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語源

From German dunkel (“dark”).

名詞

dunkel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 dunkels)

1. A type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.
   • 1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168:

     I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;

   • 1997, The New Brewer, page 120:

     Recently, for instance, he brewed all dunkels for a period, only with different yeast strains.

   • 2008, The Beer Book, DK, page 104:

     Bavarian dunkels are deep reddish-brown in colour.

   • 2014, Gavin D. Smith, Beer: A Global History (The Edible Series), Reaktion Books, →ISBN:

     Dunkels tend to be moderately hopped, made using dark malts, and offer malty, toffee, chocolate flavours. While weissbiers, helles and dunkels are not actually indigenous to Germany, altbier has its origins around the city of Düsseldorf, […].

Further reading

• Dunkel on Wikipedia.