Schlenkerla

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Schlenkerla Rauchbier being tapped straight from the cask

Schlenkerla is a historic brewpub in Bamberg, Franconia, Germany renowned for its smoked Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier.[1]

Beers

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier has a distinctively smoky aroma and flavor 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 flavor due to beer's proximity to the smoking operation.

The pub

The Schlenkerla tavern features a Gothic ceiling known as the Dominikanerklause.

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 brewmaster 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Schlenkerla Tavern & its Heller Brewery and Rauchbier (Smoke Beer), Bamberg". www.whitebeertravels.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 

External links

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

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