Paulaner Dunkel
Dunkel (or
Dunkles) is a dark German
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
malty flavour.
Schwarzbier, a much darker, almost black beer is
mainly brewed in Saxony
and Thuringia
with a chocolate or near liquorice flavour, similar
to stout.
Dunkel,
along with helles, is a traditional style
brewed in Munich
and popular
throughout Bavaria
. With
alcohol 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.
In some
parts of Germany, such as North Rhine-Westphalia
, Dunkelbier (also Kinderbier)
refers to a sweet malt beer 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.
Also, Dunkel has been used as a surname for members of the
German Diaspora.
Examples
See also
References
- http://www.germanbeerguide.co.uk/dunkel.html
External links
- Munich Dunkel - By K. Florian Klemp - All About Beer
Magazine (Volume 23 Number 5 - November 2002)
)
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