Tom, from the Polish American Forum on Yahoo advises us that All About Beer magazine, the bible of international beer connoisseurs, lists Okocim Porter as one of the world’s very best.

In the May 2007 issue, All About Beer announced that the Beverage Testing Institute has chosen Okocim Porter as the second best porter in the world for 2006! First place went to Samuel Adams Holiday Porter.

Okocim’s Palone, a dark Polish beer, was selected as the second best dark lager. Hirter Morchl from Austria won the first place prize.

Okocim Porter and Palone were the only Polish beers included in this list of the best 102 beers of the world.

I’ve been drinking Zywiec lately (the Polish beer with the ultra cool beer thermometer on the label – it turns red when the beer is cold enough to drink). It’s lighter than Okocim and most Okocim is more akin to a malt liquor.

While I haven’t had either yet, I understand that Hevelius Beer Named after Johannes Hevelius —“ a famous Polish astronomer (1611-1687). He has built his own observatory in Gdańsk and cataloged 1564 stars, discovered 4 comets, and was one of the first to observe the transit of Mercury. and well as Harnaś (from the highlands of the Tatra mountain range) are excellent.