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A Beer History Storyline

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Smoked Beer and Bamberg

Discover how smoke-free kilning transformed brewing while Bamberg’s Schlenkerla and Spezial preserved a distinctive Rauchbier tradition.

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Chronological milestones

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  1. 1536

    Brauerei Spezial Begins Brewing in Bamberg

  2. March 23, 1601

    Jan Ostroróg Grants New Statutes to Grodzisk’s Maltsters and Brewers

  3. July 23, 1635

    Nicholas Halse Patents a Smoke-Free Malt Kiln

  4. 1678

    The Brewery Later Known as Schlenkerla Is Founded

  5. 1866

    Konrad Graser Takes Over Hellerbräu

  6. 1875

    Andreas Graser Gives Schlenkerla Its Enduring Name

  7. 1907

    Michael Graser Takes Over Hellerbräu

  8. 1935

    Schlenkerla and Spezial Become Bamberg’s Last Traditional Rauchbier Brewers

  9. 1936

    Schlenkerla Builds a New Brewhouse Above Its Stephansberg Cellars

  10. 1988

    Alaskan Brewing Introduces Alaskan Smoked Porter