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beer gen 
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Last Updated : 04/10/08 |
ere's
the beer gen we managed to uncover for Poznań.
It's an interesting city with a huge tram system (with some very interesting
second-hand trams running) but it's the beer you care about so here's the
gen...
My updated Google map for the city is here.
Pubs and bars.
Brovaria, Stary Rynek 73. From 11:00 daily.
Find the main square, the Stary Rynek, and the brewpub is on the SW corner of it - you can't miss
it especially at night.
Brewpub and hotel on Poznań's impressive main square. Three beers are on sale, generally the
excellent Jasne (pale) plus two specials. These are advertised on
posters both outside and in so you know what's available. On our visit
the others were a delicious Miodowe (honey) and very well-made Pszeniczne
(wheat) which, unsurprisingly, wasn't to my taste! There are three
drinking areas; a cellar bar, ground floor bar and upstairs "beer hall"
where the Salmbräu brew plant is located.
Proletaryat, Ul Wrocławska 9 (just S of stary rynek). Open 16:00 onwards.
On the southside of the Stary Rynek
Wrocławska heads south towards the Kościół Farny. A
hundred metres down the road, on the left, you'll see this small bar with
it's huge bust of Comrade Vladimir Illich Lenin in the window.
Long bar with a slightly tacky Soviet theme yet still comfy and relatively
full of locals. Paintings of Lenin hang everywhere and it's notable
that there are none (or none I saw) of a certain Josef Stalin. The
attraction here is not, unless you're a Red, the pictures but the two
"house" beers from the local Czarnków brewery although whether they are
different from the brewery's ordinary beers isn't clear.
U Honzika, ul. Stanisława Taczaka 21. Weekdays from 10:00, Sat from 16:00.
On a nondescript road just north of the Stary Browar centre. The pub
is in a cellar on the right-hand side.
Brogans Irish Pub, ul. Szewska 20a.
Just off the NE corner of the Stary Rynek.
Has draught Zywiec porter - if you can put up with the fake "Oirishness".
Behemot Cafe i Kawiernia, Kramarska 16.
Coffee bar/cafe selling the rare but revolting Fortuna
beers which taste like cola ! Useful for the desperate... well, I went
there... Don't order nachos unless you want a small dish of
dorito-like crisps with spicy tomato sauce!
There's also a bar called Browar Pub, ul. Półwiejska 42, Stary Browar centre on floor -1, in the malting section. It sounds like there may be some old brewing kit there although the beer range is probably just multinational crap and it's evenings only. We didn't visit, so if it is in fact a brewpub then let me know, please... although I'd put money on it not being one.
Beer Shops.
Piotr i Paweł supermarket, ul. Półwiejska 42, Stary Browar centre.
Stary Browar centre, Atrium level -1.
Map.
This supermarket is situated on level -1 of the centre and has a
surprisingly decent range of beers, although the Polish selection is
distinctly poor. Nevertheless, a few local scoops from Poland and lots
of other random stuff from the UK, Germany, Belgium and the like; well worth
a look for the best range in town (unless Koneser is actually open!).
Organic Farma Zdrowia, ul. Półwiejska 42, Stary Browar centre.
Stary Browar centre, Atrium level -1, almost next door to
Piotr i Paweł.
Map.
A small wholefood shop with only a couple of beers, but both were huge and
the Konstancia Dawne especially is very rare. I can't guarantee any scoops,
but it's on the same floor as Piotr i Paweł just along the corridor so you
may as well have a look.
Alkohole shop, corner of Stanisława Taczaka and Franciszka Ratajczaka.
Close to
U Honzika.
Notable amongst the mass of similar shops in selling the rare (and quite
nice) Koreb beers in bottle.
Koneser, 86 Jana Henryka Dąbrowskiego.
Opposite
Polna tramstop.
This
was originally a beer shop close to Stary Browar, now vanished, although we
saw a bar with the same name (badged as a "Galeria Piwa") here - although it
wasn't open on our visit. The window had a beer display, there was some kind
of bar inside, but also plugs and cans of paint on the tables... any
suggestions? It looked like it was either being made ready for opening or
had closed for good! Reports please...
Chłopskie Jadło (Peasant Food), Stary Rynek 77.
Despite the address being on the Stary Rynek, it's somewhat of a misnomer.
Polish addresses are by the building, not door in the building, so despite
this place being in a building which does indeed front onto the Stary Rynek
the entrance is along Francziskįnska!
A kind of kitsch mock-up of a peasant's house (part of a large national
chain) which serves a wide range of Polish staple meals such as Bigos and
suchlike. It's all very formulaic and un-real but, despite this, the food
isn't bad at all and it's pretty cheap and one of the best options in the
city centre.
Bar Mleczny (Milk bar), więty Marcin.
I can't remember the name of this place, but it's the only milk bar on this
stretch of the street.
A Milk bar is a Polish institution where the locals fill up on cheap
traditional food in a no-frills atmosphere, it's a similar thing to a
British "greasy spoon" although with better food! They are a throwback to
the Soviet times and cities apparently still subsidise their Milk bars for
the benefit of the people. This one was pretty good on our visit to Poznan
and is a good place to come for cheap and cheerful Polish food; Pierogi are
around 4 to 5 PLN and rather good they were too. Everything in Polish, no
English spoken, so be brave and get stuck in...