Editing Schlenkerla

{{Short description|Pub in Bamberg, Germany}}
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{{Infobox Brewery
| name           = HellerBräu Trum KG
| image          = [[File:Schlenkerla - Nasenschild in Bamberg.JPG|250px]]
| caption        = 
| location       = [[Bamberg]], [[Germany]]
| owner          = 
| opened         = {{start date|1405}}
| coordinates    = {{coord|49|53|30|N|10|53|05|E|region:DE-BY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| production     = 
| website          = {{url|www.schlenkerla.de}}
| active_beers   = 
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier|style=[[Rauchbier]]}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen|style=[[Märzen]] [[Rauchbier]]}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Helles Schlenkerla Lager|style=[[Lager]] [[Rauchbier]]}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Schlenkerla Rauchweizen|style=[[Weissbier|Weizen]] [[Rauchbier]]}}

| seasonal_beers = 
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche|style= Christmas [[Doppelbock]]}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier|style= Unfiltered Rauchbier}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Kräusen|style=}}
    {{brewbox_beer|name=Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock|style=[[Bock]]-[[Rauchbier]]}}
| other_beers    = 
}}

[[Image:GravityTap.jpg|thumb|Schlenkerla Rauchbier being tapped straight from the cask (2003)]]

'''Schlenkerla''' is a historic [[brewpub]] in [[Bamberg]], [[Franconia]], [[Germany]], renowned for its [[Smoking (cooking)|smoked]] Aecht Schlenkerla [[Rauchbier]].<ref>
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|accessdate=2008-07-12
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==Beers==
[[File:Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen.jpg|thumb|right|Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen]]

Aecht Schlenkerla is recognized for making traditional Rauchbier ([[smoked beer]]) including [[Bock|urbock]], [[märzen]], [[weizen]], oak doppelbock, lentbeer (Fastenbier), a [[Helles]] Marzen blend ([[Brewing#Conditioning|Krausen]]), Helles (filtered and unfiltered) and Hansla (low alcohol). <ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2022|title=Schlenkerla Smokebeer Varieties|url=https://www.schlenkerla.de/rauchbier/sorten/sortene.html|website=Schlenkerla}}</ref> The brewery releases vintages of the Doppelbock and Urbock that have been aged in rock cellars. A [[schnapps]] made from Rauchbier is also available in Schlenkerla's pub and restaurant. 

The brewery's restaurant has been ranked among the top places in the world to have a beer by [[All About Beer]] magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2010|title=150 Perfect Places to Have a Beer|url=http://lyke2drink.blogspot.com/2010/06/beer-traveler-150-perfect-places-to.html|website=Lyke2Drink}}</ref>

==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>

==Name==
Schlenkerla roughly translates as "Dangling". ''Schlenkern'' is a German verb meaning ''to swing'' or ''to dangle'' (literally "to slink").  The ''-la'' [[suffix]] is typical of the [[East Franconian German|East Franconian]] dialect. The name reportedly comes from a brewer with a hobbling gait whose image can be seen on the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier bottle. The brewery's legal name is HellerBräu Trum KG, after the Trum family that has owned and run it for six generations.<ref name=SmokeAndBeers />

==See also==
* [[List of smoked foods]]
* {{portal-inline|Companies}}
* {{portal-inline|Drink}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.schlenkerla.com Brauereiausschank Schlenkerla] - official website of the Schlenkerla historical brewery and tavern
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730134507/http://bamberger-bier.de/_Englisch_Home.htm bamberger-bier.de] - information about Bamberg's brewing tradition {{in lang|en}}
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/49%C2%B053'30.0%22N+10%C2%B053'05.0%22E/@49.8916929,10.8848518,3a,75y,97.92h,79.78t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-i5o40AAQbPc%2FVdhT8tiJD7I%2FAAAAAAAAATY%2Fy6_7yMaP4KY!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2F-i5o40AAQbPc%2FVdhT8tiJD7I%2FAAAAAAAAATY%2Fy6_7yMaP4KY%2Fw203-h101-n-k-no%2F!7i10240!8i5120!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en Photo Sphere of Brewpub]
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