Dutch Münchener 1945 - 1950

A similar story is repeated across all Dutch beer styles. Though there were some differences. Take Münchener, for example. Before the war, it was generally higher in terms of both gravity and ABV than Pils. Not so after the war. The average gravities of Pils and Münchener were identical and, due to the lower degree of attenuation of the latter, the ABV is 0.6% ABV less.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a set of pre-war analyses for the style. I’m basing this mostly on Heineken brewing records. In 1939, their Münchener was 12.59º Plato and 5% ABV, None of the post-war versions can match either figure and most are considerably lower. Only Bavaria’s managed to hit the 5% ABV mark

There’s one real outlier in terms of colour: the beer from Cevelum. It’s just about the colour of a Stout, which seems rather dark for the style. 

Dutch Münchener 1945 - 1950
Year	Brewer	Beer	OG Plato	FG Plato	ABV	App. Atten-uation	Colour
1945	Heineken (Ams.)	Münchener	7.55	2.52	2.58	67.29%	12.5
1945	Heineken (Rtm.)	Münchener	7.88	2.26	2.89	71.96%	11.5
1946	Oranjeboom	Münchener	7.90	2.41	2.80	70.16%	19
1947	Grolsch	Münchener	7.99	1.51	3.33	81.59%	25
	Average		7.83	2.18	2.90	72.75%	17.00
1947	Amstel	Münchener	10.67	4.45	3.26	59.31%	15.2
1947	Heineken (Ams.)	Münchener	10.96	3.67	3.78	67.47%	13.8
1947	Oranjeboom	Münchener	11.83	4.64	3.79	61.88%	22
1947	Van Vollenhoven	Münchener	11.54	3.77	4.09	68.33%	19
1947	ZHB	Münchener	11.31	3.12	4.31	73.30%	29
1949	Amstel	Münchener	10.99	4.59	3.28	59.28%	14.2
1949	Bavaria	Münchener	11.66	1.96	5.11	83.83%	25
1949	Brand	Münchener	10.17	2.69	4.13	74.33%	19
1949	Cevelum	Münchener	11.48	2.95	4.46	75.16%	2 * 110
1949	Drie Hoefijzers	Münchener	12.40	4.28	4.25	66.58%	14.5
1949	Oranjeboom	Münchener	11.23	3.21	4.09	72.32%	19.5
1949	Phoenix	Münchener	10.93	2.41	4.44	78.69%	14
1950	Amstel	Münchener	11.12	4.28	3.50	62.54%	22
1950	Grolsch	Münchener	12.17	2.85	4.81	77.44%	24
1950	Oranjeboom	Münchener	12.14	4.34	4.07	65.34%	23
1950	ZHB	Münchener	11.11	3.76	3.79	67.13%	22
	Average		11.36	3.56	4.07	69.56%	19.75
Source:
Rapporten van laboratoriumonderzoeken naar producten van Heineken brouwerijen in binnen- en buitenland en naar producten van andere brouwerijen held at the Amsterdamse Stadsarchief, document number 834 - 1794.