Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei, known as DAB, gives its founding as 1867 or 1868: the founders bought the site in 1867 and started Bierbrauerei Herberz & Co. in 1868, which became a joint-stock company under its present name in 1872. It began exporting in 1879, installed one of Carl von Linde's first refrigeration machines in 1881 and helped shape the Dortmunder Export style. Since 1983 it has brewed on the former Hansa site in the Nordstadt, home of the Dortmund Brewery Museum. Part of the Radeberger Gruppe, DAB is sold in more than 20 countries and also brews Stifts and Thier.
Beers by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
12 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Dortmunder Actien Brauerei brew within a single family — the differences sit in how, not what.
Across these 12 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
They stay close to the peer baseline on their recurring notes.
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
DAB Dortmunder Lager
Their beers place in the Top 57% of the catalogue on average, across 11 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Dortmunder Actien Brauerei
Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei, known as DAB, gives its founding as 1867 or 1868: the founders bought the site in 1867 and started Bierbrauerei Herberz & Co. in 1868, which became a joint-stock company under its present name in 1872. It began exporting in 1879, installed one of Carl von Linde's first refrigeration machines in 1881 and helped shape the Dortmunder Export style. Since 1983 it has brewed on the former Hansa site in the Nordstadt, home of the Dortmund Brewery Museum. Part of the Radeberger Gruppe, DAB is sold in more than 20 countries and also brews Stifts and Thier.
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