# Schlenkerla ("Heller-Bräu" Trum) — Bamberg, Bayern

> Schlenkerla ("Heller-Bräu" Trum) in Bamberg, Bayern, Germany scores 3.82 out of 5 — Fine, #83 in Bayern. 19 beers tracked, mostly Smoked Beer.

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Schlenkerla ("Heller-Bräu" Trum) is a brewery in Bamberg, Bayern, Germany. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.82 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #83 in Bayern. Of the 19 beers we track, 84% are Smoked Beer and 14% Pale Lager.

## Rating

- Score: 3.82 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #83 in Bayern · #136 in Germany · #5,662 worldwide
- Popularity: Very widely rated
- Beers tracked: 19

## About

Schlenkerla, the historic smoked beer brewery.

In the middle of the old part of Bamberg, directly beneath the mighty cathedral, one can find the smoked beer brewery Schlenkerla. First mentioned in 1405 as "house of the blue lion" and now run by the Trum family in the 6th generation, it is the fountain of Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer), Bamberg's Specialty for centuries.

The Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer is here at the brewery tavern still being tapped directly from the wooden barrel according to old tradition.

## What they brew

- Smoked Beer — 84% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 14% of the beers we track
- Other — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 27 Oberer Stephansberg, Bamberg, Bayern, Germany
- Coordinates: 49.886367, 10.887318
- Website: https://www.schlenkerla.de/

## Breweries nearby

- [Klosterbräu Bamberg](https://finding.beer/brewery/klosterbrau-bamberg-7334.md) — 2.92, Limited — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.2 mi away
- [Brauerei Greifenklau](https://finding.beer/brewery/brauerei-greifenklau-28360.md) — 3.88, Fine — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.3 mi away
- [Bernd Das Bier](https://finding.beer/brewery/bernd-das-bier-28284.md) — 2.88, Limited — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.3 mi away
- [Gasthausbrauerei Ambräusianum](https://finding.beer/brewery/gasthausbrauerei-ambrausianum-20897.md) — 2.85, Limited — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.4 mi away
- [Brauhaus Zum Sternla](https://finding.beer/brewery/brauhaus-zum-sternla-19602.md) — 3.86, Fine — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.4 mi away
- [Ahörnla Bräu](https://finding.beer/brewery/ahornla-brau-30660.md) — 3.03, Limited — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.4 mi away
- [Wilde Rose Bräukeller](https://finding.beer/brewery/wilde-rose-braukeller-7099.md) — 3.74, Fine — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.5 mi away
- [Kalk Bräu](https://finding.beer/brewery/kalk-brau-27459.md) — 2.91, Limited — Bamberg, Bayern — 0.5 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Germany](https://finding.beer/breweries/germany.md)

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