Okocim Zagloba 13.1° (2005+)

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Pale Lager
Warszawa, Poland

Bottle at Kookfest 06. Golden with lasting white head. Pukey lager malt aroma. Harmless enough premium lager. Crisp hop finish. Fine.

(can) Clear golden colour with a diminishing frothy white head. Bready malty and slightly grassy hoppy aroma. Light sweet flavour, light to medium bodied, crispy carbonation, fresh mouthfeel. Bready malty and slightly hoppy taste; light bitter finish. Fairly good Pilsener from Poland.

500ml can from AP Foods supermarket, Kensal Rise. Consumed at Kookfest, September 2006. Mid gold colour. A sweetish, simple and inoffensive lager. Some background grassy hop, but not a lot. Every local shop and convenience store in London seems to carry a few Polish beers these days but I can’t say I’ve come across anything too impressive. This one is palatable but uninspiring.

Canned. An old gold coloured beer with neither head nor lace. The aroma is sweet and malty and a little unpleasant. The taste is over sweet too and a bit sickly. Tinny character but a bit of saazy hop taste does develop.

Can. Short white head. Clear golden body. Corn/hops aroma. Some bitternes and a good deal carbonated.

Kook’s Farewell Party. A clean pale lager. Soft, but firm carbonation up front. Yellowy malt. Soft herbal hops. Drinkable, but dull.

Bottle 500 ml
Appearance: Copper gold with medium light white crown. 3-
Nose: Plain sweet malt with noticeable alcohol.
Flavor/Palate : Slight bitterness from front leading till finish. Fuller bodied with fairly solid malt work. Slight alcohol accents blended in. Late hops are welcomed. Bigger , stronger almost like Mocne but with less alcohol.

[Bottled] Pale golden colour. Good foam. Fruity nose. Light bodied, not much flavour sensations. Not much of pilsner style to me, as it is lacking in bitterness.