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I just came across this dead handy document I’d forgotten I had. It’s TGL 7764: the official DDR standard document for beer.

One of the useful bits of information is something on beers styles. A little table documenting the characteristics of each type of beer. It’s rather longer than the table in Kunze and includes some styles I never came across. Things like Lagerbier Dunkel, Lagerbier Spezial and Dunkel.

It doesn’t include ABV, so I’ve calculated it from the OG and rate of attenuation. I’ve used the middle of the gravity range and either the middle of the attenuation range or the minimum value. What it shows is quite a narrow range of ABVs, with the vast majority of styles between 3.5 and 5%.

I’d been wondering about Doppel-Karamelbier. It always specifies Vollbier on the label, but I was fairly certain it was low ABV. The fact no rate of attenuation is specified implies to me that it’s very low. And that it’s one of those weird German styles with a normal OG, but minimal amount of alcohol. Consulting Kunze*, I see that it had an ABC of 0.63% to 1.5%. So hardly fermented at all.

Another odd feature is the number of Pilsner styles: four in total. I’m not sure why Deutsches Pilsator and Deutsches Pilsner Spezial get separate entries as their specifications seem identical. As do Lagerbier Hell and Lagerbier Spezial, Lagerbier Dunkel and Lagerbier Dunkel Spezial.

It’s handy that there’s an indication of bitterness, though I’m not sure how that relates to IBUs. It does indicate the relative bitterness of the types, at least.

You'll notice that every DDR label has TGL 7764 on it somewhere.

Here you go:




DDR beer styles 1987 - 1990


Type
OG Plato
ABV
App. Atten-uation
CO2 Content
Isohumulon Content
EBC colour



%
%
%
% min.
Mg/l



Dunkel (Einfachbier)
5.7 - 6.2
1.84
55 - 65
0.35
3 - 11
min 79


Alkoholfreies Bier
6.5 - 7.0

10 - 15
0.42
22 - 28
max 12


Weissbier
7.0 - 8.0
2.90
min 75
0.60
nothing specified
9 - 15


Extra
8.5 - 9.0
3.41
min 75
0.45
22 - 34
max 12


Hell
9.5 - 10.0
3.82
min 75
0.40
16 - 26
max 14


Edel-Bräu Hell
10.5 - 11.0
4.23
min 75
0.42
16 - 28
max 14


Dunkel (Vollbier)
10.0 - 10.5
4.02
min 75
0.40
16 - 26
min 79


Doppel-Karamelbier
11.7 - 12.2
0.63 - 1.5
nothing specified
0.42
3 - 10
min 93


Schwarzbier
11.7 - 12.2
4.12
60 - 70
0.42
20 - 34
min 160


Deutsches Pilsner
10.5 - 11.0
4.23
min 75
0.40
22 - 34
max 12


Diabetiker-Pils
10.0 - 10.5


0.42
22 - 34
max 13


Lagerbier Hell
11.5 - 12.0
4.65
min 75
0.42
20 - 34
max 31


Lagerbier Dunkel
11.5 - 12.0
4.65
min 75
0.42
14 - 26
min 40


Lagerbier Spezial
11.5 - 12.0
4.65
min 75
0.42
20 - 34
max 31


Lagerbier Dunkel Spezial
11.5 - 12.0
4.65
min 75
0.42
14 - 26
min 40


Deutsches Pilsator
11.5 - 12.0
4.83
min 78
0.42
26 - 39
max 12


Deutsches Pilsner Spezial
11.5 - 12.0
4.83
min 78
0.42
26 - 39
max 12


Spitzenbier
12.0 - 12.5
4.86
min 73
0.45
28 - 40
max 18


Märzen
13.5 - 14.0
5.13
min 70
0.42
20 - 34
max 110


Weißer Bock oder Bockbier Hell
15.0 - 15.5
5.86
68 - 75
0.40
14 - 26
21 - 43


Dunkler Bock oder Bockbier Dunkel
15.0 - 15.5
5.62
65 - 72
0.40
10 - 25
min 83


Deutscher Porter
17.5 - 18.0
6.10
min 64
0.42
35 - 50
min 160


Source:


TGL 7764




* "Technologie für Brauer und Mälzer" by Wolfgang Kunze, 1975, page 422.

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