Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier... Germany only?

Schlenkerla is imported by Hunterdon (Whitehouse Station, NJ). You may want to contact them and ask when/where Fastenbier is available in the US.

I had Fastenbier on draft at a smoked beer event in Philly. That beer is awesome! I went back for multiple pours of that beer!

Cheers!

 

I had it on-draft in RI. It's only available from Lent to Easter. I missed it at Schlenkerla when I visited, but I was lucky to have it when I got home.

 

But... what did they tell you about the Fastenbier here in the U.S? And more specifically, seeing you're in Michigan, here in the Midwest?

I know that the Map Room in Chicago has had it in the past, but I don't know how consistently.

 

Also coming out at the same time is Mahrs Der Weisse Bock. Two weeks from Wednesday you'll find me at one or the other It will be the first time in 10 years that I've been in Bamberg on Ash Wednesday...

 

More like Bamberg only.

 

I was in Bamberg one year, at my usual time (Sept-Oct) and visited Klosterbrau.... For the hell of it, I asked if they had any Maibock. Sure 'nuff, they had 1 bottle left in their cellar. Damn it was good!!

Prosit!!

 

Well it is bottled, but as Stahlsturm suggested, I'm pretty sure Klosterbräu's operation is smaller scale than Schlenkerla's.

 

Can't remember where you are, but keep an eye on the tap list at Slows, I think that is the place our friends said they had it. Slows often has the Maerzen on tap.

 

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Schlenkerla is imported into the US by B. United - see Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier (keg only)

Hunterdon, part of the huge L. Knife & Son conglomerate, is a NJ licensed distributor, not an importer. L. Knife has it's own import division, St. Killian Importing, and Hunterdon does distribute beer from both St. Killian and B. United.

 

Having the had it on tap there was an incredible beer experience. I hope to go back again someday.

 

I've been in Schlenkerla half a dozen times and I've never yet stepped into one of the dining rooms. Always in the Schwemme or the courtyard behind it, maybe next time.

 

My buddy and I always sat at the little round table under the left window. From there we could watch who was coming and going, have a look outside to the Sandstrasse, and (perhaps most importantly) see when a new keg was being tapped.

 

What time were you and Herrburgess there to take these pix? 7AM? ;-) Never seen either room other than packed!!

Ahhh.... the keg just sitting there on the right, waiting to dispense the rauch royalty!! I usually end up just sitting in the Schwemme and chillin'.... Prosit!!

 

And ever that bright. When I was there for lunch it was dark!

 

@tectactoe were you ever able to track this down?