Author: John White

"This photo was taken in what is truly one of the world's greatest taverns, the Schlenkerla, in Bamberg in Franconia, Northern Bavaria, Germany. It was taken by John White, in July, 2003. Filling the glasses with Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Real Schlenkerla Smoke Beer) is Alex Culaj, a student from Kosovo, one of the Schlenkerla's six Bierschänker (Beer Servers). Further information on the Schlenkerla and its Heller-Trum brewery can be found in the place's English-language and German websites, respectively, http://www.smokebeer.com and http://www.schlenkerla.de, and in the White Beer Travels Web page, http://www.whitebeertravels.com/schlenkerla (note the Schlenkerla casks and