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Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 beer. Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark reddish brown. They are characterized by their smooth malt
Malt

Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further by drying/heating with hot air....
y flavour.

Dunkel, along with helles, is a traditional style brewed in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
 and popular throughout Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
. With alcohol
Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl Functional group is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group....
 concentrations of 4.5% to 6% by volume, dunkels are weaker than Doppelbocks, another traditional dark Bavarian beer.






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Dunkel (or Dunkles) is a dark German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 beer. Dunkel is the German word meaning dark, and dunkel beers typically range in colour from amber to dark reddish brown. They are characterized by their smooth malt
Malt

Malting is a process applied to cereal grains, in which the grains are made to germinate by soaking in water and are then quickly halted from germinating further by drying/heating with hot air....
y flavour.

Dunkel, along with helles, is a traditional style brewed in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
 and popular throughout Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
. With alcohol
Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl Functional group is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group....
 concentrations of 4.5% to 6% by volume, dunkels are weaker than Doppelbocks, another traditional dark Bavarian beer. Dunkels are produced using Munich malts which give the Dunkel its colour. Other malts or flavours may also be added.

Dunkels were the original style of the Bavarian villages and countryside. Lighter-coloured lagers were not common until the later part of the 19th century when technological advances made them easier to produce.

Dunkels have a distinctive malty flavour that comes from a special brewing technique called triple decoction
Mashing

In brewing and distilling, mashing is the process of combining a mix of milled grain , known as the "grain bill", and water, known as "liquor", and heating this mixture with pauses at certain temperatures to allow the enzymes in the malt to break down the starch in the grain into sugars, typically maltose to create a malty liquid called wo...
.

In some parts of Germany, such as North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, Dunkelbier (also Kinderbier) refers to a sweet malt beer
Malt beer

Malt Beer is a beverage made from malted barley, syrup water and sugar. It is very popular in Israel where it is called "black beer".Brands for sale in Israel include Nesher and Goldstar ....
 containing no alcohol (0%).

Most commonly, dunkel beers are dark lagers, but the term is also used to refer to dark wheat beers such as Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel. Dunkel weizen is another term used to refer to dark wheat beers, which are fruity and sweet with slightly more malt than their lighter counterpart, the hefeweizen.

Examples


  • Andechser Dunkel
  • Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel
  • Beck's
    Beck's

    Beck's Brewery is a brewery in the north Germany city of Bremen . Owned by local families until February 2002, it was then sold to Interbrew for 1.8 billion euros ....
     Dark
  • Löwenbräu
    Löwenbräu

    L?wenbr?u is a brewery in Munich that produces a traditional Munich-style beer. Like other premium German beers, it is brewed according to the Germany ?Reinheitsgebot? dating back to 1516....
     Dunkel Munich Dark
  • Capital
    Capital Brewery

    Founded on March 14, 1984, by Madison, Wisconsin entrepreneur Ed Janus, Capital Brewery is a brewery located in Middleton, Wisconsin, Wisconsin....
     Munich Dark
  • Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Dunkel
  • Hofbräu München Dunkel
  • Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark
  • Lobko Dark Lager
  • Paulaner
    Paulaner

    Paulaner is a Germany brewery, established in the early 1600s in Munich by the Minim friars of the Neudeck ob der Au cloister. The mendicant order and the brewery are named after Francis of Paola, the founder of the order....
     Original Münchner Dunkel
  • Sagres
    Sagres (beer)

    Sagres beers are brewed by the SCC - Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas, S.A. and were introduced at the 1940 ?Exposi??o do Mundo Portugu?s? ....
     Bohemia
  • St. Pauli Girl
    St. Pauli Girl

    St. Pauli Girl beers are brewed and bottled by the St. Pauli Brauerei, which is located within the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany. The brand derives its name from the fact that the original brewery was built upon St Paul's Monastery....
     Special Dark
  • Vitamalz
    Vitamalz

    Vitamalz is a Germany malzbier without alcohol. The correct pronunciation is vee-tah mahltz....
  • Warsteiner Dunkel (Warsteiner Brauerei)


See also

  • German beer
    German beer

    Beer in Germany is a major part of Culture of Germany. There are around 1,300 breweries in Germany, more than in any other country except the United States which has 1,500....
  • Helles
  • Doppelbock


External links

  • - By K. Florian Klemp - All About Beer Magazine (Volume 23 Number 5 - November 2002)