Schlenkerla
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Schlenkerla is a historical brewery-tavern in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is most renowned for its Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier ("authentic Schlenkerla smoked beer"), with a distinctively smoky aroma and flavour that is consistently present amongst the three varieties: Urbock, Märzen and Weizen. The brewery also makes a Helles Lager which, while the grain used is unsmoked, is still smoky in flavour due to beer's proximity to the smoking operation.
The tavern features a Gothic ceiling known as the Dominikanerklause.
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.
[edit] External links
- Brauereiausschank Schlenkerla - Official website of the Schlenkerla historical brewery and tavern
- Bamberger-Bier.de - everything you have to know about Bambergs brewing tradition (German, English)
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