Warka Strong

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

Bright gold in colour, thin quickly dissipating white head, some lacing. The aroma is very grainy, lot of cereal, pale malts, a bit toasty. The flavour is of cereal, moderatly sweet, light toffee, grainy, wheaty. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium/light body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes quite sweet, sticky, lingering. Average, just not all that exciting.

500ml bottle from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Best before July 17, 2007.

Strong scent, a bit grainy, hops and a bit of skunk. Slightly coppery pour. Weak head. Odd slightly grainy taste. A bit boozy. A taste of herbs, something sweet with a bitter finish. Rerate: wow, must have rated this early in my beer journey. Grainy, corny, overly sweet to make up for the booziness, not a good beer, but great if you want to get drunk.

Bright bold golden color with a decent white head that sticks around with some lacing. Aroma is mild sweet malt with wet cardboard. Taste is overly sweet amber malt along with some hop bitterness, but not much. This isn’t bad for a malt liquor-like import. Not my favorite, but not bad at all.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 19.10.2007, purchased on March 22 2007, savoured on April 10 2007; eye: golden with a orange hue, beige head that disappears completely to leave a ring around the glass, clear, slight effervescence, no lacing; nose: caramelized malt, corn, sugar; mouth: quite carbonated, caramelized malt, lightly metallic, light hops, finale in caramelized malt, grainy texture, quite sweet, slightly bitter, medium body; overall: ok FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 19.10.2007, achetée le 22 mars 2007, savourée le 10 avril 2007; oeil : dorée avec une teinte orangée, petite mousse beige qui disparaît presque complètement pour laisser un petit anneau autour du verre, claire, très légère effervescence, pas de dentelle; nez : malt caramélisé, maïs, sucre; bouche : très carbonatée, malt caramélisé, légèrement métallique, léger houblon, finale en malt caramélisé, texture granuleuse, assez sucrée, très légèrement amère, corps moyen; en résumé : ok

aroma is sweet malt, and alcohol. flavour is much of the same. The sweetness really comes through near the end, so much it’s quite hard to drink.

incredibly grainy aroma, almost carry like. Taste is just as the smell, sugary with a bitter almost carry aftertaste. Didnt taste as bad as I thought, but still not a good beer although I finished my glass

Dissapointing head, but a nice golden amber colour. Sweet smell and a dark sugar (maybe mollasses) taste. Very sweet. ABV (7%) hidden nicely. Hard to describe palate, kind of watery taste. Overall, above average, likeable beer.

This should be called Warka Sweet. The aroma is like sugar with alcohol, and a hint of soapy hops. This is basically a European Malt Liquor. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin. This is not a drain pour but, it’s not one I would drink again. I guess it’s fitting that a beer like this is saturated with CO2 instead of being naturally carbonated. (think of it as a tiny glass keg of malt liquor) However it has a nice big head.