Okocim Zagloba 12.5° (until 2001)

Formerly brewed at Carlsberg Polska
Style: Pilsener
Warszawa, Poland

Zagtoba has a full palate; a rich, Czech-like hoppiness and fat tangy malt. Alcohol emerges late.

Bottle. Yellow with a medium rather short lasting white head. Aroma of malt, grains and some hops. Flavour is crisp, malty with some sweetness, grainy, some bitter hops. Bit bitter in the finish.

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.

Pale straw colour with a quickly disappearing white head. Leaves thin lace on the glass. Classic faint floral aroma with little trace of maltiness. Faint bitterness, thinnish body, but with a crisp finish. Pretty standard, but not offensive.

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.

Too bitter for me.

Cellared can from a Polish co-worker which I opened over the weekend. Gold pour, with a solid hop presence and a smooth finish. Perhaps ballsier, and definitely with more punch than typical pilses.

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.