Beer Styles  »  Dortmunder Export

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ABV: 4.8 - 6.0%    IBUs: 23 - 30    SRM: 4 - 6    OG: 1.048 - 1.056    FG: 1.010 - 1.015

Balance and smoothness are the hallmarks of this style. It has the malt profile of a Helles, the hop character of a Pils, and is slightly stronger than both.

Low to medium noble (German or Czech) hop aroma. Moderate Pils malt aroma; can be grainy to somewhat sweet. May have an initial sulfury aroma (from water and/or yeast) and a low background note of DMS (from Pils malt). No diacetyl.
Light gold to deep gold, clear with a persistent white head.
Neither Pils malt nor noble hops dominate, but both are in good balance with a touch of malty sweetness, providing a smooth yet crisply refreshing beer. Balance continues through the finish and the hop bitterness lingers in aftertaste (although some examples may finish slightly sweet). Clean, no fruity esters, no diacetyl. Some mineral character might be noted from the water, although it usually does not come across as an overt minerally flavor.
Medium body, medium carbonation.
A style indigenous to the Dortmund industrial region, Dortmunder has been on the decline in Germany in recent years.
Brewed to a slightly higher starting gravity than other light lagers, providing a firm malty body and underlying maltiness to complement the sulfate-accentuated hop bitterness. The term "Export" is a beer strength category under German beer tax law, and is not strictly synonymous with the "Dortmunder" style. Beer from other cities or regions can be brewed to Export strength, and labeled as such.
Minerally water with high levels of sulfates, carbonates and chlorides, German or Czech noble hops, Pilsner malt, German lager yeast.

		Beer Name	Brewery	ABV	IBUs
	(2)	Dominion Lager	Old Dominion Brewing Co.	5.3%	---
	(0)	Yebisu (Premium)	Sapporo Breweries Ltd.	5%	---
	(0)	Kulmbacher Export	Kulmbacher Brauerei AG	5.4%	---
	(0)	Andechser Hell	Andechs Klosterbrauerei	4.8%	---
	(0)	Gold Leaf Lager	Devils Backbone Brewing Co.	4.5%	17
	(1)	Dortmunder Gold Lager	Great Lakes Brewing Co.	5.8%	30
	(0)	Summerfest Dortmunder Lager	Natty Greene's Brewing Co.	5.2%	18
	(0)	Weihenstephaner Original Bayrisch Mild	Weihenstephan	5.1%	---
	(0)	Andechser Spezial Hell	Andechs Klosterbrauerei	5.9%	---
	(0)	Allgäuer Ökobier	Privatbrauerei Höss Der Hirschbräu	5.2%	---
	(0)	Jinx Proof	Three Floyds	5.1%	35
	(1)	Jahrhundert-Bier	Ayinger Brewery	5.5%	---
	(0)	Allgäuer Hüttenbier	Privatbrauerei Höss Der Hirschbräu	5.2%	---
	(0)	Labrador Lager	Thirsty Dog Brewing Co.	6%	27
	(0)	Hell Export Lager	Moylan's Brewery	5.3%	---