Recommend a Good Dunkel Beer

upforit101

I was in the Porterhouse last night and I tried their new dunkel Beer "Phd".
I was mightily impressed with it.
Can you recommend a good dunkel available in off licences?
I feel like a dunkel tonight!

Thanks in advance!

Ps is Budweiser Budwar Dark Lager a dunkel in all but name?
and where can I get it?

stanley1

erdinger dunkel, not sure if you can get it here.

BeerNut

upforit101 wrote: »

is Budweiser Budwar Dark Lager a dunkel in all but name?

Depends who you're talking to It's Czech, and dunkel is a German style. Strictly speaking, dark Czech beers shouldn't be classed as dunkels or schwarzbiers, but they often are in the English and German-speaking worlds because they hit a lot of the same buttons.

upforit101 wrote: »

and where can I get it?

You can't, AFAIK. the importer stopped importing it to Ireland a couple of years back.

I'm a fan of BrewDog's Zeitgeist. Augustiner Dunkel is quality. I'd skip any of the dunkel weissbiers: they're almost always disappointing, I find.

Berty

stanley1 wrote: »

erdinger dunkel, not sure if you can get it here.

Readily available in Ireland. Most off licenses will have stock of it.

BeerNut wrote: »

You can't, AFAIK. the importer stopped importing it to Ireland a couple of years back.

BeerNut is correct. Noreast Beers did stop Importing it because it was not received well on the Irish Market. It's possible you might find it somewhere in Ireland, brought in in small quantities from the UK or so, but Noreast, being the agents, will not be bringing it back to the market anytime soon.

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I liked the Arcobrau Dunkel, got in Tesco as part of the 5 for a tenner deal recently

stanley1

stanley1 wrote: »

erdinger dunkel, not sure if you can get it here.

It's on offer in Dunnes at the moment, I've seen it in tesco and pretty much every other off licence as well.

writhen

Des wrote: »

I liked the Arcobrau Dunkel, got in Tesco as part of the 5 for a tenner deal recently

Thought that was very nice as well.

SomeDose

Another vote here for Brewdog Zeitgeist. Not sure about their availability in Ireland, but other dark lagers that I've tried and found very enjoyable are:

Kostritzer Schwarzbier
Bernard Dark
Primator Dark

You could also try any of the German doppelbock / "-ator" lagers if you come across them. Paulaner Salvator is well worth a taste, drinkstore have it.

upforit101

Thanks guys for all the replies - plenty of drinking there!

ian_m

writhen wrote: »

Thought that was very nice as well.

+1 for Arcobrau Dunkel

I wish there were more dunkels available. Had a few in Berlin a few weeks ago and were absolutely delicious.

donaghs

I saw the dark version of Krombacher in Tesco recently. Not bad, and part of the 5 for 10 interesting beers deal