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Brauerei Heller-Trum

🌍 Germany · Regional · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Brauerei Heller-Trum, commonly known as Schlenkerla, is a historic smoked beer brewery located in the old town of Bamberg beneath the cathedral, first mentioned in 1405 as the 'House of the Blue Lion.' Now run by the Trum family in the 6th generation, it is world-renowned for its Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer), where all malts are dried by wood fire following century-old recipes.

4Beers
2Styles
5.4%Avg ABV
1405Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
100%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Brauerei Heller-Trum

4 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
smokyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
malty
3 of 4 beers
roasted
3 of 4 beers
toasty
3 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied4 beers · 2 style families
Lager 3Wheat Beer 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 639 other Lager breweries.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for LagerBrauerei Heller-Trum
in no beersin every beer
smoky
in all 4 of their beers · typical Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more smoky than typical.
refreshing
in none of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 4 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
roasted
in 3 of 4 · typical Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more roasted than typical.
toasty
in 3 of 4 · typical Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more toasty than typical.
crisp
in 1 of 4 · typical Lager brewery: 4 in 5
Notably less crisp than typical.

and 3 more traits that set them apart

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 21%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
4 / 4
beers above the median
#615
best ranked beer
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen

Their beers place in the Top 21% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Brauerei Heller-Trum

Brauerei Heller-Trum, commonly known as Schlenkerla, is a historic smoked beer brewery located in the old town of Bamberg beneath the cathedral, first mentioned in 1405 as the 'House of the Blue Lion.' Now run by the Trum family in the 6th generation, it is world-renowned for its Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer), where all malts are dried by wood fire following century-old recipes.

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