"If it's not Polish, it's shite" - What is great about Polish Beer in UK?

There are some really good beers here. Until 2004, Tyskie used to be pretty good. Now, it's the smaller breweries that make the good stuff. I don't drink much but recommend going with the smaller breweries if quality is an issue for you.

It is my story, too.

Exactly! Do tell, pawian. What guff was available in communistic times?

Rumour had it that flies, roaches etc in bottles were common. Once, a beer gourmet found the remains of a mouse.

I never found such stuff, but beer from our local Krakow brewery tasted like pee, while Okocim or Żywiec were unavailable.

for a time i drank EB, which is no longer with us.

here is a banned addy:

Ever tasted pee, pawian?

So communism rejected the notion of quality control?

I like the new concerted drive towards unpasteurised beers like £omża.

Tasting a wonderful Polish brewski is like dying and going to heaven :)

^is that my quote?

In the UK before my Polish times i always drank Kronenbourg in the pub and from the shops, but after drinking Polish piwo i never drink anything else, Tyskie is the stuff, it has a clean crisp taste, just a really nice beer.

Czech beer sucks, all of it.

I have to say that it does taste soapy
particularly Pilsner Urquell

Uh, fellas, SOME czech beer is pretty darned good, Yeah SOME of it ain't but that's usually the mass produced bottled option imo

I like Zywiec :D after trying like 16 types of beer here... polish brands. But sincerely, to judge the best is hard to do as we couldnt try all beers in the world.

There are many international rankings online.

I am currently kicking back enjoying an Okocim Pszeniczne (Wiessbier)

very nice

how about Polish beers which are undrinkable?

Warka Strong come pretty high on my list of beers which cause instant hangovers

I bought some beers in Biedronka...cant remember the names, but better I wont buy beers there anymore.
I found one link with some winner beers 2011 in many categories:

worldbeerawards.com/2011/

not a Polish beer amongst them
or not that I saw on first glance

The EB ad that got canned was made by Leo Burnett in Warsaw.
It was an American dude who came up with the idea

A very unhappy client. EB was basically a pirate version of Fosters

How I miss Fosters. You could get it in Poland until two years ago

check this link out - comic genius - this is how a beer ad should look like
...

Fools!

I'm in Czech republic now and the beer is awesome.

Polish beer is nothing special. it's on par with Thai beer.

The best lagers come from Germany & Belgium.. the best real ales are from Britain

I suspect the Poles love of importing and buying their own beer is just related to their inferiority complex in other country's and desire to assert ones "polishness" :D

it is all a matter of personal taste

perhaps you like the taste of soap

That's why those bars in Spain are full of British beer, isn't it?

I suspect the British love of eating BRITISH FOOD on holidays (such as those massive greasy cooked breakfasts) are to do with the British inferiority complex too, aren't they?

We eat everything in the UK... didn't you know?? Indian, Chinese, Italian, Turkish restaurants all in abundance.

I think the only "British" meal that i eat is a Sunday roast, which is just roast meat, potatoes and veg.

I'm going by what I see British tourists eat abroad. It's virtually always greasy breakfasts and for dinner, other clearly British food such as fish andchips or pie and chips.

And of course, they drink British beer. Clearly, an race filled with inferiority at the fact that they rely on their government to pay for their holidays.

please name this "British Beer"

You're talking complete and utter shite :D

The average joe in this country goes to the pub and drinks a pint of stella, carlsberg, fosters.

Most popular bottled beers - things like becks, budweiser.

The only "true" British beers are the proper brown ales, like Fullers London Pride. Or Boddingtons. Not very popular at all except with old people.

All brewed in Britain and with a distinctive British taste.

Anyone who has drank the genuine thing (at least - Carlsberg and Stella) knows fine well that the British variants are pathetic, weak and utterly undrinkable. As for Fosters - anyone drinking that deserves ridiculed.

It also says a lot about how poor Britain is if everyone is drinking "foreign" brands. I mean, can't you produce ONE good lager?

London Pride is a bitter, not a brown ale. As for being popular only with oldies, I can't believe that. Courage Director's is another great London brew. One of the only things I miss about the UK is the real beer, especially Theakstone's, Boddingtons and Bass in the north, and the wonderful Green King Abbot ale in East Anglia. It really is worth exploring English beer when visiting the country. There are so many, and I really don't know why people prefer the gassy disco-p1ss served in pubs at three quid a pint when they have the opportunity to drink real beer.

Quite right. And with that I am off down the Eggenberg brewery for yet more of the finest beer in the world!

you're diverting from the original argument :D SHOCKER

yes we have a great beer culture some of the best and oldest breweries in the world are from the UK. But the average guy will drink foreign cheap **** on tap in the pub.

The fact remains though, we are confident who we are, we drink and eat what we like regardless of where it's come from.

Confident? Your lot kicks off in foreign hotels when there's no greasy bacon or no Carling on tap!

"your lot"? im guessing you've been in contact with young boozed-up loudmouths on holiday? at some cheap european destination?

the topic concerns Polish beer. please, stick to it.

The answer to the thread?
Nothing.
If you like beer that tastes of old pennies,fine,drink Polish beer.....

If only it tasted of old pennies or even tasted of anything. Instead of just chemicals.