Schlenkerla Rauchbier being tapped straight from the cask

Schlenkerla is a historical brewpub in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is most renowned for its Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier ("authentic Schlenkerla smoked beer").^[1]

[edit] Products

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier has a distinctively smoky aroma and flavour that is consistently present amongst the three varieties: urbock, märzen and weizen. The brewery also makes a helles which, while the grain used is unsmoked, is still smoky in flavour due to beer's proximity to the smoking operation.

[edit] The building

The tavern features a Gothic ceiling known as the Dominikanerklause.

[edit] Name

Schlenkerla roughly translates as "Dangling". Schlenkern is a German verb meaning to swing or to dangle. The -la suffix is typical of the Franconian dialect. The name reportedly originated with a previous owner of the brewery who possessed a hobbling gait. An image of this hobbling brewer can be seen in the designs on the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier bottle.

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Brauereiausschank Schlenkerla - official website of the Schlenkerla historical brewery and tavern
• bamberger-bier.de - information about Bamberg's brewing tradition (English)

Coordinates: 49°53′30″N 10°53′05″E / 49.89167°N 10.88472°E / 49.89167; 10.88472