Żywiec Beer Vs Tyskie Beer Vs Lech Beer Vs Żubr Beer | The Battle Of The Polish Lagers
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Most real Polish/Germany/Czech/Romanian/Slovakian are made with real pure water.The UK water comes from down some dirty aquifer full of unmentionable things.💩💩 probably.I try to avoid British Beers.
I hope you're not living in the UK because that's extremely disrespectful to our culture and you can leave anytime, the sooner the better. English beer is the best in the world. I'd say Scottish and Welsh beer is on a par. What you've written is extremely disrespectful to our country.
@@heiltd1286 I love English Beer just not the mass produced stuff
Scotsman here. English beer for the win❤. Some of the real ale is "off the map" good, it really is.
@@kpace8605 That's cool. I've travelled lately to Hungary, Czechia and Thailand. Each country I go to I respect and want to experience the best. We found excellent beer in all three countries ( even Thailand but damn was it expensive because their craft brewers are legally restricted). Drinking their best beer and you meet great people too who put you on to great nightclubs that are real underground joints. In Czechia their pilseners are amazing but they've also got other styles. Of course yours 100% right.
Same! I drink zubr coincidentally 😅
All four are sold in the corner shop across the road from me. I did my own research during lockdown, and concluded that Zubr was the one for me.
Same here. I went through them all, but Zubr is the outright winner.
Actually, Tyskie, Lech and Żubr are brewed by the same company which is Kompania Piwowarska - the bigest producer of beer in Poland, 36% of the market. Kompania Piwowarska belongs to international company Asahi. Żywiec is owned by Heineken.
First tried Zywiec at a rock show randomly held at an old Polish social hall. The bar at the venue was selling tall boys for 2 bucks a pop, and older women from the club set up shop and were selling home-made pierogis and kielbasa. Everything was so good and so cheap I almost didn't want to leave the area to head back to the show.
Went and visited Zywiec about 25 years ago. It was set up by a famous Austrian family. They got taken over by Heineken a few years ago. Also interesting that none of the Polish brewers have lowered the ABV - PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THE POLES AREN'T FOOLS AND WON'T ACCEPT WATERED-DOWN BEER!
Well said sir!
Polish beers are in general stronger - people just want to get shitf.ced quicker. ABV has nothing to do quality. All you need to do is add some cheap glucose syrup. And some of them indeed lowered their ABV - Perla Mocne
In Poland the tax on beer is not ABV dependent. Weak and strong lagers are taxed the same, per litre.
The drop in ABV content in the UK has been mostly driven by supermarkets, which want to save a few pence in tax on each can.
I'm assuming most Polish lager in the UK is sold in independent Polish shops, so supermarkets don't have as big influence on the producers.
@@cehaem2that stuffs nasty 🤢 😂
@@IamBATMAN2024 well, it has "only" 7,1% ABV, so a little bit less than our tramp juices.
I've got a Tyskie that's brewed and canned in the Netherlands, at 5%. The Polish version is 5.2%!
“Who has four of the same glasses in their house?”
“I do! I do!”
Simon’s right there is always that one bloke 😂
I did mention the Zubr before in one of your live shows Simon , A Polish friend at work she gave me a bottle once and yeah its definitely number 1 for a reason In Polska 😀
I have six Easter European shops within 0.5km of my house. Two sell lots of more obscure beers from East Europe. Good times.
Tyskie is drinkable at 5% but was much better at 5.6% in the old days. Same for Lech which has been watered down over the years. Zubr is a very good beer and underrated outside Poland in my opinion, just don't drink too much too fast it does creep up on you. Zywiec is also a solid beer but it has been very difficult to find recently in all my usual shops, not sure why. PS Simon you can get it in nice brown bottles, my friend brought some back for me from Poland last year.
Zubr - in my local corner shop 500ml can £1.29p!! Lovely beer.
I wanted to buy a bottle of beer in Morrisons this afternoon. The only Polish one was Tyskie, but it was brewed in the Netherlands. I went for a Czech Budweiser - brewed in Czechia
Had a can of Zubr for the first time in years the other night. Such a top quality beer
It’s nice knowing that you rate zubr as that is the lager I have found to be the best of the polish lagers and it’s only like £5.99 for 4x 500ml cans it’s a good deal compared to most British mass made 💩 😅
Was in Poland last year and got the bartender to teach me how to say Zywiec and it's:
Juh (like Je m'appelle in French)
Vee
Etz
(said quickly Juh-vee-etz)
Try the white Zywiec too if you can find it. Really good!
Bloody obvious unless you're a Reform Voter.
A red beer from Krakow called ' Ksiązęce' is a fine lager. Never been able to source in the UK unfortunately.
Remember drinking Zywiec in Krakow for £2 a pint. Was lovely stuff for that price could not complain at all! Keep these coming SI! 🍻🍺
Krakow doesn't do PINTS..
Nobody else does. It's a stupid measurement.
Great video Simon. There's a Polish shop near me so it may have my first visit after all.
And they wonder why I love this channel. Absolutely fantastic Si. This is what it’s all about. Excellent.
I've always preferred Zubr over the other Polish beers - Would be perfect snack pairing with some Polish sausage too which you can find in the supermarkets here
Love these comparison videos Simon
Loving the beer battles Simon, great content 🍺
lived in Warsaw for 14 years...never mad about the macro stuff...Zubr is defo the best macro beer...hard to find it on tap though as I recall... fond memories of Lech...Agnieszka C had something to do with that...
Great review Simon. I really want to try polish beers someday so great review mate.
Great review. Really want to try some Polish beers now.
Just eat polish sausage and drink german beer.
I always liked the Zywiec logo both on the cans and on the umbrellas at the bars.
I sank quite a lot of the stuff on my many trips to Wroclaw during the mid 2000's.
I believe you are thoroughly hammered at the end of every review.
Another great video 👍👍. I've got a video idea, just went into Lidl and found that there are three different types of Perlenbacher, pack of four 440ml cans, pack of six 330ml bottles and single 500ml bottles. Each of these had a different percentage ranging from 4.5% to 4.8% meaning there are potentially three different recipes on the go at once, it would be great to see you do a comparison to see which one is the nicest tasting.
Also would like to hear your current opinion on Aldis Rheinbacher as I hear the recipe has changed since you covered it. Keep up the great content!
Pośród tych czterech koncernowych piw, piję jedynie Żywiec i Tyskie czasami. Lech i Żubr nie pijam wcale bo są według mnie kiepskie. Żywiec dawniej był bardziej goryczkowy/wytrawny w smaku od teraźniejszego dostępnego w sklepach.
Świetna recenzja. Lubię oglądać Twoje piwne recenzje. Na zdrowie!
if you ever get your hands on some, i'd recommend Łomża Jasne and Amber Naturalny. These are my two favourite polish lagers. If you like something a bit darker and stronger, amber kożlak is very nice.
Also Żywiec is actually the name of the place it's made. If you ever visit Poland it's a really nice place to got to, located towards the mountains, with a big river running through that leads to a huge lake. I'd also recommend the brewery tour was quite interesting, especially how the beer was rebranded during the war.
I did like the video thank you Simon...it's good TV. I'm part Polish and part Dane so may I ask for some Danish beer battles please? I love Zywiec, but here in Australia I have never seen Zubr! On your recommendation I will hunt it out. Thanks for another great review.
I wished for you to review some more Polish beers and it looks like my wish got granted by the monkey paw, lol. Nice review, Simon, although personally I wouldn't rate any of those beers as higher than 5/10, even if we were judging solely in the "International Lager" category. Hope you'll find some time this year to visit Poland, a lot has happened in the craft beer scene since the last time you visited!
About 8 years ago my local corner shop was selling polish cans when it was just becoming a common thing. Am sure they had zubr at 6% in 500ml cans at like 90p a can but i never bought them back then thinking they were cheap, boring foreign beer. Really wish i did now 😂
Technically Zubr is a low-cost and stronger version of Tyskie.
Excited for this 1. Never seen the zubla I think.
If that Tyskie is 5%, it’s the English version. Tyskie in Poland is 5.2%
Also, you won’t get a 650ml bottle in Poland, only 500ml.
Can't find if it's brewed here yet, hopefully not, but Asahi have one of the 5% tinned versions brewed at Enschede at Grolsch's newish mega brewery.
I haven't been to Poland in ages but I remember buying them in 660ml containers some 15 years ago.
Tyskie was 5.8%. So it must have dropped in strength in Poland
@@cehaem2 I live in Poland and never see 660ml bottles
@@wavell14 Again, that was before 2012.
My local shop sells zubr in cans. I love it
Do you work?
My local town has a poljsh mini market. Ive tried alk those and they are not too bad. Um wanting to try a beer from every country possible
Was in krakow earlier in the year. Number of the large breweries did their own wheat beer. So ended up drinking that most of the time!
Fantastic review. Great video. 🇬🇧🍺🍻🇵🇱
I have been staying in/traveling to Poland for several years. The best mass-produced lager/pilsner from Poland, in my opinion, is Perla Chmielowa. I have tried all the beers in your review, but I usually avoid them.
Hello, Simon, The only Polish beer that I've tried was Tatra, a 6% ABV lager, that was thirty years ago when Polish beer was hard to find in the UK. After Poland joined the EU, Polish beers became readily available here due to mass immigration of Polish people into the UK. Tatra is very refreshing and ideal for drinking on a warm summers day. The Tatra brand is owned by Zywiec. I will try more Polish beers in future.
I like Warka Polish beer.🍺🍺🤗
Ive heard that tatra isnt very good tbf, wherebi live most of the beer i see is perła
The big Polish beer companies are mostly foreign owned now (Heineken, miller etc)There is some respectable product still available but you've got to read labels. Namysłow is one I'd recommend giving a go if you can find it and the Tyskie in Tesco is brewed at 5% in Holland. Find a Polish shop and it's 5.2% and brewed in Tychy. I visit a place called Browar Miejski in Bielsko Biała, Southern Poland every other year when we visit my missus' parents and they have amazing beers. Marzen, Weissbeirs etc. If you get chance to go to Southern Poland I highly recommend you do. Its lovely there and the people, scenery, food and the beer of course will draw you back. Na zdrowie 🍻
Well ive been drinking tyskie lately because i found it far superior to stella and kronenburg however im now on a mission to find these other polish beers and have my own tasting session. Once again another great video by this channel about one of the most important things in life!😋😎
If you find Warka beer add that to your list too
Pretty sure that wherever you are in the UK you'll find a tidy Polski Sklep, boss 👊
Opening a Franziskaner bottle and watching your video :) Cheers Simon!
I find all Polish beers very similar. Nice but similar.
Try Perla? In the green and white tin at 6%.
@@johnp8131 Yeah, it's OK.
No Perla? I love their Chmielowa hopped lager at 6.6%. It's a belter, found it at a Polish social club in Glasgow that I often go to, the Sikorski Club, that has amazing beers at great prices. Used to be nice and quiet (they have a great menu with really good value food), but it's now been discovered by the students! Full of mullets and too-short trousers.
Love both of these beers, zwyiec and tyskie.
Perfect for sitting round the back in the sun👌🏻
I see you've already reviewed on another video Perla Pils, was wondering why it wasn't in the line-up 😅
You really should try Harnaś Polish beer, it's much better than any other Polish lager.
I have knocked up my half century, so I grew up on shit (Carlton and tooheys) beers. The only saviour in the 90’s for me was The Pump House in Sydney which brewed their own and the King George V at Picton. So I do like exploring different beers, especially with the range that is out there now. I think my 19 yo son would enjoy this one. Cheers and good review from you both.
Sorry Simon, I sent that comment to the wrong beer review. But I’m glad you liked it. Loving your comparison reviews.
I stumbled across Zubr in a late night off licence near me and was pleasantly surprised how good it was.
A few year ago i but about 30 different Eastern European beers from a Polish shop (about £1 each on average) and I remember the Zubr being better than the other 3 you have in this test.
In my old cheffing days we had a Polish shop round the corner from the restaurant. The amount of the first and last ones we'd crush after dinner service were crazy . The Zubr 👌
Live across the road from a polish off licence and man the Zubr in can is gorgeous
I'm from Poland and never buy Żubr, but I've often been offered it as a guest (after all, it's the best-selling beer in Poland). I remember years ago it was even darker, very tart in taste, a bit unpleasant for me, when I was still not experienced with beer. It seems to me that people drink it, mainly because it's cheap, available everywhere. When it comes to cheap lagers, I prefer something else in this style.
I really like Zubr.
Thanks for the review. Zywiec is my favourite Polish Pilsner, recently visited the brewery. It's owned by Heineken. Tyskie doesn't taste fresh, Lech is just so so. Zubr has too much syrup glucose added to my likings.
Perhaps the Tyskie is the Grolsch brewed version?
@@johnp8131 No Tyskie is not related to Grolsch, it's not a bitter beer. Lomza Pilsner is nice too, but it is hard to find even in Poland compared to Lomza Jasne.
Hangover gear, all of em! There’s also a stronger Zubr available I believe? We used to do a set in a radio show where I live, and there was a Polish 🇵🇱 offy near the studio. Needless to say I’ve had a few of all of these. For some reason they smash my head up the next day, but all 3 of em taste lush goin’ down!
Lech, Tyskie and Żubr are from the same brewery (Kompania Piwowarska).
Żubr is popular, because it's a cheap headbanger :P
Żywiec is the most Premium brand of them all.
Where is Okocim, Perła, Namysłów, Harnaś, Tatra? All are available, in corner shops, supermarkets and polish/easter european shops across whole UK
If I were ranking them it would be Żywiec/Lech > Tyskie>>>>>>>>>>> Żubr
Zubur is really good and the same goes for Perla pils . Would like to try them on tap though.
Perla maybe should of been involved as it's a decent one from Poland. Great review ❤
I like all four, but Zubr is my favourite; it is strong, always catches me out!
Zubr has been my go to beer for a while I’m loving my polish lagers at the moment
Simon, if you know someone that's going to Western Poland ask them to bring back a can of Lech Pils. It's actually quite decent - unlike its "green" brother.
You can get this in South Wales if you know where to look
Update to my last comment. I thought I'd try a Tyskie from a can and I'm surprised to learn its brewed by Grolsch in the Netherlands then imported to the UK.
Great video! I would love to see a comparison of nigeran Guinness foreign extra vs Irish version of Guinness foreign extra. Almost a different beer with the nigeran one as it has locally grown sorghum to flavor the beer, would be interesting to see the difference.
@tommykarol nice and racist there. You sound like a typical middle aged British man.
I did this test the other day, deffo Irish is bettter
Zubr are such a great beer. Found it in a Warsaw supermarket. Probably the cheapest on that trip but easily the best. On the first night I got a one litre beer. Can't remember which one bit it was good. In Cracovia we got a 3 litre jug of Okocim and 2 glasses 👍
Thank Goodness for the EU and the arrival of Polish Shops in UK.
And thanks to the guys who stayed on despite the hatred, caused by Farridge and Johnson
as a polish person zubra getting 9/10 is lovely to see because its my favourite beer 😋
I enjoy Polish lagers. I get them from my local Polish shop that has beers we just do not see in the UK. All styles, dunkels, pils, baltic porters, stouts, a honey beer (Perla), a range of ABVs and all are imported included the cans. I also think there is some Romanian beers there too. Lovely stuff and better than UK efforts.
Im the same, it’s usually zubr or lech lol
@tommykarol No, the honey beer was horrendous.
Bet you knew you had a drink after them 4 😂
My corner shop sells tyskie and lech. I cant drink the tyskie as its rank, but lech in a can i enjoy buying as a bit of a break from norm. Gonna have to get hold of some zubr!!
Thanks for the video. I see it more as a presentation of the top beer brands in Poland. As a Pole I don't feel, any pride in these brands and I avoid these beers. Of the Polish mass-market beers, I only recommend the Perła brand. However, when I drink beer I choose kraft brands such as Pinta or Browar Palatum.
drank these beers in Poland. Tyskie used to be alot better. Dont know what changed. think it was bought out by one of big breweries. my favourite polish beer was called Denbowa Mocne (stong Oak). 7% i think it was. that beer was very nice.
Tyskie was sold to KP which then was purchased by SABMiller some 25 years ago.
Tyskie in bottles is made in Poland but the cans are made in the Netherlands, make it make sense 🙃. Also I just got 6 250ml bottles of Super Bock Portuguese lager from Lidl for £4.99 @ 5.2% imported from Portugal, however Tesco sell Super Bock in the 660mls which is also imported from Portugal but at 4.7% 🧐🤔
Great vide IMO Polish beers are the best available in the UK! Zubr and Xywiec are my personal favourites. I think Zech and Tyskie have gone mainstream in the last few years and been watered down for the british market. Zubr and Xywiec are only available in corner shops i assume there bootlegged hence why there not in Tesco and the like.
So our amazing English ales crafted by some of the best brewers in the world are inferior to these mass produced Polish lagers.
@@heiltd1286 Ales i think you've totally lost what were talking about!
not tried the others but found Tyskie to be ok myself, and I have to say that the taste as regards water isn't down to water quality but down to the minerals dissolved in the water which obviously differs from place to place
The Lech here in Canada is 4.8% and yours was 5.0%?!
here in the netherlands i can get them all at the night shop, just about any of them, in can that is, the bottles aren't nearly as common
we have a lot of polish-style evening stores these days
5.2% 500ml versions with polish print on them, i think all of them are 5.2% here ,so i may have to check out the zubr here to find a clue on how that disparity is there
edit: found an old empty can, and i stand corrected, the Zubr is indeed 6% here too, seem like legit polish cans i don't even know what it's saying anywhere lol
Careful nowadays - Tyskie is made in Netherlands - Zywiec is the premium version of Tyskie and still made in Poland
Like Zubre but my favourite is Perla, strong 7.1 % and malty. None of them are bad, Polish beers are underrated.
Overstrengthed. Under tasted.
The Tyskie you have there is made in Poland but is not the original version, which has 5.6% ABV and is sold in Polish stores (and regular supermarkets) in the Netherlands. Personally it's my favourite Polish lager, but I like earthy flavours in beer, just like I enjoy the taste of beet roots and of trout, which both have an earthy flavour. Both beets and trout are popular in Central and Eastern European cuisine so I guess it's just a taste a lot of people there are into.
UK Tyskie is now brewed in the Netherlands under licence it used to be 5.6% but was reduced by the importer(Ashahi UK) to 5%
Try dębowe mocne, that's my favourite Polish beer 🍺 😀
In Poland You may won more żubr's, under cap You may have word "wygrałeś" then you may go to any shop with żubr in the ofer and they change Your winning żubr cap for another full beer. The same with Tatra.
Si if you're ever struggling to find an Eastern European beer then get to the Polish shop opposite Tesco on Albany road - they stock a huge selection.
I think you can also get Zweiyec on draft in the caff opposite the Clifton on Clifton Street
Beeradvocate rates Zubr OK
Ratebeer gives it 2.32/5 which is also OK/average but nothing special.
Ksiazece was my fav😊
I've got a polish supermarket in my town, so can get all these beers and more! I must admit, I prefer Tyskie to all of them and by a long way!
I need to find a Polish shop for the genuine article
had tyskie never had the rest.where did you get the others from please? id like to try
I went to Poznan just before the pandemic where they make Tyskie/Lech and it was awesome. Very beautiful picturesque city. The beer was fantastic though once again do not buy the version brewed in the UK, it's disgusting.
Where did you get the Zubr please?
Lived in Poland in the 90s. They just served beers in straight pint glasses. Lech was a staple in bars. Good quaffing beers, but Zywiec used to give you massive hangovers! Maybe I should have drunk less?
Been buying 0 % Lech Shandy/Radler here in Ireland from Mercury a Polish shop chain, very drinkable and and amazing flavours.
I would be curious to know what think of East European Radlers , I pick up Watermelon 2% Radlers Lithuanian produced , the flavour is so real of the fruit
As a native pole I wouldn’t drink Zubr even if they pay me to drink it. This beer is revolting, horrible cheap, full of glucose syrup. Zywiec would be my favourite but still prefer german/czech pilsners. Cheers Simon
Beer doesn't taste sweet because of glucose syrup - it's just a cheap substitute for malt. It may have a sweetish, biscuity taste because of the use f pale malt.Usually you use hops to balance that but since Zubr is a low-cost beer they won't do that because that would increase the cost.
As a Briton born of Polish parents I can only agree! Zubr is strong and thats all that can be said for it! Hangover juice.
To be honest, I admire your ability to find any taste in these beers. I would rather have one of many great Polish craft beers than any of these. Admittingly UK euro lagers have even less taste, but still. Anyway you've tried many polish crafts, so don't have to tell you.
Happy that you have enjoyed it anyway 😉
Where did you get the zubra from si?
Have you tried Lomza nice Polish beer also
My brother is drinking four cans every day of Żubr 😂He loves it!
Is he still alive? And does he work?
Beer battles are great
Only ever had Tyskie and Lech beer. I often wonder Simon, when you have these multi tests, what happens when the filming is over. Do you throw the drink away! drink the whole of it (if drinkable) or store it away for later drinking.? Or pass it to a neighbour! In which case I wouldn't mind living next door!