Archive record · Brewery
Brauerei Heller (Aecht Schlenkerla)
Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Founded
- 1405
- Archive ID
- TB-CP5JFPJK
- Last checked
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Summary
The historic, uncompromising master of traditional German Rauchbier (smoked beer). Tastes like campfire and bacon.
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Tally’s Take
Rauchbier tastes like a campfire and it is supposed to. Bamberg kept smoking its malt for six centuries while the rest of the world decided it was a flaw.
The Beer Library
Beers
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen
Year-RoundRauchbier
Malt dried over open beechwood fires, exactly as all malt was before industrial kilning. It tastes like smoked meat, and it is not a novelty — it is what beer used to taste like everywhere.
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