This is such good fun. I'm going to drag dozens of posts out of these DDR standards. Especially as I now have the documents for malt and hops, too. I'll be busy with this stuff for ages. Unless I get distracted again.
As you're probably aware, I have a really soft spot for DDR beer labels. Not just on account of nostalgia. Though getting a whiff of that lost world is part of the appeal. It's also the stripped back practicality. Just the information you really need - like the price - none of the superfluous bullshit you find on modern packaging.
And the colour coding, which makes life in the shop so much simple. Want a Hell? Just look for a yellow label. Though it wasn't just in the DDR this went on. How many Pilsners have predominantly green packaging? Carlsberg, Heineken and Grolsch spring to mind immediately.
| 1960 DDR label colour by beer type | ||
| Type of beer | Commercial name | Label's Main colour |
| Einfachbier | Jung- und Braunbier | - |
| Dunkel | brown | |
| Malzbier | ||
| Hell | — | |
| Schankbier | Weissbier | dark green |
| Vollbier | Hell | yellow |
| Dunkel | white blue | |
| Doppel-Caramelmalzbier | blue | |
| Malznährbier | blue yellow | |
| Köstritzer Schwarzbier | blue red | |
| Deutsches Pilsner | pale green | |
| Starkbier | Weisser Bock or Bockbier Hell | wine red |
| Dunkler Bock or Bockbier Dunkel | ||
| Deutsches Porter | carmine red | |
| Source: | ||
| 1960 TGL7764 page 8. | ||
Not sure why a couple of the weaker types have no colour specified. Or what the hell was going on with Vollbier Dunkel. I've labels in a variety of colours. But not one of them is "white blue"
Here are some example labels.
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