dunkel

plural dunkels

1. countableuncountableA type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.

   Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.

   2008, The Beer Book, DK, page 104

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   I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;

   1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168

   Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.

   1997, The New Brewer, page 120

   Dunkels tend to be moderately hopped, made using dark malts, and offer malty, toffee, chocolate flavours. While weissbiers, helles and dunkels are not actually indigenous to Germany, altbier has its origins around the city of Düsseldorf,[…].

   2014, Gavin D. Smith, Beer: A Global History (The Edible Series), Reaktion Books, →ISBN

plural Dunkels

1. A surname from German.