Zywiec Jasne Pelne (Beer)

Brewed by Grupa Zywiec
Style: Premium Lager
Zywiec, Poland

12 oz bottle Market of Choice. Poured amber with a small white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt, corn and very light pine hop. Flavor is a little stale. Corn, caramel, pine. Could be worse I suppose.

(On tap at Gospoda, Reading) Remember hating this when I was travelling through Poland, but 12 years on I thought I’d give it another chance. Pours gold with a moderate, swiftly dissipating white head. Soft fizz. Biscuit-y malt to start, a little citric bitterness and an odd creamy finish. Not as bad as I remember - there’s nothing particularly unpleasant here, but it’s very bland and lacks definition and crispness.

Somewhat plastic, sour aroma. Pale amber, small head that dissipates fast. Rather sweet very malty flavour, not enough hops to balance the maltiness. Warm palate, and very malty finish. An okay beer, but nothing to write home about.

bottle, not so good, begins fresh but the ending is stale, and the staleness prevails...

Bottle. 5.5%. Nothing exciting. Aroma is borderline vile, very tinny and heavy on the corn. Pale yellow pour for a eastern European lager, mild carbonation, very bland.

Free sample at Polish Embassy, Washington, DC. Nothing fancy, just an ordinary lager. Refreshing, but plain.

Can. Pale yellow pour. Thin white head which disappears quickly and settles as a thin film. Aroma of tin, corn and wheat. Digging deeper you can find some weak malts but nothing else. Serious lack of flavor. Light corn and tin initially. Second wave is wheat and more corn. Nothing special but drinkable.

Bottle, at home, from local supermarket. Pours the coloud of Lucozade (bright orange-yellow). Malt aromas strong with some chese noted. Initial kick contains grassy hop with herb/cheese notes continuing towatds a dry finish. Quite a sticky, sugary texture and slightly oily mouthfeel leaving a syrupy feel; otherwise a pleasant drink.