(EB) Specjal Jasny Pelny 12.5°

Brewed by Grupa Zywiec
Style: Premium Lager
Zywiec, Poland

Pale golden colour. Grasy hop aroma. Rather light bodied, clean, a tad butterscotchy, some bitterness. Pretty good.

Like many pilsners, this doesn’t travel well, but if you get a fresh one, it is rife with powdery Lublin hop flavours and quite pleasant.

Can. Golden with a medium white head. Aroma of malt and some slight. Flavour is fresh and malty, bit sweet, bit spicy good bitter hoppiness. The finish has some bitterness and a slight spiciness. Good tasty beer.

Elbrewery is Poland’s largest brewer, though it is owned by Heineken. EB is one of the best selling brands in Poland. Truly awful! Thin, metallic, greasy, like the watered down oil from a second hand moped. Roger Protz wrote a rave review of this in The Guardian earlier this year (2002) calling it an ’impressive beer’ - so I tried again. I’m impressed he managed to drink it all.

It was my best till today. I had 2 of them to make sure that quality went down. Sadly it did. Still it’s good pilsner with good taste. No longer top notch. I am sad :(

(Bottle) Pours a large cloudy white head and a golden body. Slight hay Aroma. Sweet taste though somewhat watery. About average.

Canned. Pale golden with a small, white head. A bit sweetish toffee-notes. Also some vegetables present. Pretty weak bitterness and medium body.

Aroma not as skunky as expected - thin head gives way to an almost clear pour. Bit of a metallic taste throughout - but not enough to make it unenjoyable or undrinkable. Beats American Pilseners.