Munich Dunkel

This month (November 2022), Rob Gallagher gave us an overview of the Munich Dunkel style in preparation for a themed meeting in March 2023.

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1. Munich Dunkel Rob Gallagher - November 2022
2. BJCP 2021 - 8A
3. History • Literal meaning of dunkel is ‘dark’ • The ‘style’ predates Reinheitsgebot and modern brewing techniques • Modern malt kilning and drying standardised and refined the style • Until very recently, the most popular style in Bavaria
4. Overall Impression A traditional malty brown lager from Bavaria. Deeply toasted, bready malt flavors without any roasty or burnt flavors. Smooth and rich, with a restrained bitterness and a relatively dry finish that allows for drinking in quantity.
5. Specifications • OG: 1.048 - 1.056 (12°-14°) • FG: 1.010 - 1.016 • ABV: 4.5% - 5.6% • IBU: 18 - 28 • SRM: 17 - 28
7. Ingredients Should be selected with restraint! Malt • Traditionally made exclusively with Munich malt. • Often, Pilsner and Vienna malts and small amounts of crystal • Dark, black and roasted malts are to be avoided Hops • Traditional (noble) selection - Tettnanger or Hallertauer • Some hop character is needed, but should be low
8. Ingredients Yeast • German lager yeast - malt focused and good attenuation Water • Soft/RO water • Additions of calcium chloride (CaCl 2 ) and gypsum (CaSO 4 ) i.e. 4g CaCl 2 and 1.3g CaSO 4 in ~22 litres of mash water • Keep sulphite levels low
9. Process Mash Schedule • Decoction! Boil/Hop Schedule • Traditionally long • Simple hop schedule
10. Fermentation Lager fermentation • Pitch low (~9°) • Rise to 12° • Optional rise to 18° at half attenuation
11. Lagering • As long and low as you can • >3 weeks
12. Recipes
13. • 7.8kg - Barke Munich (20EBC) • 45g - Hallertau Mittelfrueh - 4.2% - 60mins • 22g - Hallertau Mittelfrueh - 4.2% - 30mins • WLP860 - Munich Helles Hegel’s Dialectical Drinking https://londonamateurbrewers.co.uk/wiki/index.php/Hegel%27s_Dialectical_Drinking
14. • 4.1kg - Munich (22EBC) • 225g - Victory • 225g - Carafa II • 14g - Nugget - 12% - 60 mins • 14g - Tettnang - 5% - 5 mins • Wyeast 2206 (Bavarian Lager) Beer and Brewing
15. • 4.3kg German Pilsner (3 EBC) • 450g German crystal (105 EBC) • 225g caramel Vienne (51 EBC) • 113g chocolat malt • 28g - Hallertau Mittelfrueh - 5.1% - 60 mins • 14g - Hallertau Mittelfrueh - 5.1% - 20 mins • 7g - Saaz - 4.2% - 10 mins • Wyeast 2206 (Bavarian Lager) (or various others) BYO