Schlenkerla

In the middle of the old part of Bamberg, directly beneath the mighty cathedral, one can find the historic smoked beer brewery Schlenkerla. First mentioned as "House of the blue lion" in 1405, the Schlenkerla is today run by the Trum family in the 6th generation. The smoked beer is here at the brewery tavern still being tapped directly from the wooden barrel according to an old tradition.

The art of brewing beer has been known for thousands of years. Over time the process of brewing has been continuously improved; this development has not yet reached an end. It has 12 steps from malting, brewing, fermenting cellar, lagering cellar to bottling and racking. Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516.

Bamberg's specialty, a dark, bottom fermented smoke beer, brewed with Original Schlenkerla Smokemalt from the Schlenkerla maltings and tapped according to old tradition directly from the gravity-fed oakwood cask in the historical brewery tavern. Schlenkerla Smokebeer Wheat is an ale with a light smoky aroma. As Bavarian wheat beers, it is being brewed with a mixture of both barley malt and wheat malt. The portion of barley malt is hereby a classic Schlenkerla smoke malt, while the wheat malt remains unsmoked. Served unfiltered with its natural haziness, Schlenkerla Wheat reaches its full aroma through bottle fermentation with fine top-fermenting yeast.

Website: https://www.schlenkerla.de/indexe.html