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Post by Jaga on Jun 22, 2007 20:21:03 GMT -7
We visited Polish store in Boise and we bought Polish piwo. The most famous Polish bier is Zywiec, Okocim and... Harnas. The lady in the store told us that Americans like Harnas the most. My husband tried Harnas today and he stated that it is similar to Budweiser. Another famous Polish bier for export is Warka.
Which one is your favorite?
I have to admit that my favorite bier is.... zima....which is not really Polish one....
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Post by leslie on Jun 23, 2007 2:37:19 GMT -7
Hi Jaga
I prefer Zywiec and Okocim - can't stand Harnas! It just takes further the difference between English and American! To me Harnas tastes like lager which I detest. Quite a lot of English drink lager, but the ratio is about 2:1 beer:lager. To the lot of them I still prefer wodka - particularly Zubrowka - but haven't had any since November last years as medics won't allow it!!!!!!!
Leslie
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Post by rdywenur on Jun 23, 2007 15:15:10 GMT -7
I believe I have had only two so far and my favorite was Okocim (Zywiec the other).
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Post by rdywenur on Jun 23, 2007 15:31:30 GMT -7
Leslie, In regards to Vodka. I recently saw a testing of this on TV (maybe Dateline or something similar) What they did was go to a martini bar and choose a group of maybe 6. All choose the highest price vodka (I think it was Grey Goose ...not sure but it was the priciest) They then poured a shot of each of their favorites asked them to describe the taste etc. Then they blindfolded them and poured a shot of house vodka and asked them to describe taste and if they can distinguish the good stuff from the cheaper. Guess what the cheaper won hands down. None of them selected their top shelf favorite. The whole jist of the show was that most people chose vodka based on what they thought was top shelf for stature rather than taste. For they also noted vodka is colorless and tasteless and the drinks they were ordering were top dollar when they could have gotten a drink just as good with the house vodka and much cheaper. They even said their own high end brand tasted terrible when they were being tested and shocked when they found out the results.
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Post by scatts on Jun 25, 2007 22:47:32 GMT -7
All those years in England made me a 'bitter' man. I love a pint of slightly chilled best bitter and don't really enjoy 'lager' at all. Just about all the beer in mainland Europe is lager, which is a pity.
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Post by Pawian on Jun 30, 2007 13:44:35 GMT -7
All those years in England made me a 'bitter' man. I love a pint of slightly chilled best bitter and don't really enjoy 'lager' at all. Just about all the beer in mainland Europe is lager, which is a pity. By bitter do you mean this brown beer with a characteristic strong taste, but not necessarily bitter? |
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Post by Pawian on Jun 30, 2007 13:47:50 GMT -7
My beer can be dark or light but it certainly must be a little sweet. Possibly strong too. There are many makes of such beer available in Poland.
I read such beer is called stout in Britain.
Leslie, the differentiation between beer and lager is wrong. Lager is beer too.
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Post by scatts on Jul 1, 2007 12:02:17 GMT -7
Pawian. The brown beer is generically called 'bitter'. The pale colour beer is called 'lager'. Guinness and similar black & heavy beers are called 'stout'. There used to be, and probably still is another version called 'light ale' which was similar to but not quite 'bitter'. The only time I drank this was in a pint of "light & bitter". I suspect this has been out of fashion for centuries and been replaced by Bacardi Breezer or other poofs drinks. The only other thing that springs to mind as being available 'on tap' is cider. This is nothing to do with beer and is made from apples. Traditionally it was drunk in the South West by simple farming folk who said things like "Ooo Arr".
All of these descriptions have nothing to do with how they taste.
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