Re: The Beer You Are Drinking Right Now
Posted: April 13th, 2021, 12:23 am
Belatedly got a xmas beer box from a nephew. A couple were missing that my brother had half inched when he was visiting my ma in lockdown but I drank the rest last week. It was a Polish mix (I kid you not) from Beer 52.
It appears there is now a blossoming microbrewery/craft scene in recent years - starting around 2012 from reading some of the articles in a very good accompanying magazine (fermentmagazine.com).
There were some excellent beers for sure. I had:
Surfer - a 4.8% wheat beer (with a orange peel added to the mix) from Browar Gościszewo (est 1991, first private family brewery in modern Poland)
Salamander West Coast IPA - 6.5% from the Browar Stu Mostów (est 2014)
Komtur - a 6.5% Schwarzbier (dark beer - porterish) from Browar Gościszewo
Salamander Black IPA - 6.8% from Browar Stu Mostów
Czarna Polewka (literal translation "black soup"!) - a 4.8% Oatmeal Stout from Browar Łańcut (est 2015)
Chocolate Factory - a 5.9% Sweet Stout from Browar Deer Bear
All of them were actually excellent, well put together and great tasting beers except for the last one, the sweet stout, that I found to absolutely disgusting and after a couple of mouthfuls went down the sink (only about the 3rd or 4th time in my life I have found a beer I dislike so much I can't drink it. But let's focus on the positives: the other 5 were genuinely good and it seems Poland would make a great beer touring place these days. Be warned the articles make it clear it's still dominated by mass produced lager.
If anyone is feeling adventurous and fancies a change though I believe these beers are available on line at Beer 52 and no doubt other stockists. There is some good stuff.
It appears there is now a blossoming microbrewery/craft scene in recent years - starting around 2012 from reading some of the articles in a very good accompanying magazine (fermentmagazine.com).
There were some excellent beers for sure. I had:
Surfer - a 4.8% wheat beer (with a orange peel added to the mix) from Browar Gościszewo (est 1991, first private family brewery in modern Poland)
Salamander West Coast IPA - 6.5% from the Browar Stu Mostów (est 2014)
Komtur - a 6.5% Schwarzbier (dark beer - porterish) from Browar Gościszewo
Salamander Black IPA - 6.8% from Browar Stu Mostów
Czarna Polewka (literal translation "black soup"!) - a 4.8% Oatmeal Stout from Browar Łańcut (est 2015)
Chocolate Factory - a 5.9% Sweet Stout from Browar Deer Bear
All of them were actually excellent, well put together and great tasting beers except for the last one, the sweet stout, that I found to absolutely disgusting and after a couple of mouthfuls went down the sink (only about the 3rd or 4th time in my life I have found a beer I dislike so much I can't drink it. But let's focus on the positives: the other 5 were genuinely good and it seems Poland would make a great beer touring place these days. Be warned the articles make it clear it's still dominated by mass produced lager.
If anyone is feeling adventurous and fancies a change though I believe these beers are available on line at Beer 52 and no doubt other stockists. There is some good stuff.