Birbant
Client Brewer
in
Zielona Góra,
Lubusz,
Poland 🇵🇱
Owned by
Browar Zarzecze
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Birbant is one of the pioneers of Polish craft brewing - bold, independent, and driven by creativity. We don’t follow the noise - we brew what truly matters.
Birbant (pronounced ‘beer-bunt’; Polish for ‘bon vivant’) contract brewery was established in 2013 by Jarek and Krzysiek (a.k.a. Kuli), two brewers and beer enthusiasts. Jarek is a professional brewer, who’s worked with several different breweries, while Kuli started brewing at home in 2003 and in the ten years before Birbant many of his home batches earned him awards at homebrew competitions. In their own words: “We have worked together on new recipes for a few years now. Our goal is to make flavorful and exceptionally aromatic beers we would like to drink ourselves.”
Browar Zarzecze
The Zarzecze Brewery gives us full freedom of developing and implementing new ideas and technologies. We have what every brewer dreams about: full control and the ability to supervise our projects personally at all times.
Birbant (pronounced ‘beer-bunt’; Polish for ‘bon vivant’) contract brewery was established in 2013 by Jarek and Krzysiek (a.k.a. Kuli), two brewers and beer enthusiasts. Jarek is a professional brewer, who’s worked with several different breweries, while Kuli started brewing at home in 2003 and in the ten years before Birbant many of his home batches earned him awards at homebrew competitions. In their own words: “We have worked together on new recipes for a few years now. Our goal is to make flavorful and exceptionally aromatic beers we would like to drink ourselves.”
Browar Zarzecze
The Zarzecze Brewery gives us full freedom of developing and implementing new ideas and technologies. We have what every brewer dreams about: full control and the ability to supervise our projects personally at all times.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft sample @ Chmielernia, Warsaw. Brune foncée, col fin blanc-cassé. Arôme aux notes légères d emalt fumé accompagné par de fines effluves houblonnées. Retrouve une petie douceur caramel, léger chocolat avec un rétro de vanille et peu en terme de complexité des houblons. Note aussi une pointe de fruits noirs. Palais sur un petit résiduel de fumé voire de tourbe accompagné par un léger malté chocolaté et caramel. Retrouve une sorte de profile de prune fumée/purée qui ajoute à cette impression de tourbé. Petite douceur vanillée perce sur la fin avec un houblonnage qui reste un tant trop discret. Encore une bière qui se divise en aime ou j’aime pas. Pour moi, ça passe plutôt bien.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2015
at 14:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap (ZUP, Wroclaw). Barwa bursztynowa, piana bialo-kremowa, obfita, trwala i ladnie zdobiaca szklo podczas opadania. Piwo delikatnie zmetnione. Aromat owocowy, przyprawowy, przyjemny. W smaku dominuje cytrusowa goryczka, kontrowana slodowoscia i owocowoscia. Piwo jest i wytrawne i owocowe co daje calkiem ciekawe polaczenie. Wyczuwalna lekka nuta fenolowa, alkoholowa. Fajna belgijska slodowosc podkreslona amerykanskim chmielem choc po pewnym czasie piwo staje sie nieco meczace.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2015
at 10:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is close to black and a little hazy. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, little licorice and hops. Nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2015
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Piwoszek. Very clean fruity exotic pale ale, nicely showcasing Mosaic. Rather thin bodied but that is OK with this style. Clear golden colour. Moderate to light high bitterness with a slightly harsh quality but overall tasty, easily drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2015
at 13:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle kindly shared by Gurthnar, many thanks. Orange golden color with medium white head. Strong hoppy aroma. Light bodied beer with strong hoppy bitterness. Long hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2015
at 13:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Many thanks for this beer to Grzesiek79. Pours a darkish amber. Good drinking smooth beer with an abundance of fruity malts. Rich on the tongue, there is a good long bitterness on the finish.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2015
at 15:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught, big and a touch dense bubbly head, dark brown color, aroma of pine, dark bread, some coffee nad chocolate, dominant dark and slightly sweet chocolate, flavor with charred wood and dark bread in the back. Well made and very good.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2015
at 04:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Barwa: ciemny żółty przechodzi w jasny pomarańcz, zmętnione. Aromat: po otwarciu z butelki chmielu citra, ze szkła też dobrze ale mniej intensywnie, są cytrusy ale słodkie (pomarańcza) w tle coś jest jakby lekka żywica . Piana: biała drobno pęcherzykowa, szybko opada delikatnie zdobiąc szkło. Smak:grejpfrut a raczej ta gorzka skórka, no i lekka siarka. Goryczka dobra długa. Pozatym piwo pijalne, wysycenie w skali do 10 daję 5, dobrze zbalansowane, po aromacie mogło by się wydawać że będzie słodkie a tak nie jest takie małe oszustwo, obieramy pomaramcze a jemy grejpfruta.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2015
at 13:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Reddish color with an off-white head with good retention and nice lacework. Aroma has notes of resins, pine and osme aronagush notes. Flavor ha sa decent bitterness, some fruitness, mainly oranges and some peach, medium maltiness. Bittery final with medium to long duration.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2015
at 09:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours redder shade of amber. Looks clean, not really transparent. Aroma is malty, some rowan and hops there as well. Herbal hops. Taste has rowan bitterness, bit of resins and nice dry mouthfeel. So far the best from Birbant for me I guess.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2015
at 08:37