Polish beer for #BeerSaturday
I’ve been reading quite some good reviews here about Polish beers, so now that I’ve been in Poland I really needed to try some… At least that was my idea before my trip to Torun, Poland when participating in the cross country race of the Masters Athletics World Championships Indoors.
I should have considered that at least the day before the race (Sunday) I wouldn’t drink alcohol and on race day I would like some wine with my dinner… And leaving already on Tuesday, left me with only one opportunity when arriving on Saturday evening after an approximately 15hours trip…
Not that I got a big choice in a gas station, close to my first destination. And I should have known that in general gas stations are not the best places to buy drinks if one would like to have something with decent quality. This turned out to be nothing different in Poland.
I’ve chosen for Kasztelan with a 5,6% alcohol getting in the higher range for Pils beers.
Unfortunately this did not result in more or better taste than a general lager, well on the contrary: What I got was a tasteless beer with a bad aftertaste. The colour wasn’t bad and there was a nice foam topping the glass when I poured it from the can. Unfortunately that was the only good thing there was to tell about it, cause drinking it from the glass didn’t add anything positive to the taste and drinking it cold and from the can didn’t cover anything negative.
At least I know already what not to drink at my next trip to Poland.
Interesting fact: I’ve learnt that in Poland we can’t drink absolutely no alcohol when driving (not even 1-2 glasses of beer/wine when going out for dinner); I wonder if this rule is followed that stricty; because all Polish peope I’ve met in the past like drinking alcohol. Some lots of it… and what else people would drink with their meal?
