Products from Brauerei Schlenkerla

Bamberg without the Schlenkerla, as the brewery "Heller-Bräu "Trum has always been called? Unthinkable. The historic smoked beer brewery is cult, for us "world beer cultural heritage" and belongs to the old town like the Regnitz or the Bamberg Cathedral. At its feet, at Dominikanerstraße 6, you will find the old half-timbered house. You simply have to stop here. This is true for long-established Bambergers as well as Bamberg visitors from all over the world.

The "Schenkerla" was first mentioned in a document as early as 1405. Today, the sixth generation of the Trum family is at the barrel, continuing the historic brewing tradition that has made the "Schlenkerla" so legendary and that is almost impossible to find anywhere else in the world.

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier - a real sip of beer history

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier is a true original among beers. A very dark, tart, bottom-fermented Märzen beer with 13.5 percent original wort, which corresponds to an alcohol content of about 5.1 percent. Granted, there are stronger beers out there, but that's not necessarily what matters with Rauchbier. What makes Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier so special? According to centuries-old smoked malting tradition, the malt in "Schlenkerla" is still kilned directly over an open fire, which gives the malt a fine smoky aroma. Old copper kettles are still used for brewing, the beer is still aged and stored in the tunnels of the historic rock cellar on the Oberer Stefansberg, and the smoked beer is still traditionally tapped from oak barrels in the brewery restaurant. Just to name a few examples.

Schlenkerla has a total of four types of smoked beer in its year-round range: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen, Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchweizen, Hansla Alkoholarm, and Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lager. In addition, there are special brews such as Urbock or Fastenbier. They are only available when in season - and: are usually drunk up faster than you can order.

Legendary and always worth a visit: the "Schlenkerla" brewery restaurant

It's a busy place all day long: in front of the pub, in the Stehausschank, in the "Schlenkerla Dominikanerhof" beer garden and in the five historic rooms. In the "old pub" with its low-hanging wooden beams on the ceiling, in the "Dominikanerklause" with its vaulted cellar (the former house chapel of the Dominicans), in the "Old German Room", in the "Bamberg Room" or in the "Ulanenzimmer". No matter where you get a seat, it is wonderfully cozy. And the Aecht Franconian dishes, which the kitchen crew prepares fresh every day, also taste wonderful. The Schlenkerla refrains from using industrially produced convenience foods or artificial flavors. Only products from regional suppliers are put on the plates. An eighth Schlenkerla speciality: Bamberg onion in smoked beer sauce. A must-try in any case. Add to that a Seidla Aecht Franconian smoked beer or smoked wheat and the day is your friend.

By the way, the name Schlenkerla comes from a former brewer who, due to an accident, could no longer walk properly, as we Franconians say. So he swayed a little back and forth as he walked. What happens to some guests even today after a few Seidla Rauchbier.

More info about the brewery: Schlenkerla Bier