The Renaissance of Small Brewers in Poland

sobieski 106 | 2111

26 Jul 2013 / #1

Interesting article in GW about the renaissance of small Polish brewers.

It's hard to believe, but in the last 5-6 years opened in Poland more than 40 new breweries. Since the year the pace is even more staggering - breweries arise every 2-3 weeks. For those who find it difficult to keep up with the changes, the portal Logo24.pl has chosen 12 of the most interesting (in their opinion) small beer producers.

pieniadze.gazeta.pl/Kupujemy/56,124630,14320695,12_najciekawszych_malych_browarow__Jest_i_nasz_Kormoran.html

Did anybody on this forum already tried some of these? Opinion? I have to confess it is the first time I have heard of them.

At least translate short fragment and post it. Otherwise it will be binned

Cardno85 31 | 971

26 Jul 2013 / #2

I have tried a good number of them. It's a mixed bag depending on what you like. Many of the small breweries are moving into more hoppy, almost IPA style beers looking to cash in on the craze of American craft beers around Europe these days. Some of them (Ale Browar comes to mind) do them really well. Others come over far too bitter or just like a pale imitation (see what I did there). Many small breweries are also moving into flavoured beer which I will not comment on because I like beer to taste like beer and the flavours don't really appeal to me.

In saying that, it's good that now we can go to a much bigger range of bars selling a much bigger range of beers, even some breweries that only make Polish and Pilsner style Lagers are making them unpasteurised and unfiltered which gives us much more flavour and a better idea of what real beer tastes like and not chemically flavoured, fizzy yellow water that most mainstay places serve.

PS. I agree Mod, a translated excerpt would be nice, I am not great at reading Polish but I get the gist. Some other readers of the forum may not, and this is a good topic to discuss.

OP sobieski 106 | 2111

26 Jul 2013 / #3

At least translate short fragment and post it. Otherwise it will be binned

Why this is suddenly imperative? All the time there are links posted to Polish media in various threads, and they do not have to be translated?

Harry

26 Jul 2013 / #4

Did anybody on this forum already tried some of these? Opinion? I have to confess it is the first time I have heard of them.

I've tried most of them (not had any Z&Z or MajEr). My favourite of that lot is the Oto Mata rice IPA by Pinta, it's a thing of beauty! Artezan Pacific ale is also excellent (although I've only tried it draft, never bottled). Although the Manufaktura Pils is a staggeringly good beer for the 6zl it costs in the multi-tap bar on Twarda.

The best places to try new beers are the multi-tap bars and places such as Kwadrat and Spy Bar which have 30 to 40 types of beer in bottles.