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Now here’s a really weird one. A Heineken attempt to clone Dortmunder Union Export. Not for sale, but as a Christmas beer for their employees. They didn’t brew a huge amount of it, just 15.9 hl, as it was pm their pilot plant. No idea why they picked this beer to imitate. Though DUB Export was pretty popular in Germany at the time.

There’s not much to the grist. Well, at least I don’t think it is. There are four different types of malt, most of which I assume are pilsner malt. Though I’m not totally sure. Two are described as “Tcheco”, which must be an abbreviation of “Tchecoslovakia”, which is Dutch for Czechoslovakia.

Another is described, rather enigmatically “B.”. My first thought was broeimout. But that would make the colour too dark. After fiddling around in BeerSmith a bit, I found pale Munich malt gave the right colour. Perhaps it stands for “Bavaria”.

The hops were all Roudnice from the 1956 harvest. Roudnice being a town between Prague and Usti nad Labem. I’ve assumed that they’re something like Saaz. I’ve increased the quantity by a third as the alpha acid content is listed as 5% in the brewing record.

300 gms. of gypsum were added to the brewing water.

Lagering lasted 60 days.


1957 Heineken Dortmunder Union


pilsner malt
10.50 lb
80.77%


Munich malt 10 L
2.50 lb
19.23%


Saaz 120 mins
0.67 oz



Saaz 60 mins
0.67 oz



Saaz 30 mins
1.00 oz



OG
1058



FG
1012



ABV
6.09



Apparent attenuation
79.31%



IBU
22



SRM
5



Mash single decoction




Boil time
120 minutes



pitching temp
44º F



Yeast
WLP830 German Lager








Dortmunder Union 26th Sep 1957


step
duration (minutes)


Mash in at 52º C (126º F)
10


Draw off decoction and raise to 72º C (162º F)
5


Rest whole mash at 72º C (162º F)
15


Raise decoction to 100º C (212º F)
15


Boil decoction
15


Mash at 72º C (162º F) and mash out
5


Sparge at 65º C (149º F) and rest
30


Draw off main wort
90


Draw off second wort
85


Total time
270


Source:



Heineken Brouwjournal van de proefziederij, held at the Amsterdamse Stadtsarchief, document number 834-1786, page 50.




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