Archive record · Brewery
Heller-Bräu Trum / Schlenkerla
Bamberg, Upper Franconia / Bavaria, Germany
- Founded
- 1405
- Archive ID
- TB-37BTQ456
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Founder: UNKNOWN. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Historic Bamberg smoked-beer brewery and tavern first documented in 1405. Current brewery remains at Dominikanerstraße 6 and operates its own smoke maltings.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
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Beers
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen
CURRENT / FLAGSHIPRauchbier / Märzen
Classic smoked Märzen brewed with 100% smoked malt from Schlenkerla's own maltings.
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CURRENTHelles
Brewed without smoke malt but in the same copper kettles and with the same yeast as the smoked beers, producing a subtle smoke character.
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SEASONAL / CURRENTRauchbier / Urbock
Current smoked strong lager in Schlenkerla's documented Rauchbier range.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Germany master, Pass 25, which cited https://www.schlenkerla.de/indexe.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Germany master, Pass 25 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
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