Piast Beer

Carlsberg Polska
Brewed at Bosman Browar Szczecin S.A (Carlsberg)
Style: Pale Lager
Warszawa, Poland

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Bottle from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Clear golden color with a white head that left promptly. Aromas of grain and spicey hop. Medium body with mild, frothy carbonation. Flavor is nice. Grain and Noble type hop. Fairly crisp and clean. One of the better East Euro lagers I’ve tried.

Mine was just called "Piast Beer" and although the label was different and the ABV was 5.3%, I’m assuming this is the UK export version of this beer. Honey gold colour. Low carbonation. Fresh peppery aroma. Malt and hop are quite well balanced in the flavour. Crisp mouthfeel, starting sweetish, but becoming dryer towards the finish. There is a light bitterness and metallic edge in the aftertaste. I thought this was a quite respectable European lager. 500ml bottle. BBE 8 March 2005.

Bottle in FL. Poured an amber color with a small frothy white head that diminished quickly with some lacing. Moderate grassy grain aroma. Medium body with a thin texture. Same grass hop flavor with a short finish. Worth having once.

Thanks Chris_O for pointing me to the name of the UK version of Piast. This is a pale golden lager with a grain aroma and some "turdiness". Flavours are sweet malty grain, with earthy apple, pear and lemon fruitiness. Lots of sparkle. Lets get "Piast" as a Geordie may (or not) say.

Bottle. I will be assuming the same as Chris_O and sully, mine was 5.3%, similiar label as the picture to the left, but not exactly the same. This was a fairly pleasant if bland Euro lager. Not much flavour, but there is some grassy hop, and theres a little dry bitterness in the finish. Nothing fancy of course, but pretty easy to drink, below average.

Draught. Medium high and lasting white creamy head. Clear golden body. Weak and sweet barley malt aroma. Thin weak and waterz sweet malt flavor with little hops bitterness. Low carbonation. Short aftertaste.

Bottle: Pale yellow color, nice white head and thin lacing. The nose is lightly corny with some tortilla notes and light cheap hop and alcohol. The flavor is semisweet with a honey malt and cheap pilsner malt note, not quite husky or 2-row. The hops are very light, as expected. Light alcohol. Just a semidirty pale lager, not quaffable, not that drinkable. Well then, that about does it here.

Clear gold in color with a short-lived frothy white head, this has a sweet grainy aroma with some very slight floral hopping. Sweet malt with no particular traits to nail and a small amount of hop bitterness make up the taste. Not much here, pro or con.