Editing Schlenkerla (section)

==The pub==
The brewery has been in operation since 1405, when it was a pub known as Zum Blauen Löwen ("At the Blue Lion").<ref name=SmokeAndBeers>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/smoke-and-beers-aecht-schlenkerla-rauchbier-m-rzen-7426393|title=Smoke and Beers: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen|publisher=Phoenix New Times|date=22 June 2015|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref> Schlenkerla tavern features a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic ceiling]] known as the ''Dominikanerklause''. It is located in the old town section of Bamberg, a UNESCO World Heritage site tucked away in the Franconia section of northern Bavaria.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 December 2011|title=Around the World in 80 Drinks: Drinking Smoke -- Rauchbier in Bamberg, Germany|url=http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2011/12/around-world-in-80-drinks-drinking.html|website=Lyke2Drink}}</ref> Each year the brewery celebrates "Smokebeer Preservation Day" on July 23.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2022|title=History of Smokebeer|url=https://www.schlenkerla.de/rauchbier/geschichtee.html|website=Schlenkerla}}</ref> On that day in 1635 the first smoke free malt drying machine was patented. Soon most beers became smoke-free and Rauchbier became rare. Only a small number of Bamberg breweries continued the use of traditional fire kiln malt drying, preserving the style. The style is now made by a limited number of breweries around the world and is recognized at the Great American Beer Festival with a Smoke Beer category with six subcategories.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2022|title=GABF Beer Style Guidelines|url=https://cdn.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/21_GABF_Beer_Style_Guidelines_Final.pdf|website=Great American Beer Festival}}</ref>