Style Information

The term "dunkel" is the German word for "dark". In general, the "style" covers a range of lager beers that are notably darker than the other German lager styles. The color should range from medium amber to red-brown. Like many other dark beers, the malts should overshadow the hops in the aroma and flavor. From Wikipedia: "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. 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 decoction mashing. 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 more dark, roasted malts than their lighter counterpart, the hefeweizen."

Glassware	Description
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Weizen Glass	A wheat beer glass is a glass that is used to serve wheat beer, known also as weizenbier or hefeweizen. It is much taller than a pint glass, and is considerably wider at the top than at the base,... [more]

	Beer	Consumed
1.	Schadenfreude by Surly Brewing Company	19
2.	Fearless Youth by Grimm Brothers Brewhouse	11
3.	Munich Dark by Harpoon Brewery - Windsor	9
4.	Bourbon Schadenfreude by Surly Brewing Company	1
5.	Perfect Day by Cognition Brewing Company	1
6.	Organic Dunkel by Neumarkter Lammsbräu	1
7.	Shining Mountain Lager by Cognition Brewing Company	1
8.	High Point Dunkel by Herkimer Pub & Brewery	1
9.	Barclay's London Dark Lager by Devil's Backbone Brewing Company	1

	Beer	Avg Score
1.	Schadenfreude by Surly Brewing Company	56