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Generous as ever, I thought I’d treat you to some modern Dunkles to accompany the 19th-century ones.
I did a fairly extensive sweep of German brewery websites a couple of years back, looking for ones that listed both the gravity and the ABV. Using those two number, it’s relatively simple to work out the FG and the degree of attenuation.
Though it should be borne in mind that this is slightly different from a chemical analysis. At small breweries, there probably isn’t 100% consistency in hitting those numbers. And large breweries might well be deliberately undershooting to reduce their tax bill.
Somewhat arbitrarily, I’ve divided the beers into Dunkles Lagerbier and Dunkles Export, using a gravity of 12.5º as the dividing line. The distinction between Lagerbier and Export has rather eroded in recent years, so don’t take these classifications too seriously.
Let’s start with Dunkles Export:
Dunkles Export in 2014
Brewer
Town
Beer
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Paulaner
Munich
Münchner Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.45%
Löwenbräu
Munich
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1008.2
5.50
83.70%
Hacker-Pschorr
Munich
Münchner Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.45%
Weihenstephan
Freising
Tradition
12.8
1051.6
1011.6
5.20
77.51%
Klosterbrauerei Andechs
Andechs
Export Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1012.8
4.87
74.56%
Göller
Zeil am Main
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1010.4
5.20
79.43%
Kulmbacher Brauerei
Kulmbach
Tradition
12.8
1051.6
1011.6
5.20
77.51%
Privatbrauerei Gessner
Sonneberg
Alt-Sumbarcher Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1010.4
5.20
79.33%
Brauerei Weller
Erlangen
Jean-Paul-Bier
12.5
1050.3
1008.9
5.40
82.31%
Zum Löwenbräu Flair Hotel
Adelsdorf
Hausbräu Hefetrüb
12.7
1051.2
1012.7
5.00
75.18%
Brauerei Hofmann
Pahres
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.35%
Gasthof Gundel
Kammerstein
Dunkles Gold
12.6
1050.7
1010.8
5.20
78.72%
Brauereigasthof Winkler
Berching
Berchinger Dunkel
12.6
1050.7
1012.3
5.00
75.76%
Bürgerbräu Hersbruck
Hersbruck
Dampfsud
12.5
1050.3
1013.4
4.80
73.47%
Average
12.6
1050.6
1011.3
5.11
77.62%
Sources:
The relevant brewery websites
The gravities of these beers are pretty modest, and considerably lower than in 19th-century versions. As you can see from this table of the average of 39 samples from the late 19th century:
German Export Dunkles 1878 - 1900 averages
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
14.35
1058.2
1019.1
5.06
67.16%
There’s almost a 2º Plato difference between the average gravities. But the ABV of the modern examples is slightly higher because of the higher degree of attenuation. That’s almost always the case when you compare modern Lagers to ones from more than 100 years ago. Though 77% isn’t exceptional by modern standards.
Here are the Lagerbiers:
Dunkles Lagerbier in 2014
Brewer
Town
Beer
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Wolf
Zeil am Main
Urbräu
11.5
1046.1
1008.5
4.90
81.57%
Einbecker Brauhaus
Einbeck
Dunkel
11.50
1046.1
1008.5
4.90
81.57%
Walhaus-Bräu
Erfurt
Stock-Dunkel
12.2
1049.1
1009.9
5.10
79.82%
Schübel Bräu
Stadtsteinach
Dunkel
11.7
1047.0
1009.3
4.90
80.19%
Brauerei Kanone Löhr
Schnaittach
Dunkel
12.4
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
Brauerei Windsheimer
Gutenstetten
Dunkel
12.4
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
Average
12.0
1048.0
1009.4
5.0
80.51%
Sources:
The relevant brewery websites
The rate of attenuation in these lower gravity versions is even higher, so much so that the average ABV almost matches that of the 19th-century beers.
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Generous as ever, I thought I’d treat you to some modern Dunkles to accompany the 19th-century ones.
I did a fairly extensive sweep of German brewery websites a couple of years back, looking for ones that listed both the gravity and the ABV. Using those two number, it’s relatively simple to work out the FG and the degree of attenuation.
Though it should be borne in mind that this is slightly different from a chemical analysis. At small breweries, there probably isn’t 100% consistency in hitting those numbers. And large breweries might well be deliberately undershooting to reduce their tax bill.
Somewhat arbitrarily, I’ve divided the beers into Dunkles Lagerbier and Dunkles Export, using a gravity of 12.5º as the dividing line. The distinction between Lagerbier and Export has rather eroded in recent years, so don’t take these classifications too seriously.
Let’s start with Dunkles Export:
Dunkles Export in 2014
Brewer
Town
Beer
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Paulaner
Munich
Münchner Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.45%
Löwenbräu
Munich
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1008.2
5.50
83.70%
Hacker-Pschorr
Munich
Münchner Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.45%
Weihenstephan
Freising
Tradition
12.8
1051.6
1011.6
5.20
77.51%
Klosterbrauerei Andechs
Andechs
Export Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1012.8
4.87
74.56%
Göller
Zeil am Main
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1010.4
5.20
79.43%
Kulmbacher Brauerei
Kulmbach
Tradition
12.8
1051.6
1011.6
5.20
77.51%
Privatbrauerei Gessner
Sonneberg
Alt-Sumbarcher Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1010.4
5.20
79.33%
Brauerei Weller
Erlangen
Jean-Paul-Bier
12.5
1050.3
1008.9
5.40
82.31%
Zum Löwenbräu Flair Hotel
Adelsdorf
Hausbräu Hefetrüb
12.7
1051.2
1012.7
5.00
75.18%
Brauerei Hofmann
Pahres
Dunkel
12.5
1050.3
1011.9
5.00
76.35%
Gasthof Gundel
Kammerstein
Dunkles Gold
12.6
1050.7
1010.8
5.20
78.72%
Brauereigasthof Winkler
Berching
Berchinger Dunkel
12.6
1050.7
1012.3
5.00
75.76%
Bürgerbräu Hersbruck
Hersbruck
Dampfsud
12.5
1050.3
1013.4
4.80
73.47%
Average
12.6
1050.6
1011.3
5.11
77.62%
Sources:
The relevant brewery websites
The gravities of these beers are pretty modest, and considerably lower than in 19th-century versions. As you can see from this table of the average of 39 samples from the late 19th century:
German Export Dunkles 1878 - 1900 averages
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
14.35
1058.2
1019.1
5.06
67.16%
There’s almost a 2º Plato difference between the average gravities. But the ABV of the modern examples is slightly higher because of the higher degree of attenuation. That’s almost always the case when you compare modern Lagers to ones from more than 100 years ago. Though 77% isn’t exceptional by modern standards.
Here are the Lagerbiers:
Dunkles Lagerbier in 2014
Brewer
Town
Beer
OG Plato
OG
FG
ABV
App. Atten-uation
Wolf
Zeil am Main
Urbräu
11.5
1046.1
1008.5
4.90
81.57%
Einbecker Brauhaus
Einbeck
Dunkel
11.50
1046.1
1008.5
4.90
81.57%
Walhaus-Bräu
Erfurt
Stock-Dunkel
12.2
1049.1
1009.9
5.10
79.82%
Schübel Bräu
Stadtsteinach
Dunkel
11.7
1047.0
1009.3
4.90
80.19%
Brauerei Kanone Löhr
Schnaittach
Dunkel
12.4
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
Brauerei Windsheimer
Gutenstetten
Dunkel
12.4
1049.9
1010
5.20
79.96%
Average
12.0
1048.0
1009.4
5.0
80.51%
Sources:
The relevant brewery websites
The rate of attenuation in these lower gravity versions is even higher, so much so that the average ABV almost matches that of the 19th-century beers.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2017/10/german-dunkles-in-2014.html)