Dark beer existed in Bavaria long before light beer. This was the first type of beer to be brewed at Hofbräuhaus when it was founded. Today, when beer-lovers all over the world talk about dark beer, they usually mean a Munich style beer. Today, Hofbräu Dunkel – the archetypal Bavarian beer – is still as popular as ever. With its alcoholic content of around 5.5% volume and its spicy taste, it’s a refreshing beer that suits all kinds of occasions. A beer in the traditional Munich style!

Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel

Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg

Lager – Munich Dunkel – 4.7% ABV

Brewed at the Weltenburger Monastery, which was founded in 45 AD, with the brewery established in 1050. This is the world’s oldest dark beer. A true experience of flavour. Full bodied, with fine malt aromas. Slightly bitter with some sweetness, creamy and with the warm colours of amber, intensive flavour and fragrance. Brewed in the traditional monastic manner, it’s regarded as one of the great beers.

Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel

Ayinger Privatbrauerei

Lager – Munich Dunkel – 5% ABV

Up until the Second World War, dark beer was the predominant beer type in the Munich area. The hard water found in the region played a special role in producing this specialty. In his book “Beer International”, the world-renowned English beer writer, Michael Jackson, accurately describes the Ayinger “Altbairisch Dunkel” as: “A good example of its kind. Impenetrably dark with a golden-brown gleam when held up to the light, and with a warm aroma and malty taste, while summoning up coffee taste sensations on going down. It is brewed from five types of malt (two of which are torrified dark), and it is only lightly hopped.” It is produced using the traditional double fermentation process.