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Dark Lager Family
Dark Lager recipes usually call for roasted malts, which gives this beer style its dark brown or black color. Recipes range from German styles, like schwarzbier and dunkel, to Czech dark lager.
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Pivo, Please
The Czech Republic has a rich beer history — from the original Pilsner to the hop fields that give us Saaz. Learn more about the most popu
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Czech Beer Pours
What is a perfectly poured pint in the Czech Republic? Check out these Czech beer pour types.
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Czech Dark Lager
This recipe includes all-grain and extract with grains versions.
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Double-Decocted Czech Dark Lager
This beer is in the style of U Fleků, the best-known Czech example of this style, and uses the mash schedule from that brewery. It is a lit
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The Dark Side of Lager
From Germany and the Czech Republic, to the Baltics and North America, dark lager styles are seeing growing popularity among craft brewers a
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Oakshire Brewing Co.’s Tmavé Pivo Clone
Tmavé pivo is the overlying style of Czech dark lager. We use an extensive malt bill to add depth to the final beer while eliminating as mu
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Oakshire Brewing Co.’s Doggerland Baltic Porter Clone
This recipe snagged a silver medal for Oakshire at the 2018 World Beer Cup.
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Oakshire Brewing Co.’s Miel Mi Amor Clone
A mix between Vienna and dunkel lagers, we incorporate polenta (coarse ground cornmeal) to build a crisp body, while using Mexican coffee ho
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Blue Stallion Brewing Co.’s Dunkel Clone
The mainstay of the Blue Stallion Brewing lineup is the extremely popular Dunkel. The 5.5% ABV, 25 IBU lager showcases rich, sweet aromas wi
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Mamacita’s Dark Kölsch
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Gordon Strong’s Czech Dark Lager
I prefer maltier versions of this style a touch stronger but this version is on the hoppy side to help distinguish it from its German cousin
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Czech Dark Lager: Prague’s dunkel
When it comes to dark lagers, schwarzbier and Munich dunkels aren’t the only kinds being brewed in Europe. Learn about the differences bet