Okocim O.K. Beer

Carlsberg Polska
Brewed at Okocim (Carlsberg Polska)
Style: Premium Lager
Warszawa, Poland

Serve in Lager glass

Pours a little darker than most american lagers. Aromas of corn, hops, and you know the rest. Flavor is a little more pronounced in this lager, a little more bitter.

What we have here a fairly average euro-lager, or possibly silghtly better than average example. Hard to think of much else to say about it; there are just way too many of these on the market and they don’t do enough to differentiate.

500 ml bottle: Deep clear golden w/ a lasting just off white head. Floral hops dominate at first while it warms. Grainy malt comes through as it does warm. Clean, no fruity esters. Well balanced just to bitter, full malt flavor w/ a just a touch of floral hop flavor. Aftertaste is clean w/ a bit of herbal hop. Lingers a little bit. Higher medium carbonation, lighter body but not watery, smooth. Very enjoyable as lagers go. More flavor than American pale lagers (that’s not saying much) and very clean.

An original polish lager. Flavor, palate, and texture is not bad for the price, but if you want the better beers from Poland you should probably look to Zywiec, or if you want something with a little kick and more flavor then try okocim porter.

The aroma is sweet and malty in a macro lager kind of way with grassy hops. The appearance is a clear yellow gold with a small head. The flavor is rather forgettable with a bland maltiness and cheap tasting hops. The palate is thin which I guess it should be since it’s a pale lager. I know it’s corny but I have to say it. This beer is just OK.

Pours yellow. Light head that went away nearly instantly. Smells yeasty to me. A little bland in flavor, it does have some hoppy notes (miniscule though) at the end. I’d say this "O.K. Beer" has an OK alcohol content, but its plain boring to me. BORING. snooze.

Pours a clear golden with decent white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is like an American macro - - kind of corny. Although hoppier and maltier, this has the same sweet bland flavor of BudCoorsMiller. This sample was from the can; I distinctly recall years ago this beer being much better out of the bottle. The longer they’re in the US market, the more it tastes like our crap. Too bad.

Light golden color with a foamy head. Aroma is weak, but pleasing. Flavor is simplistic. Corn based malt and slightly creamy. Smooth but semi-bland. Much better out there.