Heiliman's Special Export

Schlenkerla · Feb 24, 2016

Reiterating - Tasting notes are for flat, warm beer, right from the fermentor. This is at 4 weeks old.

The SpEx has nice dark gold color, quite a bit darker than my oatmeal pale ale that's about like miller GD color. Its probably right at SRM of 6.

The clarity is pretty good, yeast has settled out well. Near perfect in this respect. I added gelatin for absolute clarity. Did so while racking to the keg.

It has a spicy hop nose. Nice subtle hop fragrance.

I don't taste any malt or residual sweetness, the hop taste, light that it is, seems to be more prominent then anything else and it leaves a nice spicy finish. The fact that its warm I think the hop flavor stands out more. Served cold, I think it will very balanced.

I can't detect any yeast esters whatsoever. Expected for US-05.

Once carbed and cold this will be a pretty damned good spring brew.

:rockin:

Heileman's Special Export

Schlenkerla · Feb 24, 2016

Visual of the tasting glass.

Yes, in a vintage Hamm's Pilsner Glass

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deere322 · Feb 24, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
Visual of the tasting glass.

Yes, in a vintage Hamm's Pilsner Glass

Awesome looking brew even if it's fresh out of the fermenter.
I too, have a vintage Hamm's glass just like that!!

Schlenkerla · Mar 1, 2016

Day number 5 on gas....

This beer is awesome!!!!! My Flat Beer Review is about right. The hop profile has not changed much.

I will be making this frequently! :rockin:

This is more true to the German Style of DAB. Nonetheless... Any good homebrew is likely to be better than the original. Especially with required hop flavor.

Schlenkerla · Mar 1, 2016

Little darker than reality.....

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Schlenkerla · Mar 1, 2016

A German Beer is better with pretzels.

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Schlenkerla · Mar 1, 2016

Better....

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deere322 · Mar 1, 2016

Damn, looks and sounds tasty!

Can't wait to try mine!

Schlenkerla · Mar 1, 2016

deere322 said:
I picked up a 55lb sack of Golden Promise recently after running low on MO.
The Export has partial GP and the last of the MO.

Let me know how the Patriot turns out. I have 4 oz of homegrown Mt. Hood burning a hole in my freezer.

Patriot Ale is nearly as good. If you have Mt Hood, make it...

deere322 · Mar 5, 2016

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OG 1.058
FG 1.001
ABV 7.6

Unbelievable, I checked my numbers three times to verify mistakes, but the calcs are dead on.

Malty, dry with great hop spice.
Should be interesting after carbed and chilled on gelatin.

Schlenkerla · Mar 5, 2016

LOL. - Looks just like mine.

You're right nice hop spice.

The hop flavor is not any less once carbed and chilled.

deere322 · Mar 5, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
LOL. - Looks just like mine.

You're right nice hop spice.

The hop flavor is not any less once carbed and chilled.

Boy, this one might be a real keeper. :tank:

WI_Wino · Mar 6, 2016

Looks like I have just the bottles you need.

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Schlenkerla · Mar 6, 2016

That is awesome. Nice case.

You can travel the world over and never find a better beer... In this case I just traveled from Chicago to Decatur and pulled me one of these....

deere322- You are right. This is a keeper. The hop taste is good but not overly bitter.

It's quite better than HSE.

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WI_Wino · Mar 6, 2016

The box is cool. I have all the original green bottles too but they have a shallow transition to the neck. Makes pouring without yeast sediment getting into your glass hard.

Schlenkerla · Mar 7, 2016

WI_Wino said:
The box is cool. I have all the original green bottles too but they have a shallow transition to the neck. Makes pouring without yeast sediment getting into your glass hard.

If you have problems with yeast and pouring you can try this type of yeast. This is good for a beer that you want little to no yeast getting out of the bottle. It can be used with other yeast types just let the beer clear well and then use this for carbing.

Muntons Premium Gold

Munton's Premium Gold Yeast (6 grams): Simply requires sprinkling onto the surface of your wort - no need to stir - and the yeast will rehydrate and activate within just a few hours. The yeast has excellent crusting characteristics forming a firm 'jelly like' deposit at the bottom of the fermenter and bottle or barrel. Flavor profile is excellent and the yeast has the ability to drop out of suspension very rapidly.

Schlenkerla · Mar 7, 2016

deere322 said:
Let me know how the Patriot turns out. I have 4 oz of homegrown Mt. Hood burning a hole in my freezer.

Here's my Patriot Ale Review

The thread .... Patriot Ale ...

WI_Wino · Mar 7, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
If you have problems with yeast and pouring you can try this type of yeast. This is good for a beer that you want little to no yeast getting out of the bottle. It can be used with other yeast types just let the beer clear well and then use this for carbing.

Muntons Premium Gold

The flip side is then you have crusty yeast in the bottom of your bottle. I've used highly flocculent English yeasts in the past and had to scrub bottles. Pick your poison I guess.

deere322 · Mar 9, 2016

Couldn't help myself. First pour out of the keg that's been sitting since saturday on gelatin yielded a semi hazy looking beer, great white tight bubbled cap and glugg lacing stripes indicating the number of my sips.

Aroma of spicy bread/cracker malt notes, earthy mint like hops that's gentle. But it has a subtle lager quality that I get even though it's us-05.

Taste is, well, too damn easy drinking, balanced malt with gentle bitterness with a dry finish. Never even comes close to sweet at all. Finishes with a combo of malt and lingering hop dryness that makes me want more.

Mouth feel is somewhat medium bodied, not watery at all but with a substantial fullness that's not overwhelming.

Damnnit I've already had a couple on a school night and am feeling the effects from it's 7+% abv.

This is a f-in keeper.

deere322 · Mar 9, 2016

WI_Wino said:
The flip side is then you have crusty yeast in the bottom of your bottle. I've used highly flocculent English yeasts in the past and had to scrub bottles. Pick your poison I guess.

I never have to scrub bottles because I rinse them out with hot ass tap water after pouring into a glass. Never have I had to scrub a bottle since doing this.
An over night soak in Oxyclean and I'm good to go to bottle the next day.

deere322 · Mar 9, 2016

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A better pic since HBT has been up dated.

Schlenkerla · Mar 11, 2016

deere322 said:
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Couldn't help myself. First pour out of the keg that's been sitting since saturday on gelatin yielded a semi hazy looking beer, great white tight bubbled cap and glugg lacing stripes indicating the number of my sips.

Aroma of spicy bread/cracker malt notes, earthy mint like hops that's gentle. But it has a subtle lager quality that I get even though it's us-05.

Taste is, well, too damn easy drinking, balanced malt with gentle bitterness with a dry finish. Never even comes close to sweet at all. Finishes with a combo of malt and lingering hop dryness that makes me want more.

Mouth feel is somewhat medium bodied, not watery at all but with a substantial fullness that's not overwhelming.

Damnnit I've already had a couple on a school night and am feeling the effects from it's 7+% abv.

This is a f-in keeper.

You had laughing towards the end of your post.

Do some more product performance testing tonight.

deere322 · Mar 12, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
You had laughing towards the end of your post.

Do some more product performance testing tonight.

Quality control was performed last night, getting better with age.

deere322 · Mar 12, 2016

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Side by side comparison.
Mine wins hands down.
Hop profile is pretty close though.

Schlenkerla · Mar 12, 2016

Little more time on gas and the clarity will be the same.

deere322 · Mar 14, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
Little more time on gas and the clarity will be the same.

Mistake #1
Don't let friends and neighbors know you brewed a tasty beer.
Its almost gone.
Next time, I'll brew it as a lager.

Schlenkerla · Mar 14, 2016

deere322 said:
Mistake #1
Don't let friends and neighbors know you brewed a tasty beer.
Its almost gone.
Next time, I'll brew it as a lager.

Holy freaking crap!!!! Already??? Wow!!! :rockin:

Schlenkerla · Mar 14, 2016

Hey - Buddy... I posted both of our recipes here.... I sited a couple of your posts. Specifically your AG Recipe and your tasting notes.

If you want something revised in the Recipe OP let me know.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7470713#post7470713

deere322 · Mar 15, 2016

Schlenkerla said:
Hey - Buddy... I posted both of our recipes here.... I sited a couple of your posts. Specifically your AG Recipe and your tasting notes.

If you want some revised in the Recipe OP let me know.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=7470713#post7470713

Awesome!

Ended up using Golden Promise instead of MO.

Schlenkerla · Mar 15, 2016

deere322 said:
Awesome!

Ended up using Golden Promise instead of MO.

Should the (Crisp) come out??

8 lbs 13.6 oz Golden Promise (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 1 89.8 %

Heiliman's Special Export

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