Dortmunder Export
Dortmunder Export or Dortmunder is a pale lager originally brewed by Dortmunder Union in Dortmund, Germany, in 1873. It is a soft-textured beer influenced by the Pilsner lager brewed in Plzeň.
History
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After World War II, Export was the most popular type of beer in Germany until 1970, when it was supplanted by Pils.[1] Its fortunes have revived a little since its low point of the late 1990s. In 2008, just under 10% of the beer sold in German shops was Export.[2]
Dortmund style beers
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Fred Eckhardt in A Treatise on Lager Beers, published in 1969, set out the view that Dortmunder is a distinctive enough pale lager to be classed as a separate beer style.[3]
Michael Jackson and Roger Protz continued the trend, although with a certain faint heart, uneasy at pinning down exactly the distinctive nature of the beer.[4][5][6]
Brewers outside of Germany who brew beers they term Dortmunder will tend to brew a pale lager with a soft, rounded character.[citation needed]
See also
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[edit]- ^ Die Biere Deutschlands, by Holhuber and Kaul, 1993
- ^ "German beer sales by type (German)". Deutscher Brauer Bund. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-05.[dead link]
- ^ Fred Eckhardt, A Treatise on Lager Beers: How to Make Good Beer at Home, 1969, ISBN 0-9606302-3-6
- ^ Michael Jackson. "Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Beer Styles: Export". www.beerhunter.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Roger Protz. "beer-pages.com – all you need to know about beer". www.beer-pages.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ "Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, Ohio". www.greatlakesbrewing.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
Further reading
[edit]- Michael Jackson, The World Guide to Beer, 1977, pp68–69, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-27408-3
- Roger Protz, The Taste of Beer, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998, pp200–202, ISBN 0-297-83624-2
