About the beer:
So this beer was first produced in 1629 by the Lech brewery. Since then, tons of shit happened and this company merged with 100 other companies to form SAMiller. They brew all kinds of stuff from Lech to Miller Chill to a beer interestingly named X-Cape.
The Packaging:
Lech is a nice looking can. It gets bonus marks for its educational value. Buzz and I learned at least two Polish words that we did not know prior to tonight. Want to know what is in Lech beer? Well just look at the can and you will find out. The ingredients are as follows: Water, Barley Malt and Hops. That's it. Nice and simple. So to all the pregnant women out there... Did you ever wonder if it is okay to drink Lech beer while you are knocked up? Well if you did, there is an excellent warning label to stay away for the duration of your pregnancy. Have a look.
There is also a website listed on the can. Unfortunately it isn't a link to Delmark beer of the month (yet). The website is http://www.talkingalcohol.com/. If you follow this link you will get a wealth of information such as studies suggest that 25% of young adults in the U.S engage in binge drinking. The other 75% are virgins. Another interesting fact is that you can recycle and return and If you happen to live in Sweden, you get 50 ore per can! That has to be good. We are going to pull the Kramar and Newman Michigan scam in Sweden. The final thing we want to mention is there is a very nifty logo of two rams banging into each other on the top. What does that mean? Who the hell knows!
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The Pour:
Beer poured nice and easy. It produced the desired amount of head (No joke this time).
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The Taste:
Now this is what we are talking about. After several questionable beers, we have finally found a winner. What we have here is a crisp, clean tasting beer, with no undesirable aftertaste. This is the kind of beer you want to have after a tough day at the office/trade/welfare cheque came in and you can finally pick up your six pack. Our only concern is that this beer might not be available in Canada. We have determined that most foreign beers are in fact brewed in Guelph (more on that later) but we are not sure if that is the case for this one. If it is not available here, the welfare people will have to save up at least 6 months of cheques to make the journey to Poland (we kid). welfare people rejoice! I have just discovered that this beer is available at your local LCBO store. I am sure you are on a first name basis with them.
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Summary:
Country of Origin: Poland (given to Buzz from a co worker who visited her hometown)
Capacity: 500 ml our half a litre
Cost: FREE as it was donated
Where: at any in home or external location
Smell: No Skunky overseas smell, very easy smelling when sampling
Foods: This would be great will Perogies, Calamari, Onion Rings and the REAL expensive $7.99 chicken fingers
Apparel: The best outfit when consuming LECH Brew is you should be wearing your best sweat shirt , short and wool socks with sandals for comfort and enjoyment.
Barry's Final Say:
Originally, I thought that this beer was the total package. It had great packaging, nice pour-ability and a great taste. Not only that, I learned from the can. However, there is one thing that made me degrade its final rating. The picture at the bottom with me with my tongue out....we took that at the end. While taking it, a few drops of beer (the dregs if you will) landed on my tongue. And it was not pretty. In fact, it tasted quite bad. So because of this, I am going to give in a final rating of 4 out of 5.
Barry's Final Rating:
Buzz's Fianl Say:
Well firstly it was a honour to have a co worker bring back from her homeland her genuine brew, Thanks Anna !! but in a nutshell I was very impressed with the overall taste, pour and most importantly after taste. No matter the season hot cold mild medium it would always be good tasting. My final rating is a 5 for 5 hive five score !!
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Yours in Beer Drinking,
Barry "Lights Out" Flynn & Robert "Buzz" Bezzant
