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I’ve got a stack of analyses extracted from “Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel” that I’ve never done anything with. Time to put that right.

I’ve always had a soft spot for a Dunkles, myself. Or Lager Dark Mild as I like to call it. Though. Sadly, it’s been in decline for decades. In Munich, where it was the most popular style until WW II, it’s no longer universally available. It’s deeply unfashionable, just like Mild. Though there are pockets of popularity in Franconia.

But Dunkles wasn’t just Dunkles. Forgetting Bock and Doppelbock for the moment, it came in two major types: Dunkles Lagerbier and Export Dunkles. The difference between the two being their strength. Lagerbier being 11-13º Plato and Export being 13-15º Plato. Or so. There was no style police at the time, so these numbers are approximate.

The 39 samples have an average OG of 1058.2º, or 14.39º Plato. Which is about what I would expect. But there are a few outliers, notably the examples from Kulmbach which have a gravity more in line with a Bockbier. I’d expect that, as the Dark Lagers from Kulmbach were well known for being strong.

The degree of attenuation varies considerably, too. The average of 67% is about what I would expect. I’ve noticed that the attenuation of 19th-century Lagers was often quite poor. I’m more surprised by the ones over 75% than by the ones under 60%.

I'm shocked by how high the acidity of most examples is. I'd expect a Lager to be well below 0.1%.

You’ll probably recognise some of the names as several of the still extant Munich breweries are included, like Spaten and Löwenbräu. I’d love to know what these beers tasted like. Probably right down my street: big, chewy, malty beers.




German Export Dunkles 1878 - 1900


Year
Brewer
Town
Beer
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Lactic acid %


1878
Puszta
Kulmbach
Export Dunkel
1053.2
1018.2
4.53
65.79%
0.13


1878
Unknown
Nürnberg
Export braun
1055.4
1018.0
4.84
67.48%



1878
Unknown
Nürnberg
Export braun
1063.4
1021.0
5.50
66.88%



1884
Aktien-Export-Brauhaus
Kulmbach
dunkeles Export
1067.6
1025.9
5.39
61.69%
0.18


1884
Henninger
Erlangen
dunkeles Export
1058.8
1014.5
5.76
75.34%
0.148


1884
Carl Niklass
Erlangen
dunkeles Export
1063.3
1020.0
5.61
68.40%
0.127


1884
Kubra
Kyffhäuser
dunkeles Export
1050.8
1014.4
4.73
71.65%
0.135


1884
Unknown
Kulmbach
dunkeles Export
1061.9
1024.0
4.90
61.23%
0.153


1884
Spaten
Munich
dunkeles Export
1049.7
1022.0
3.56
55.69%
0.099


1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Braunschweig
"Münchener" Export
1056.5
1017.8
5.01
68.50%



1891
National-Aktien-Brauerei
Braunschweig
"Kulmbacher" Export
1061.0
1020.2
5.29
66.89%



1891
Aktien-Brauerei Streitberg
Streitberg
"Löwenbier"
1064.2
1013.5
6.63
78.97%



1891
Unknown
Kulmbach
dunkeles Exportbier
1065.7
1027.9
4.88
57.53%
0.137


1891
Unknown
Kulmbach
dunkeles Exportbier
1067.6
1023.0
5.78
65.98%
0.142


1891
Bergische Brauerei-Gesellschaft
Elberfeld
Münchener Exportbier
1053.6
1011.0
5.55
79.48%
0.126


1891
Gambrinusbräu, Böhmisches Brauhaus
Berlin
Münchener Exportbier
1052.5
1020.3
4.16
61.33%
0.117


1891
Munkebräu Exp.-Br.
Flensburg
Münchener Exportbier
1052.4
1017.6
4.50
66.41%
0.151


1891
Exp.-Br. Bamberg
Bamberg
Münchener Exportbier
1057.2
1016.8
5.23
70.63%
0.173


1891
Gaardener Exp.-Br.
Gaarden bei Kiel
Prälatenbräu
1053.9
1011.9
5.46
77.90%
0.12


1891
Hansa-Br. Gesellschaft
Hamburg
Münchener Exportbier
1053.6
1015
5.01
72.01%
0.129


1891
Andr. Müller, Exp.-Br.
Bremen
Münchener Exportbier
1054.8
1010.3
5.80
81.20%
0.144


1891
W. Remmer
Bremen
Münchener Exportbier
1061.3
1016.3
5.85
73.41%
0.145


1891
Pschorrbräu
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1056.3
1018.9
4.84
66.43%



1891
Löwenbräu
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1056.5
1023.4
4.26
58.58%



1891
Leistbräu (Franziskaner)
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1057.6
1023
4.46
60.07%



1891
Hackerbräu
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1057.5
1020.1
4.84
65.04%



1891
Bürgerbräu
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1057.6
1024.1
4.31
58.16%



1891
Metzgerbräu
Munich
Münchener Exportbier
1057.1
1019.7
4.84
65.50%



1892
Prschorrbräu
Munich
dunkeles Export
1058.6
1020.3
4.95
65.33%
0.162


1893
Spaten
Munich
Spatenbräu
1055.3
1015.3
5.20
72.33%



1893
Spaten
Munich
Exportbier
1056.2
1013.9
5.50
75.27%



1893
Aktien-Export-Brauerei
Kulmbach
dunkeles Exportbier
1076.9
1025.8
6.63
66.45%



1893
Weihenstephan
Freising
Exportbier
1056.2
1024.7
4.05
56.05%



1893
Henninger
Erlangen
Exportbier
1060.9
1022.6
4.95
62.89%
0.281


1894
Spaten
Munich
Exportbier
1060.3
1020.1
5.21
66.67%
0.180


1898
Unknown
Munich
Export
1055.0
1019
4.66
65.45%



1898
Unknown
Munich
Export
1058.1
1019.3
5.03
66.78%



1898
Unknown
Nürnberg
Export
1053.5
1016.9
4.74
68.41%



1900
Spaten
Munich
Exportbier
1058.1
1020
4.93
65.58%
0.160



Average


1058.2
1019.1
5.06
67.16%
0.149


Source:


König, J (1903), Bier in Chemie der menschlichen Nahrungs- und Genussmittel by Joseph König, 1903, pp 1101 - 1156, Julius Springer, Berlin.




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