Okocim Mocne

Carlsberg Polska
Brewed at Okocim (Carlsberg Polska)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Warszawa, Poland

Serve in Lager glass

Pours a nice golden color with about a qarter inch of nearly white head. Nicely effervesent,a nd it leaves a bit of lace in the glass as I slowly drain it. I detect no aroma. Tastes like a good hoppy pilsner at first, then that is followed with a little rough sweetness. More hops in the aftertaste is good, but there is an odd metalic flavor in there too, which is not so good. I guess I could understand the metalic taste if it was poured from a can, but not from a bottle. A little thin in the mouthfeel, but maybe that metalic taste is playing tricks on my tastebuds. Later in the glass, I catch some sweet corn alcohol flavor. A bit above average. Better by far than an American malt liquor, but not smooth like I want a fine European lager to be

golden strong beer, lots of malts not much hops and too strong an alcohol content, decent if i felt like getting smashed but not something i would reach for often

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2007 Workingmans beer of Poland. Big up front push of carmel and sweet corn/sugar. Medium golden with quickly diminishing head which fades to the ring of the glass quickly. Decent carbonation. Gentle hop nose. Gets the work done after a stressful day.

Vibrant deep-gold appearance. Inital strong hop aroma is followed by corn sugar, sweet corn and, eventually, heavy alcohol. Upon first sip, the mouth gets whopped by big, rich, flavour-dominating alcohol. Bitter hops and a touch of malt also contribute to the flavour, but its the alcohol that dominates. There are better, more restrained 7% alc./vol. strongs out there. Give this one a miss.

Llight aroma of alcohol, malt and perhaps corn. Tarnished gold color with a nonpersistent white head. Starts with malt, alcohol is noticeable in the middle, then a respectable hoppy bitterness, then some sort of vegetable thing. Decent mouthfeel.

The aroma has grassy hops, alcohol, and cereal malt. The appearance is deep gold with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma with moderate bitterness and a small alcohol bite. The palate is thin but OK for the style. The aftertaste is malty. This pretty much tastes like a decent lager without being "strong".

Clear golden color with thin white head. Very light aroma while still cold. Once it warmed some grainy maltiness waft out along with some metallic bitterness and a hint of sweet malts. The flavor starts off neutral and then becomes sweet and grain like. Midway some hop bitterness surfaces and remains to the finish.

Aroma of steamed cabbage and cauliflower. Nice amber body, no head (really none) with no lacing. The alcohol bite is ever present mixed in with the taste of corn syrup, corn, strong barley malt and that’s the good part. Aftertaste is metallic, astringent and heavy on the powdered pharmaceuticals. Unpleasant mouthfeel with a dry finish. The picture of the antilope mounting the beer glass conjures up negative mental images.