Dortmunder Export

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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

File:DortmunderLogo.jpgAfter World War II, Export was the most popular type of beer in Germany until 1970, when it was supplanted by Pils.Die Biere Deutschlands, by Holhuber and Kaul, 1993 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.

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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.Fred Eckhardt, A Treatise on Lager Beers: How to Make Good Beer at Home, 1969, {{ISBN|0-9606302-3-6}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.beerhunter.com/styles/export.html|title=Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter – Beer Styles: Export|publisher=www.beerhunter.com|access-date=2008-05-06|author=Michael Jackson}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beer-pages.com/protz/features/dortmund.htm|title=beer-pages.com – all you need to know about beer|publisher=www.beer-pages.com|access-date=2008-05-06|author=Roger Protz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421161309/http://www.beer-pages.com/protz/features/dortmund.htm|archive-date=2008-04-21|url-status=dead}}

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Brewers outside of Germany who brew beers they term Dortmunder will tend to brew a pale lager with a soft, rounded character.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

Dortmunder Export

History

Dortmund style beers

See also

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Further reading