Tatra Mocne 15.1°

Brewed by Grupa Zywiec
Style: European Strong Lager
Zywiec, Poland

Rated: 19.07.2007
Bottle brown, 500 ml, extract of wort 15,1%
Appearance: Head is white, quickly disappearing, foamy, lacing is very poor- to non existant. Body colour is metallic amber, quite nice, carbonation is medium and a body is sparkling a bit.
Aroma: Weak, a little bit of honey, alcoholic nose, chalky, hoppy but a bit only, some hints of malty sweetness, nothing special.
Flavour: Sweet maltyness combined with addition of extra sugar, alcoholic flavuor, malty base on palate, texture is wattery, a little hint of honey and a hint of bitterness but very faint appearing at finish.
Palate: Poor, wattery, a hint of bitterness and a kind of wattery sweetness. Impression of maltyness, again water, sugar, alcohol.

Bottle: Poured a copper golden color with a medium white head. Aroma is sweet grass. The taste is sweet with malts and a bit grassy, the alcohol is very well hidden.

Can from the Dodgi’ Deli, Cowley Road, Oxford. Had this 17-03-08 Warm almost orangey golden in colour with a bubbly head and continuing carbonation. This lager has some poke in the strength stakes but surprisingly the alcohol is not the harsh beast that I was anticipating. Reasonable chewy maltiness and if truth be told a bit sweet at times, lacking in hops but I actually didn’t mind this and was rather surprised to see it score so lowly. I would happily have one again.

50 cL can. Pours clear and golden yellow with a white head. Light fruity and malty aroma. Flavour is fruity lending towards a mild honey note. Finish is light malty with a light honey like note.

Can. Orange body. White head. Aroma is malty, grassy and some burnt wood. Also some toffee. Flavor is little to sweet and there is a alcoholtaste that I don´t like.

Big offwhite head. Coppery body. Faint grassy aroma. Sweetish-dry grassy malty taste. Dry chalky papery aftertaste with faint grassy notes. Very bland and weak taste. Alcohol is not noticeable. Clean mouthfeel. Profoundly boring. (0.5l bottle, Middle Earth Pub, Krakow.)

bottle. Golden colour. Rather sweet and malty, full-bodied and strong. However, the alcohol doesn’t dominate the flavour.

<Beer bought in a polish supermarket, they have a decent beer selection, but the styles are pretty much all the same> This one was mainly alchoholic, only balanced a little bit by some malty sweetness.