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.
6/10
Magus, mõru, turvas, röst, šokolaad, suhkur. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2023
at 21:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
50cl can. A hazy dark golden beer with a beige head. Aroma of grapefruit, citrusy hops, zest. Taste of bitter grapefruits,, citrus, pine, pale malt, intense hoppy, long bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2023
at 20:56
7/10
50cl bottle. A hazy yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of juicy hops, mango, yeast. Taste of juicy hops, yellow fruits, citrus, mango, yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2023
at 20:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, tasting at Ryan's; Oct 2021, 1.5 years old
Black colour. Aroma of peat, petrol. Good body, moderate residual sweetness; peat, dung, a lot of tar, and some roasted malt and ashes in the finish; warming alcohol.
Fun beer, not an elegance champion though.
Black colour. Aroma of peat, petrol. Good body, moderate residual sweetness; peat, dung, a lot of tar, and some roasted malt and ashes in the finish; warming alcohol.
Fun beer, not an elegance champion though.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2023
at 04:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
330ml @ Ryan's. Appearance: dark brown with a nice beige head. Aroma: peat LOADED, mazut, sweet, very smoky. Taste: along the same lines, super peaty, I felt like I was drinking ink. Overall: peaty as hell. Do NOT get it if you don't like peat.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2023
at 07:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Just a thin head. On the nose, all sorts of peat smoke. Islay in Polska! On the palate, more peat smoke. This is the beer equivalent of Smokehead. A little chocolate and toffee but that's not really sufficient base to cover this smokey peat bomb. So it's definitely unbalanced.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2023
at 07:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 330mL can (pkg 26.10.2021). Near black with small light beige head. Iodine, tons of smoked peat, simple, not a lot of other layers, but decently done for a relatively one note beer.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2023
at 07:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Beergeek Bar. Black, off-white head. Coffee, raisins and light chocolate in the aroma. Roast, raisins, herbal notes and, light citric touches in the lean taste. Well hidden alcohol, liiight liqueur-like touches. Quite respectable, excellent almost!
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2023
at 17:36
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap, thx Barba Miro! Hazy orange yellow, off-white head. Resin and caramel mostly, trace hops.Caramel, resin, vague citric notes, herbal with notes of medicinal alkohol by the finish. Hoooh glad I didn't have to pay.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Mar 2023
at 16:51