Is there much demand in Poland for real ale?

hi can anyone help.is there much damand in poland for real ale.

Depends what exactly you mean by "real ale".

You should contact the owner of this English bar in Warszawa [legendsbar.pl] they have a couple of Real ale's on tap so maybe they can give you feedback.

harry what would you mean if you were talking about real ale

In short, the stuff that is alive.

There isn't even a generally known term for ale in Polish. It is all piwo. Oxford Dictioanry gives 'ale' as the Polish equivalent of English ale. but no Pole would know what that means. It's a cultrual thing. Like asking: is there a market amngst the English for zsiadłe mleko, kwas or żur?

ok thanks for that.just i have working in a brewery for 10 years.making real ale.my wife is from poland.i was think of starting a micro brewery in poland.

Not a bad idea at all. However, there are already micro-breweries in many cities in Poland, so you'd need to check locations carefully if you're thinking of a brew-pub type venture.

Please don't listen to the wittering of Polonia types who think that Poland is still the same as it was in the 1930s: there are plenty of Poles who know what ale is. My local beer shop keeps at least 120 different beers in stock and has more than 300 available via its website (some with longish lead times). My current favourite brewery has a website which is partly in English [alebrowar.pl/en] Another brewery which is spoken of highly but which I don't particularly like the beers of is Browar Pinta, you can see their product range here: [browarpinta.pl/oferta] The Polish beer scene has been going through something of a revolution over the last five or six years, basically small breweries are doing better and better while BrewCorps are doing worse and worse. But there is currently no brewery here making proper English beer (due in large part to pubs very simply not having the required equipment and not wanting to install it).

If you're ever in Warsaw and fancy a chat about beer and visiting a few pubs which show what is on offer, just drop me a private message here.

Frankly there would be if you were in my living room. I don't like all real ales but I generally am very happy to try any at least ten times at any one sitting.

There are some microbreweries here in Wrocław I believe, just as there are in the UK, and the supermarkets sell make your own home brew kits. Whether that's any indication of demand I don't know. A person has to have tried real ale to know what they're missing (yes I know that not all are anything to get excited about, but generally they're pretty good compared to typical beers)

For any lurkers who have no idea what we're talking about, please see [camra.org.uk/page.php?id=14]

I don't like them, but I'm open to suggestions if anyone can recommend very light ones?


I vouch for Harry being a very good marketing rep for the Polish beer industry.

I found a great Polish cherry beer once, but ****** if I remember the name of it :(

I could be interested in that, send me a pm and I will give you my contact details I am based in Warszawa.

I'll try to remember what I liked last time I was drinking some - not sure I'll be able to for obvious reasons! a VERY light one, hmmm...?


I hope I can come to any mass tastings, purely for professional purposes of course!

delphiandomine
Try Edge, I don't remember it if I did try it but I think it's a Brewdog creation.

Also Summer Ale, Old Chestnut and maybe Hylder Blond. Best get to a tasting before buying though.

Not sure what light or very light means with a real ale, I'm not that expert at them. I think you lose the flavour perhaps. But this sounds like it did well and might meet your tastebuds

Flor-ale 3.8%

SW Sussex CAMRA beer of the festival 2011! A delectable light blonde, with delicate floral hop notes, using only Maris Otter low colour malt. Pleasant sweet finish. Perfect springtime refreshment.

princegeorgebrighton.co.uk/ales-of-sussex/

I like the sound of delectable light blondes, I have to say...

My local beer shop just got a delivery of Brewdog beers. Right now I'm having a rather nice Bialy Kot, from a Radom virtual brewery, recommended.

The business concept of Brewdog was originally rolled out by an Aussie company, Brewdogs business plan was plagiarism. I have most of the documentation of Brewdog sitting on my computer.

Exactly.


Sorry, I only suspect what it is. Is it dark beer like Guinness?

That's categorised as stout.
Other big brand stouts I can think of include Murphy's and Tooheys

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout

Real ale is to ' beer heads ' like top Gear is for ' Petrol heads '

Thank you guys for detailed explanation. Now I know the difference.

Check this out. bierhalle.pl

Is there really much to steal? Innovative (edgy) marketing, the old Alex Ferguson tactic at Aberdeen of making it seem like "us against them" and a very good product that lives up to what their marketing says?

Their share issue was rather amusing if you followed it - people thought they were buying a worthwhile stake in the company, but the shares were all but worthless.

Was rather strange to see a hometown company (Aberdeen) advertising their products on the walls of a pub here, though.

Must be something in the water in Aberdeen...

The British and Irish have always been world leaders in repackaging, the model works so why reinvent the wheel?

well am going to be over at xmas.think a brewpub will be the best bet.so will give me a chance to get out to some pubs an have a look at whats out there.

Really? I have never seen them here in Kraków and I have never tried to make my own beer. That said, I think it's something I might enjoy (I like cooking and drinking beer...that's a qualifier no?). Have you tried the sets? Any good?

Also, if anyone knows a good online brew shop in Poland, I'd be interested.

I can't remember where I saw them now. I'll try and remember !

That would be awesome, I will send you a bottle of the result!

I might have seen them in either one of the boys' toys type of shops in one of the malls, or at Fenwick which is in Wroc's city centre (a department store).

Until I can remember for sure, maybe think about mail order -- twojbrowar.pl/prestashop/pl/ or check out Allegro online auctions
allegro.pl/listing/listing.php?string=piwo+domowe

This is pretty much exactly the type of site I was hoping for. Good work InWroclaw, a bottle of Cardno Ale shall be winging it's way to you...when I get round to buying and making stuff.

You're more than welcome, and I hope you enjoy some good brews soon :o)

PS If you buy through Allegro, try to pay via PayU or Cash On Delivery (lots of sellers allow COD for a small surcharge)

I'm from UK and travelled quite alot around Poland with my Polish girlfriend Halina. I really do love Poland, I think the people are very friendly and respectful, the food blows me away and being from UK it's still very cheap IE 4ZL for a pint.

The only down side is I love real ale and try as I might you just cannot find it ANYWHERE in Poland ! the closest that I have found is a bottled beer called Irish beer piwaregionalne.pl/index/showbeer/id/10.html real nice beer this.

I also came across a mega strong but still good ale called black boss in a bar Poznan beerclubguide.com/2707/black-boss-porter-by-browar-witnica-brewer y .
These 2 beers have been the only ones I would say come close to English real ale.
Hard to beat English real ale for me would be Marstons pedigree insidebeer.com/articles/20121127 .
Bottled ale would be Batemans victory ale britishcraftbeers.com/victory-ale-60 .
If only Poland started producing ales of this style ! maybe one day.

I agree that it is very hard to beat English ales. If the demand for ale is on the rise in PL, perhaps setting up an import business from the UK could be an option? Or starting up your own micro ale brewery?

Wesołych Świąt!