tyskie beer polish

nothing, really. take some lessons from the Czechs first.

What would you like to know about Polish beer? Ask right away...

cheers

The 2 Baltic Porters I've tried were excellent.

Try some of the porters, first, before dismissing Polish beers out of hand.

-Steve

I couldn't agree more, that baltic porter is Poland's brewing visting card.

There are 8 breweries here in Poland that still brew baltic Porters, ~22*Plato - Cieszyn (Zywiec Porter), Jedrzejow (Strzelec Porter/Brok Porter), Lodz (Lodzki Porter), Miloslaw - Fortuna (Komes Porter) some brewers offer "lighter" variations ~18*Plato Witnica (BOSS Porter), Naklo (Krajan Porter), Zdunska Wola

And Okocim Porter that is brewed only for export (since reintroduction of this baltic porter Carlsberg seems to ignore local beer enthusiasts and this Porter is NOT available here in Poland (sad but true) ).

Thread starter Henning Sinz mentioned Tyskie in the topic (but it's also true for Zywiec, Okocim, ...) - if You like pale european mainstream lagers, high gravity brewing, etc. it's quite ok. ;) if You seek more than that, there are some breweries offering decent lagers. Unfortunately most of their products are available only here in Poland, so You probably won't even have an opportunity to sample them.

We surely have not still developed a "beer-culture" like the Czechs, but hey, our "national drink" was vodka for decades, now we try to catch up with our neighbours.

For most Polish beer drinkers here, the US beer market is still identified with Bud and Miller only - so You can just imagine what they think about American "beer-culture" ;) This is quite unfair of course, just like what Saudades said about taking "some lessons from the Czechs first". The Czechs brew excellent, distinctive lagers, I like them very much (btw. I live near Czech border), but they brew just a limited variety of styles - mostly pale and dark lagers...

Our breweries started experimenting with wheat beers (wit, hefe-weizen), stouts and other styles. The specialty beer market is still in its early stage in Poland so I i'm lokking forward how things will develop.

cheers,

Perhaps my palate is not as refined as Saudades', but I've enjoyed a couple of Polish beers I've tried ( ywiec and Le ajsk, both available at the LCBO in Ontario). I don't remember trying Tyskie though. You can find some information about Polish breweries here:

-- Bruce Weaver snipped-for-privacy@lakeheadu.ca