In the States many say that the best-tasting inexpensive brews include Old Style, Old Milwaukee, Icehouse and Milwaukee's best. They are even cheaper if you get them in a 40 ounce (large than litre) bottle.
In Poland I like Donner Premium which now retails for 8.10 złotys a sixpack at Carrefour. Know of any other good but very inexpensive beers in Poland? Not cheap and nasty rot gut like Jabłonowo Pilsner..
So far I have found it quite hard to go wrong with Polish beers that are in the lower price bracket, but if you buy the really cheap ones in cans although it seems their ingredients is pure with no chemicals in many examples, the taste is fairly bland usually. Nevertheless they are still good for a party where there's also food and people pay little attention to the quality of the beer they drink.
Tyskie, Lech, Żywiec, Okocim, etc. are regular priced beers, Żubrand Harnaś are slightly cheeper, and then there are the really cheap ones like the alredy mentioned Donner, Master (brewed by £omża for Żabka), Gold Kegel , Romper, Jabłonowo Pilsner and others for less than 2 zł a throw.
I do not see much beer in litre bottles in Poland (we have the 40-ouncers in the States) which are excellent for parties and picnics and the best value around.
I know this is not the right thread for this, but quick question: Does anyone know if its true that an Okocim beer is the exact same as Carlsberg, just in different bottle?
I have been drinking Polish beer for about ten years. It is nothing like tohe swamp water the US produces. I love Tatra. It is 3.79 a four pack here and it tastes great. I don't like Zywiec-it has a spoiled taste to it. The best Polish beer i have ever had was Okocim Green. I can not find it anymore.
Apparently Jabłonowo Pilsner is not available in Wrocław, so you may have never sampled any. Believe me, it is really nasty and I have never heard anyone say a good word about it. It is unpalatable going down, has a bad aftertaste and causes gastric upset to boot.. Its only asset is its cheapness. Although the same brewery produces a dark beer called Belfast (supposedly according to an Irish recipe) which is passable but not great.
Tyskie is good stuff with a nice mellow kick. Got a keg of it in recently and its proving quite popular. On a whole though, Polish beer is left in the halfpenny place by Czech beers. Which are cheaper too.
Wow! That would really knock the unsuspecting on their backside no doubt! Ever sample it? Being a speciality brew limtied to St Nicholas day (6th Dec.) and long aged to achieve a medley of sophisticated taste sensations, it probably couldn't possibly fit the cheap beer category.
If you have a biedronka nearby they are doing Lezajsk Rzeskie for 1.99PLN per can at the moment which is very reasonable and it's actually pretty tasty too.
Yes. It's a bit cheaper usually than Żywiec etc. I often buy it since I like it, but when I do, people think it's a strange choice. Basically, if any of the main brands of beer here have a flavour other than chemical fizz, they're seen as worse quality.
Beckski: "I buy Leźajsk Polish beer at the Polish Deli, located in Orange CA. It's around $3.00 per bottle. Not too expensive IMO,"
Holly mother ! They are really reaping you off at $3 a bottle for Lezajsk , its about $1.90 canadian up here in Canada . I am very suprised also as liquor and beer in the US are generally 40% cheaper than in Canada .
