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Dunkelbier

dark beer, dark lager

noun DUN-kel-beer Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Usage Note

Dunkelbier is the traditional dark lager of Bavaria, with a deep amber to brown colour from roasted malts. It has caramel-chocolate notes and is less bitter than Pils. Common at Bavarian beer gardens and traditional Gasthäuser.

Examples

"Im Biergarten bestellte er ein Dunkelbier zum Schweinebraten."

Natural Translation

In the beer garden he ordered a dark beer with the pork roast.

Literal Translation

In the beer-garden ordered he a dark-beer to the pork-roast.

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