krush (10min boil); 40g Krush (whirlpool); 40g Krush (dry hop); LalBrew BRY-97 — 2 packets; half tsp Yeast nutrient; half tablet Whirlfloc

Brewed 2026-03-23 Batch · 22 L Owen Paterson

ABV6.3% OG1.060 FG1.013

Grain bill

Gladfield Ale Malt	4.7 kg	71.2%
Gladfield Vienna Malt	1.9 kg	28.8%

Adjuncts

Yeast nutrient	half tsp @ 10 min
Whirlfloc	half tablet @ 10 min

Hop schedule

Hop	60 min	10 min	WP 75°C	DH#1
Citra	10g	60g	40g	40g
Krush	·	20g	40g	40g

Yeast

LalBrew BRY-97

2 packets

Water additions

Calcium Chloride	half tsp in mash
Magnesium Sulphate	three-quarter tsp in mash
Calcium Sulphate	1 tsp in mash
Lactic acid (88%)	5 drops in mash, 5 drops in sparge

Tasting notes

Variation of Matt's Dusty Zombies IV. Primary at 18°C, rest at 20°C, then cooled to 10°C with pressure rising to 12 psi (carbonation phase, not fermentation). Hop bag used — significant reduction in hop residue into fermenter.

About This Beer

Owen’s V2 of the Dusty Zombies series, brewed 23 March 2026. Close to Matt’s V4 and its Citra and Krush pairing, the one that restored the original Zombie Dust undead character, but with slightly less Krush and BRY-97 in place of Pomona.

The Ale and Vienna grain bill traces back to Matt’s original Zombie Dust clone and carries unchanged through the series. Both of Owen’s versions mirror Matt’s iterations: V1 with the Superdelic and Nectaron departure, V2 with the Citra and Krush recovery.

The hop bag

Boil and whirlpool additions went into a hop bag this time. Significantly less hop material transferred into the fermenter, so cleaner transfers and less trub, with the same hop character. Worth repeating.

Fermentation

Primary at 18°C, rest at 20°C. Once attenuation hit target the vessel was cooled to 10°C and pressure allowed to rise to 12 psi for CO₂ capture. That is a carbonation phase rather than a fermentation temperature.

Bottled 7 April 2026.

Lineage

Zombie Dust (Feb 2023): Matt’s original Three Floyds clone, 150 g Citra, the recipe that started the line
Matt’s V1 (Oct 2023): first renamed iteration, Superdelic and Nectaron
Owen’s V1 (Oct 2023): parallel V1, Sequoia, Superdelic and Nectaron
Matt’s V2 (May 2024): return to single-hop Citra
Matt’s V3 (Nov 2024): continued all-Citra, Pomona introduced
Matt’s V4 (Dec 2025): Citra and Krush, restores the undead character
This brew, Owen’s V2: mirrors Matt’s V4 with BRY-97