What's your favorite Polish beer?

I'm really glad you're supporting brewery from my town :D I have to admit I only tasted it once. Personally I prefer Lech.

Anyone ever hear of Kasztelan Piwo? It is a regional beer made in Sierpc. I like that it comes from near where my family once lived.

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Yeah, I've tried it. More than drinkable. Polish breweries have some hidden gems that are only now beginning to see the light of day.

Thanks Seanus. I thought it was pretty good, too. The youtube commercial for the beer reminded me of the rye fields all around the area. I have good memories sitting outside my hotel in the rynek cafe at sunset drinking a cold one. For a souvenir, the waiter gave me a Kasztelan glass to take home. :-)

My favourite Polish beer is still Tyskie.

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Yeah, Tyskie is a great! :-)

Good health, to you, too! *raises mug*

Where are you? I'll drop by in the evening to collect the Guinness. It won't be wasted:D

But seriously: Did you cool the can properly before?

Draught Guinness.

'Draught' Guinness in a can.

"Extra stout" standard Guinness, in a can (or bottle).

Big difference in all three - the last one is fairly bitter.

Guinnesses sold in Poland are no real Guiness at all.
Years ago it was, it had such characteristic, "smoke like" taste. It have made me acquire a taste for the porters, at the time. But then Zywiec have bought the licence and all have gone downhill. It is now produced in PL and tastes similarly to a Zywiec Porter, just costs more.

I have not tried "Draught" yet, though. And not looking forward to it.

yea it's fake guinness....:-P
check the side of the can dude, it's brewed in Dublin, it's real Guinness


nope, the Guinness that you drink in Poland is only produced in Ireland

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Pub in Katowice has really nice draught Guinness, they keep the keg right under the tap, so the draw is very short and the pint is always fresh.

Best Polish beer is this
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Actually, this thread reminds me of something.

What the hell is with the Polish obsession with serving lager at room temperature? I've lost count of the amount of pubs where the beer is barely cool. Sure, some beers should be served that way - but your average Tyskie/Warka/Lech? Come on...

Yeah I've mentioned this before. I've never come across it elsewhere. It might be a peculiarly Polish thing as my phrase book specifically mentions this in the introduction re tips/culture etc.

Someone else here mentioned that there was something of a polish attitude that if something was very cold it wasn't good for you. Sounds unlikely to me but there you go.

Anyway, room temperature lager is just puke. I'd sooner not have a beer.

maybe it's not the Poles who drink their beer in the wrong temperature, but you? :)

Bloody hell - the "We are right everyone else is wrong" mantra reaches a new height!!

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Aussie micro brewerers keeping the polish dream alive

Pronounced: ko-zee-o-sko. And it's YUM! But did we spell it right? :-/

Winter is coming so this is what can warm you up in case of cold:
Ingredients:
- one Ciechan or Lwówek Śląski (or some other strong beer)
- spoon of honey
- flake of lemon
- about half of pack of "beer spice" (Przyprawa do Grzańca)
- a little bit of ginger
- a little bit of cinnamon
- a little bit of dried cloves (Goździki)

Preparation:
Throw everything except beer and cinnamon in some nice big mug. Warm beer up to about 60 - 70 Celsius (NOT boil it!). Pour beer into mug, and mix everything. Then add cinnamon on the top on mousse.

That's it :-) Maybe it will not cure you but for sure you will feel better.

Has anyone heard about what is added to Polish beer? Instead of hops there seems to be a cheaper alternative - brace yourselves - the bitter gall from animals' gall bladders! It makes beer taste and look like it's made with hops, only the gall is more or less free for the beer manufacturers as the meat trade simply chucks it out as offal and is too bitter to be used in pet food. Na zdrowie and bottoms up (dupy do góry?).

They have got some gall....!

Actually, it's more accurate to describe it as bile.

Sounds yummy...

I've been drinking Ciechan (wyborne) lately. very tasty.

NOOOOO!

Ah, F*ck it.

If you're going to make outlandish nonsense claims, at least give us a link to ridicule.

Yeap, Ciechan and Lwówek Śląski are the stars of this year. One word of warning though: those beers are made longer and are more natural, which also means that they have shorter period of usefulness. So look at the labels when you are buying it... It is not like they will sell you something old in purpose, many sellers just treat all beers the same.

This is the right answer.

Merged thread:
What is your favorite beer in Poland?

Indian restaurant Taj Mahal in Katowice, Poland.. has good beer from India.
Since it is in Poland I would say Kingfisher or Cobra.
Polish beer, Lech.

ŻUBR.

Im still rather partial to Tyskie I had a phase where it was giving me splitting headaches but that seems to have dissapeared, even back in the UK i will only drink Polish beer after so long in Poland. Zywiec is probably on the lower end of the list, it takes a couple to get used to the sharp taste.

Zywiec, Okocim.