Heller-Bräu Trum (Aecht Schlenkerla)

Regional Brewery in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated Venue: Schlenkerla

Established in 1405

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Dominikanerstrasse 6, Bamberg, 96049, Germany
Description
In the middle of the old part of Bamberg, directly beneath the mighty cathedral, one can find the historic smoked beer brewery Schlenkerla. First mentioned in 1405 and now run by the Trum family in the 6th generation, it is the fountain of Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer (in German language it's called "Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier"). The smoked beer is here at the brewery tavern still being tapped directly from the wooden barrel according to old tradition.

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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Some smoked notes. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 21:03


6.6
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear golden, white head. Mild smoky and herbal aroma. Smoky, bittersweet flavour, malty sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 20:56


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ Martin tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, wheaty and smoked meat. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. Watery. 221125

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 20:55


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5.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

opalescent golden colour, large, dense and quite long laston white head; aroma of smokey-bacony, yeasty, some cheesy and malty notes; taste is the same with some bread crusty and slight salty notes; ok one, but for sure not among the bast beers of the brewery...actually, a bit disappointing...

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 17:57

gave a cheers!

8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500mL bottle, pours a hazy dark amber with a medium beige head. Aroma has moderate smokiness, toasted bready malt, and a hint of dry caramel. Flavour has intensely dry smoke, light peated character, ashiness, and bready malt. Super dry, drier than the regular Marzen or Helles, with intense dry ashy smokiness. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 14:11


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

0,5l bottle at home . Brown color, small white head. smells spices, sausage, earthy, tobacco. Very nice smell. Medium body, soft carbonation. tastes leathery, peppery, smoked, probably, gselchtes, smoked meats. finishes lightly dry with notes of smoked and smoked meats. Rather smoked, not sweet like the usual Märzen, good I prefer my smoked beers a bit more on the sweet side though.

8, 8, 7.5, 7, 7.5

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2025 at 07:20


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at Churchkey. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has a sweet smoke with a bit of wood and biscuit supporting. Flavor is much lighter with smooth smoke, sweet grains and a good amount of biscuit.

Tried from Draft at ChurchKey on 21 Nov 2025 at 22:11


7.5

From bottle at Remko's Bierproefavond november 2025. Didn't take notes, just enjoyed the beers and good company. What I do remember: Malty, nice amount of smoke, quite a lot of taste for a low alcohol beer.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2025 at 18:50


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

From Heinrich 3000, thanks Alex for this bottle, sharing this original helles, on the train, from Stuttgart, back to Zürich. A nice experience, subtle note of smocked malt, grainy, malty, little touch of bacon and beech, good with a Bavarian cheeee, 01.03.23

Tried from Bottle from Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000 on 15 Nov 2025 at 18:04

gave a cheers!

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3.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 2

Aus der Flasche (bbe 31.01.2026) im 2025-09 getrunken. Dieses hellbraune Ale zeigt gleich seine typischen Aromen von geräucherten Schinken und Getreide. Ein leichte Karamellsüsse wird jedoch doch von dem rauchigen Charakter fast komplett erschlagen. Nein, ich bleibe dabei das ich bei Rauch im Bier meine Probleme habe. Daher schnell in der Ausguss und was Schöneres ins Glas.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2025 at 16:45


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