Schlenkerla is a historical brewpub in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is most renowned for its Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier ("authentic Schlenkerla smoked beer").[1]
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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.
The building
The 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 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 |
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References
- ^ "Schlenkerla Tavern & its Heller Brewery and Rauchbier (Smoke Beer), Bamberg". www.whitebeertravels.co.uk. http://www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/schlenkerla.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
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
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