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<h2 id="munich-dunkel">Munich dunkel</h2> <p>Dunkels were the original style of the Bavarian villages and countryside, and it was the most common style at the time of the introduction of the <a href="/facts/Reinheitsgebot/4fkAcVg7">Reinheitsgebot</a> (1516). As such, it is the first "fully codified and regulated" beer. Its ABV is rarely higher than 5.5%, and it has low bitterness, a distinctive dark color, and a malty flavor. Dunkel is brewed using <a href="/facts/Saccharomyces_pastorianus/e1UrUVjY">lager yeasts</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>Lighter-colored lagers were not common until the later part of the 19th century when technological advances made them easier to produce. </p> <h2 id="franconian-dunkel">Franconian dunkel</h2> <p>Dunkel is also widespread in parts of <a href="/facts/Franconia/1VSFAoUv">Franconia</a>, for example the <a href="/facts/Franconian_Switzerland/nXK7GENR">Franconian Switzerland</a>, where it has been originally the most common beer type. The region has a lot of <a href="/facts/Microbrewery/olIC7Gcq">microbreweries</a>, of which many still produce Dunkel.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> One Example is <a href="/facts/Weissenohe_Abbey/nBv7tF5R">Weissenohe Abbey</a> Brewery (<i>Weissenoher Klosterbrauerei</i>). </p> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Aktienbrauerei_Kaufbeuren/pQEEY231">Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Andechser/pbebevbR">Andechser</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Augustiner/49UYmJqm">Augustiner</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ayinger/ShDIek2s">Ayinger</a> Altbairisch Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wychwood_Brewery/UaFJUS32">Dunkel Fester</a> A dunkel-style beer brewed in the <a href="/facts/UK/kuPAILt2">UK</a> by the <a href="/facts/Wychwood_Brewery/UaFJUS32">Wychwood Brewery</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Erdinger/UIbLYPmt">Erdinger</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Franconia_Brewing_Company/g4STlWLy">Franconia Brewing Company</a> German Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hacker-Pschorr/hBkfmmRI">Hacker-Pschorr</a> Münchner Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hofbr%25C3%25A4u_M%25C3%25BCnchen/VnSczBwo">Hofbräu München</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/K%25C3%25B6nig_Ludwig_Schlossbrauerei/U0uYbIJQ">König Ludwig</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/L%25C3%25B6wenbr%25C3%25A4u/dCIlouht">Löwenbräu</a> Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paulaner/GHDXo7Eu">Paulaner</a> Original Münchner Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spaten/h61bampH">Spaten</a> München Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Warsteiner/QHFXIFCK">Warsteiner</a> Premium Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Weihenstephaner/X6alcd3r">Weihenstephaner</a> Tradition Bayrisch Dunkel</li> <li><a href="/facts/Weltenburg_Abbey/H9KReG6R">Weltenburg Abbey</a> Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Doppelbock/eIVlxb7k">Doppelbock</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Beer_in_Germany/lWuofPD4">German beer</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Helles/dRrwf8Ao">Helles</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Schwarzbier/oFTtHYBa">Schwarzbier</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061019152151/http://www.allaboutbeer.com/style/23.5-munichdunkel.html">Munich Dunkel</a> – by K. Florian Klemp – <i>All About Beer</i> Magazine (Volume 23 Number 5 – November 2002)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"German Beer Guide: Dunkel". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100609015418/http://www.germanbeerguide.co.uk/dunkel.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100609015418/http://www.germanbeerguide.co.uk/dunkel.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Oliver, Garrett (2011). "Dunkel". The Oxford Companion to Beer. Oxford UP. pp. 310–12. ISBN 978-0-19-991210-0. <a href="978-0-19-991210-0" target="_blank">978-0-19-991210-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"www.bierland-oberfranken.de". Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140219065219/http://www.bierland-oberfranken.de/bierige_pauschalreisen/fraenkische_schweiz__kulinarisches_brauereienerlebnis_144.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20140219065219/http://www.bierland-oberfranken.de/bierige_pauschalreisen/fraenkische_schweiz__kulinarisches_brauereienerlebnis_144.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>