The all-grain Munich Dunkel Lager recipe below comes from the American Homebrewers Association. It’s an award-winning beer recipecreated by Shekhar and Paula Nimkar of Swampscott, MA. The beer won the Dark Lager category at the 2010 AHA National Homebrew Competition.
The Grain Bill: Although many Dunkel recipes will have you adding caramel, crystal, and other malts, really there is only one way to make an authentic Munich Dunkel, and that’s with a bill almost entirely of Munich malt.
Munich Dunkels use little (if any) heavily roasted malt. That means no black malt and no roasted barley. Most of the color and flavor in this beer comes from mid-range malt, particularly Munich malt.
Dunkel Recipe 1 MALT/GRAIN BILL 2 HOPS SCHEDULE 3 DIRECTIONS. Mash at 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes. Boil for 75 minutes. Chill to 48°F (9°C) and pitch the yeast. ... 4 YEAST 5 EXTRACT VARIATION. Steep the Melanoidin and Carafa Special III malts at 160°F (71°C) for 30 minutes. ...