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The 1980 version of TGL 7764 doesn't list the alcohol content of the beers. But, as it does give the OG and rate of attenuatio0n, it's pretty easy to work it out. Especially if, like me, you already have all the necessary calculations plugged into spreadsheet.
It's all much what you would expect. With Berliner Weisse around 3% ABV, Hell a bit over 4%, Pilsner around 5%, and Bock 6-6.5%. Compared to the West, the Hell and Weizenbier are slightly weaker. The other styles, however, are roughly in line with what occurred on the other side of the Inner German Border.
The bottom limit for Vollbier was lower in the DDR - in the West it was 11º Plato. A beer at the lower DDR limit of 10.5º Plato wouldn't have been allowed in West Germany, nor would extra. Beers weren't permitted to be brewed to gravities between the top limit for Schankbier (8º Plato) anf the lower limit for Volbier (11º Plato).
1980 DDR beer strength
Type
min OG Plato
max OG Plato
app. Atten-uation
min ABV
max ABV
Dunkel (Einfachbier)
5.8
6.2
65
1.93
2.06
Weißbier
7
8
75
2.70
3.10
Extra
8.5
9.3
75
3.30
3.63
Hell
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Edel-Bräu Hell
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Dunkel (Vollbier)
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Schwarzbier
11.7
12.3
70
4.32
4.56
Deutsches Pilsner
12
12.5
75
4.75
4.97
Deutsches Pilsator
12
12.5
78
4.94
5.16
Deutsches Pilsner Spezial
12
12.5
78
4.94
5.16
Märzen
13.7
14.3
70
5.11
5.36
Weizenbier
11.5
12
75
4.54
4.75
Weißer Bock or Bockbier Hell
15.7
16.3
75
6.35
6.61
Dunkler Bock or Bockbier Dunkel
15.7
16.3
72
6.10
6.35
Deutscher Porter
17.7
18.3
64
6.18
6.41
Source:
1980 TGL 7764, pages 9 - 10.
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The 1980 version of TGL 7764 doesn't list the alcohol content of the beers. But, as it does give the OG and rate of attenuatio0n, it's pretty easy to work it out. Especially if, like me, you already have all the necessary calculations plugged into spreadsheet.
It's all much what you would expect. With Berliner Weisse around 3% ABV, Hell a bit over 4%, Pilsner around 5%, and Bock 6-6.5%. Compared to the West, the Hell and Weizenbier are slightly weaker. The other styles, however, are roughly in line with what occurred on the other side of the Inner German Border.
The bottom limit for Vollbier was lower in the DDR - in the West it was 11º Plato. A beer at the lower DDR limit of 10.5º Plato wouldn't have been allowed in West Germany, nor would extra. Beers weren't permitted to be brewed to gravities between the top limit for Schankbier (8º Plato) anf the lower limit for Volbier (11º Plato).
1980 DDR beer strength
Type
min OG Plato
max OG Plato
app. Atten-uation
min ABV
max ABV
Dunkel (Einfachbier)
5.8
6.2
65
1.93
2.06
Weißbier
7
8
75
2.70
3.10
Extra
8.5
9.3
75
3.30
3.63
Hell
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Edel-Bräu Hell
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Dunkel (Vollbier)
10.5
11
75
4.13
4.33
Schwarzbier
11.7
12.3
70
4.32
4.56
Deutsches Pilsner
12
12.5
75
4.75
4.97
Deutsches Pilsator
12
12.5
78
4.94
5.16
Deutsches Pilsner Spezial
12
12.5
78
4.94
5.16
Märzen
13.7
14.3
70
5.11
5.36
Weizenbier
11.5
12
75
4.54
4.75
Weißer Bock or Bockbier Hell
15.7
16.3
75
6.35
6.61
Dunkler Bock or Bockbier Dunkel
15.7
16.3
72
6.10
6.35
Deutscher Porter
17.7
18.3
64
6.18
6.41
Source:
1980 TGL 7764, pages 9 - 10.
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