Spaten Munich Dunkel as an ale

strangebrew · 10-30-2009, 01:44 AM

Would it be possible to brew an (extract) Munich Dunkel as an ale? I had a Spaten Dunkel yesterday and I would like to replicate this at home. Unfortunately I don’t have lager capacity with my setup.

HOOTER · 10-30-2009, 02:38 AM

Just substitute a clean fermenting ale yeast for lager yeast. It wouldn't be true to style, but fermenting relatively cool with some aging time could produce a nice dunkel-like ale I suppose.

strangebrew · 10-31-2009, 03:02 AM

Thanks HOOTER! Perhaps I will make a few half batches to experiment

phasedweasel · 11-18-2009, 06:59 PM

I am interested in this as well - would someone who has tried it maybe care to comment on their results?