Style: Munich Dunkel
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.41
Hops
3.4 g/L
Mash pH
5.41
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.053
FG 1.012
IBU 22
ABV 5.4%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Munich Dunkel recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 1.36 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.68 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Common Hops
- 24% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 23% Tettnang
- 11% Hersbrucker
- 10% Magnum
- 10% Perle
- 10% Saaz
- 7% Taurus
- 6% Hallertau Tradition
- 4% Hallertau
- 3% Northern Brewer
% of Munich Dunkel recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2019 0.79 g/L
2020 3.13 g/L
2021 0 g/L
2022 0 g/L
2023 0 g/L
2024 0 g/L
dated Munich Dunkel recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 16% Munich Malt
- 10% German - Carafa II
- 8% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 8% German - Melanoidin
- 8% Carafa II
- 8% Weyermann - Munich Type II (Dark)
- 6% German - Pilsner
- 6% Chocolate Malt
- 6% Munich II (Weyermann)
- 5% Melanoiden Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 22% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 8% Munich Lager (2308) Wyeast Labs
- 6% German Bock Lager (WLP833) White Labs
- 5% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 4% German Lager (WLP830) White Labs
- 3% SafLager West European Lager (S-23) Fermentis
- 3% Harvest (L17) Imperial Yeast
- 2% Southern German Lager (WLP838) White Labs
- 2% Bavarian Lager (M76) Mangrove Jack's
- 2% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
% of Munich Dunkel recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 65% Single Infusion
- 22% Step Mash
- 13% Decoction
% of Munich Dunkel recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 20 ppm Mg²⁺
- 4 ppm Na⁺
- 19 ppm Cl⁻
- 24 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 220 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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