Dark beer
Beers come in different shades from whitish-yellow to black. For the sake of simplicity, a rough distinction is often made between light and dark beers , whereby the border between dark yellow and light brown lies in the range of amber colors, but is not precisely defined.
Beer color
The dark color of the beer depends less on the malt content and the original wort , but in particular on the color strength of the malt used, which can lead to a light yellow to deep black color of the finished beer, depending on the production process. In Germany and Central Europe, the color strength of malt and beer is measured in the EBC unit . A north German Pilsner usually has a color strength of around 3 EBC, while a Munich dark beer is more in the range of 40 EBC and a black beer or a stout can already be well over 100 EBC.
Types of beer
The dark beer type is a bottom-fermented , brown beer with an original wort between 11% and 13% and an alcohol content of 4.5 to 6% , especially in Bavaria . There is no sharp limit to the type of beer Export dark , but the same beer can be sold as "Dark" or "Export dark". The Bavarian dark is brewed according to the Munich brewing method, as is the Bavarian light . In some regions of Franconia , especially Franconian Switzerland , dark, bottom-fermented beers are also brewed to a large extent .
In some regions the dark beer is also called brown beer .
Well-known varieties are:
- Bock beer, dark
- Black beer
- Hefeweizen, dark
- Malt beer
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