Dunkel

I am having trouble finding a good dunkel recipe anyone have one they trust

Dunkel is a lager. It's mostly munich malt with a touch of carafa special color.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewi...lager-kits/bavarian-dunkel-all-grain-kit.html

Willbrew said:

I am having trouble finding a good dunkel recipe anyone have one they trust

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Here is my recipe for a dunkel I have on tap now. It's very drinkable if I do say so myself. This is a ten gallon recipe but it should easily scale for a fiver.

Munich Dunkel
10 Gallons

13.5 lbs Munich malt
3.5 lbs Pilsner malt
.375 lb Carafa II malt
.75 lb CaraFoam malt

Decoction mash; 128F, 148F, 168F mashout

1 oz Spalt + 1 oz Saaz @ 60 minutes
1 oz Spalt @ 20 minutes

Estimated OG 1.050, IBU 24

White Labs WLP-838 Southern German Yeast

Boil Size: 18.73 gal
Post Boil Volume: 18.23 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 17.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 17.06 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 20.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 17.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 74.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name %/IBU
16 lbs 11.3 oz Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) 47.0 %
12 lbs 4.7 oz Munich I (Weyermann) 34.6 %
5 lbs 2.3 oz Caramunich II (Weyermann) 14.5 %
11.2 oz Caraaroma (Weyermann) 2.0 %
11.2 oz Carafa II 2.0 %
3.70 oz Hallertau [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 7.6 IBUs
2.0 pkg Munuch (Lallemand #- ) [4L Starter]


During the 1st day of fermentation, this thing almost blew the lid off the fermenters

I wonder if the OP is still looking after 7 1/2 years?

Not sure if they found it or not but the recommendation for Erdinger is good. I managed to get through customs in Germany with about a dozen bottles of Erdinger in carry-on baggage from Germany pre-9/11. The guy running the X-ray machine heard the bottles clink and asked "Was ist das?".
I said "Beer".
He took one look inside the bag, laughed, and passed me on.

Lefou said:

Not sure if they found it or not but the recommendation for Erdinger is good.

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Except that the OP was looking for a dunkel, not dunkelweizen.

I'm a 'Merkin and don't read so good some days.

grampamark said:

I wonder if the OP is still looking after 7 1/2 years?

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Comments on mine..?

Gravity said:

Comments on mine..?

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I've never brewed a Dunkel. I have a Dunkelweizen recipe that I brew a couple of times a year; I’m brewing it again tomorrow, in fact. But, that's not a lager.

That said, about the only real difference is that Dunkelweizen uses a Hefe yeast.

grampamark said:

That said, about the only real difference is that Dunkelweizen uses a Hefe yeast.

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And has at least 50% wheat malt (dunkel doesn't have any).
And has about 10IBU less bitterness.

Malticulous said:

Dunkel is a lager. It's mostly munich malt with a touch of carafa special color.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewi...lager-kits/bavarian-dunkel-all-grain-kit.html

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thats for that. I just placed an order.

I effed up my first Dunkel, so no one should take my advice seriously ... but that was a few years ago before I found out about water and mash pH. Haven't tried brewing a dark beer above 10 SRM for a couple years now beyond a Vienna lager.