I saved before doing anything . <| sep |> I like to pretend that my next president isn ' t an antivaxer who thinks global warming is a Chinese hoax . Plus he only won the electoral college which is a disaster for democracy twsrc % 5 Etfw . <| sep |> Fuck all the naysayers and the tired leave it in the sun bullshit . Its actually quite challenging to get the ester profile correct . That ' s a huge characteristic of the beer , and you ' ll never hit it exactly . The real Heineken yeast is not available on sale anywhere . I have had modest success using Wyeast 2000 , Budvar . It ' s a lovely yeast with a gentle floral note and mediumfull body . Heineken is an allmalt beer , so anyone who claims it ' s full of corn is ignorant and not to be trusted . Any half wit claiming you need to skunk the beer obviously can ' t be bothered to find it in a can , which 98 % of gas stations sell in a 24 oz size . Very well crafted lager especially in a can . Find a nice clean pils , like Weyerman or Avangard Pilsen . Hopping is perhaps 25 IBU , and there ' s a touch of sweetness but still fairly clean and dry . Perhaps C 10 or C 20 at maybe 3 %. So 97 % pils , 3 % C 10 . Mash at 150 F and do a 90 min boil . Heineken is 5 % ABV so 1 . 050 SG with 1 . 012 FG for 74 % AA will do it .