Tatra Mocne 15.1°

Brewed by Zywiec (Zywiec Group/Heineken)
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Zywiec, Poland

Serve in Lager glass

Bottle. Pours gold with a white head. Grainy aroma, a little dirty. Grainy/straw-like aroma. Pretty bad.

Poured from 16 oz bottle. I was reluctant to get a malt liquor, but figured that I’d have to try it at least once. Aroma is rather interesting but not appealing, a slight hint of honey and lemon which gives it a soft "Lemon Pledge" aroma. Pour is clear yellow with a small head. Taste wise, it’s a LOT smoother than what I was expecting. It’s better than a lot of beers I’ve tried. I don’t know if I’d drink it again, but it’s good enough to finish the bottle.

From local Indian supermarket. Lively forced carbonation. Rather tinny. Some cereal notes. Lager hop finish - flowery, muddled and soggy, but firm enough - lingering. Pale gold colour. Refreshing, though with an awareness of the alcohol strength. Not offensive. Pretty much what you have come to expect of a East European Strong Lager, though with a bit more hops.

Can from Polsky Sklep, Great Bridge, Tipton, West Mids. Slightly medicinal taste and a tinge of strength in the aroma. A faint hint of choc in the malt. Quite drinkable, not too harsh. OK, perhaps a little harsh. Probably the best of the 4 canned Polish beers which were sampled on train journey to Manchester.

This beer is golden color and has hazy texture. White foam is present only for a short time after you pour the beer and then it disappears completely. minimal head. It has low to medium bitterness and lightly sour at times. it has very low carbonation, it almost feels flat at times, yet tasty since its not biting your throat on way down. It has a quite a aftertaste, it is actually hard to taste it after you finished drinking.

Can, bought in Zakopane. Golden color with white head. Malty sweet aroma with bit of apple. Sweet taste, light bitter finish, surprisingly alcohol is not so much present.

500ml can from The Cave. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is soft malty. Flavour is soft malty, light bodied. Alcohol noticable. Slightly sweet. Not bad at all.

500ml can Clean gold body, sizeable white foam. Skunky corny cereal nose. Full body, drying texture, reasonably high carbonation. Cereal malt sweetness, slight vanilla, low bitter finish, hint of alcohol twang. Meh!