The world needs more Dunkel

I love Georg from them.

 

I have not tried georg yet. I plan on visiting the brewery again at the end of September. I’m hoping they will have georg on tap then.

 

Dunkel is delicious, but yeah it's not always around. Got lucky with Original Pattern in Oakland brewing a delicious version, but otherwise hard to find. Different beer but staying dark, Vienna Lager is absolutely delicious, I always make sure to buy it when I see it and have found a couple NorCal breweries with a take on it

 

Does Jack's Abby still refer to their Red Tape as a Dunkel? It sure seems to fall more in the rotbier category to me.

 

Michael, they call it an Amber Lager:

"Red Tape
Amber Lager
November - January Release"

https://jacksabby.com/beers/red-tape/

Cheers!

 

Nice to see that they got that sorted, then

 

Can also has “Dunkel” on it in that link (but the can in the web pic posted earlier in the thread did not).

 

Not all of the German Breweries make malt in house. There are many German Maltsters that most don't know beyond Weyermann. Examples include Best, Ireks, Avangard, Durst, and so on. There are smaller local Maltsters around the country.

 

I only get Von Yrapp Dunkel here, which is pretty good.

If I'm lucky, I can occasionally see Hofbrau Dunkel or Ayinger Dunkel, but its becoming harder and harder to find those.

I wish more versions of the style were available to me.

 

I had the pleasure of drinking this beer on tap. It was potentially a top three Notch beer for me this year. It was well received on the Northeast forums as well (specifically the Notch thread).

When I first had it I recall it being stellar, and while still good, it just never really hit me the same as before. Maybe it's because I was considering it a Dunkel? I feel like it was darker in the past and has taken on a reddish hue over the years.

 

Can you describe (remember) the character? It was difficult to judge the only one I've ever had, other than easy drinking.

 

This thread just gave me an interesting thought. If dunkel can't seem to catch on by itself, would "India Dark Lager" or "Cold IDA" finally get people excited?

 

Cape May collaborated with PA brewery Workhorse to make this one:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/54022/588648/

It was awesome and very well made! They marketed it is a cold black ipa

So I guess a CBIPA…

 

I reckon that you could call me a fan of the Dunkel.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/user/beers/?ba=Bitterbill&order=ratingD&start=0&view=R&pf=style:46:16

 

Not showing your styles separately -- how many?*

*Did the categorization, then had to sort from back to front because I couldn't weed past the "As."

16, huh? Lightweight.

23 for me. At least... 23 that are listed as Munich Dunkel, maybe not necessarily brewed as such.

 

I enjoyed drinking a draft pint at the Workhorse taproom.

Cheers!

 

Yeah but, look at all the imports!

 

I can separate my own list by countries, but not yours.

And I'm not going back to start at 4,265 to work back to the "Ms."

 

I had two drafts of it, but the second was amidst a bunch of beers, and I don’t recall it being quite as good.

But that first draft was a few months ago, and I can remember about as much as you. Extremely easy drinking, with a creamy mouthfeel, and malt forward but perhaps not in the same way as a Dunkel. Not as dry if I had to pin it down.

For some reason “Irish Red” keeps popping up in my head, and I don’t recall if I saw someone use those words somewhere to describe it. I can check back in the Notch forum to see if I or others had more notes.