Okocim Zagloba 12.5° (until 2001)

Formerly brewed at Carlsberg Polska
Style: Pilsener
Warszawa, Poland

As this is listed as retired i hope this bottle is not too dated. Pale gold color with a nice off white head and a touch of lace. Pale malt and light floral aroma. Light malt flavors with a malt floral hops and plain sweetness that intensifies as it warms. A decent brew.

This beer isn't anything too remarkable. Standard golden color, but lacks overall character. Drinkable, and better than many macros, just not worth a couple of bucks at the specialty beer store.

Tasted in Toronto from LCBO. Tasted in dimple mug. Sweet scent, malty mainstay. Appearance is yellow with light head, small retention. Flavour is very sweet and one dimensional.

Color is a pale light yellow gold, quite clear with a small white head that fizzed away within seconds, no real lace, just some edge bubbles. Smell is faint of grainy like musk of wet grass or hay, and just a bit of fading sweetness. Taste is a clean, straight-forwardness that just says empty sweetness. Its a crisp refreshing little beer that has some sweet bitterness to it thats noticeable and tolerable. Feel is light to medium body, quite full and rounded in its presentation and balance, not really lacking anywhere and is above average for the feel. Its actually quite drinkable, very clean, crisp, refreshing and lightly smooth.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (grain), moderately hoppy (herbs). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Decent lager...nice hop nose, clean, could be more bitter but good balance.

Pours a clear lifeless golden with some gatherings of bubbles at the top. Your standard pilsener aroma leads into a semi-sweet body with a light dry finish. A very drinkable light bodied beer with average character.

This beer is decent but nothing special. I found it to be similar in many ways to Urquell but lacking in bite. Still a very easy drinking beer that shames many macros I have had in the past.

This feels like it has too much of everything in it. Can't really figure out what it tastes like but feels good once poured down your throat. A bit too heavy for a Pilsner