Strong (-2014)
Warka in Warka, Masovian, Poland 🇵🇱
Lager - Premium Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.06
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
50cl bottle (6,5%) enjoyed at the train between Malbork and Gdansk. Quite nice for a Polish strong beer. Sweet and malty, but fairly well balanced with some bitterness. (Backlog: tasted 2010-04-02)
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2012
at 12:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hoppy aroma. White head. Amber coloured hazy in appearance hoppy and sour with a slightly dry oaked finish.
Tried
on 01 May 2012
at 12:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2nd Jan 2011: Another Polish beer that has turned up in rural Shropshire, mostly for the migrant workers, but also for beerhunters like me. This gold and black 500ml can was best before 23 Mar 2011, poured into a ’Leffe’ stemmed tulip glass (twice). Deep golden body, clear, bright and darker than most lager beers. The pure white head soon turned into a thin wisp and collar. Malty molasses in the aroma, treacle and toffee type smells, but not overly sweet. The taste is all malt, a slight hop feel towards the end of the mouthfeel, the alcohol is fairly well hidden, just appearing once the malt flavours begin to fade in the mouth. Pleasantly suprised, thought this would be an alcoholic street drinker special, this isn’t the case.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2012
at 05:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thin head with a dark yellow strong-lager body like any other. Soft aroma of hops and particle board, but not overpowering, some fruity notes. Flavour is heavy caramel and chocolate, a total surprise for this type of brew and makes it much more palatable. And hides the alcohol. This is a unique flavour for a strong lager, I’d drink it ahead of several others. But it still ain’t great.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2012
at 15:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Originally rated August 2005. Label says Warka in big red letters (not the word Strong) and the ABV is 7% on this one, bought at the LCBO. Pours a nice rich amber colour with a decent head. The lacing is pretty sticky. Slow carbonation. The nose had roasted malt and some alcohol. Smell of corn comes out after a 10 minute breathing gap, with some grain. Mouthfeel is kind of syrupy, but smooth. The taste is easy going malt with a hoppy overlay. Different in a way, but nothing too exceptional. Drinkability is good for a strong brew.
Tried
on 25 Jan 2012
at 17:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle pours clear deep copper with weak off white head. The aroma is pear and apple esters mixing with booziness to go along with a bit of raisins and prunes and some chemical booze. The taste is similar with sweet apples, ripe pear and some honey covered apricot. To midway and into the finish faint noble hops are noticed as well as sugary malt sweetened lagery yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2011
at 20:42
4/10
Tried
on 06 Nov 2011
at 10:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Blackhawk VFW, Chicago 500ml ($4): Pours a amber color with a big white head. I was dreading what the aroma could be and I hoped it was as dissimilar from Baltika 9 as could be. Thankfully it wasn’t as bad, but still had that weird strong lager smell to it. Taste is pretty subdued for a strong lager. You have just a little hint of that grossness that usually accompanies this style, but for the most part this was smooth sailing. Also, my hangover did not happen. That is a good thing.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2011
at 09:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml can. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is orange, alcohol and corn. Taste has rubbery orange to start. Some hop bite on the finish and a little alcohol on the finish. A bit watery and flat.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2011
at 12:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours caramel into a Sam glass. White rim with little retention recedes to hug rim. Bread and alcohol aromas. Sweet caramel and candy corn front to back. Lasting sour ripe fruit finish.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2011
at 16:17