jdm61
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New guy here with a style question. Back in the mid 80's, I lived for a few months in the Heidelberg/Mannheim area. The primary beer of choice for most of the time, of course, was the slightly less hoppy southwestern German version of pils. But sometimes, we would drink a dark lager. i cannot remember what we called it, but i don't think that we ordered it as a Dunkels which is what I would have thought and I know for sure that we did not call it Schwarzbier. I just had a Munich Dunkels yesterday (Hofbrau) and have had some of the black lagers like Shiner recently. it has been a long time, but I don't recall the Heidelberg stuff being as roasty/malty as the Hofbrau, but, as with most German beers, it would not have been as crazy hoppy as a lot of American craft brews. Does anyone know what this beer might have been? Everything that I read about Franconian Dunkels says that its quite hoppy and only served in that area. I don't recall this beer being super hoppy. Anyone know what that might have been? Back in those days, it would have probably come from one of the local brewers like Bergbrau Leimen or one of the others nearby.