Okocim Palone

Formerly brewed at Carlsberg Polska
Style: Dunkel
Warszawa, Poland

Pour is a dark black with a small tan head. Aroma is of slight roasted malts but it is vary faint. Flavor is a roasted smoke flavor but its is also super sweet. Leaves a odd taste on the tounge after the swallow. Deffinatly have never had anything like this and prob don’t want another.

Found this one bottled at Binny’s Oktoberfest in St. Charles, Illinois. Dark brown, nearly black pour with a foamy tan head. Nose of coffee and charcoal, sweetness of dark chocolate throughout. This was a surprise.

Sample from a bottle at Binny’s "Fall Festival of BEERS." Dark, "fire brewed" smooth with hints of smoke. Decent flavor and finish. Probably great with game.

Bottle. Pours a drak brown colour with a longlasting tan head. Roasted malty bready aroma. Sweet malty slightly roasted flavor, with some hints of caramel. Malty finish with some bitterness.

From a slender 500 ml. capped brown bottle with no freshness date. Poured a dark porter-like brown with a foamy off-white head that settled into a thin lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of roasted malts, caramelized sugar, floral hops and a light smokiness, a sweet smoky nose overall. Medium, steady carbonation and a malty crisp, dry, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant lightly smoky taste, roasted lager malts mingled with caramelized sugar, a subtle toasted graininess, a light fruitiness, the hops are pretty subdued, and a dry light smoky, grainy and sweet caramel finish. The alcohol is well masked, only a brief flash towards the end. I admit, I like the beers from Okocim, I found this one to very drinkable, well worth trying. Purchased in a four pack at Steve’s in Madison, WI.

Good sized light brown head of nice fine bubbles. Kind of soapy on top. Light licorice and vegetal aroma with a bit of roasted malts, a bit of vanilla and some floral notes. Color is a very dark brown. Shallow flavor with a minimal roasted grains, some more vegetal characteristics and a bit of sweet syrupy something. Kind of slick and oily in the mouth. Nothing offensive but nothing that really stands out. Soft and creamy finish. Not a bad brew but nothing special either.

Bottled. Dark brown, small head. Vegetable aroma. Syrupy and mellow with extreme artificial saccharine sweetness. Unclean stale Carlsberg-y vegetable flavour dominate after the initial surge of chemical sweetness. Close to undrinkable.

This used to be my favourite Polish beer until I accindelly checked what it contains. The number of e-substances, not even to mention the aspartam, is simply something that I can taste through too well. Too bad for an otherwise ok beer. My grades would have been 8/4/7/3/12 without the sh*t in this.