Polish Porter Playoffs Part 1

“It tastes like licking a key that’s been touched by a load of people”- on that bombshell, porter number 3 was making an unspectacular entrance into February’s Beer of the Month competition. Unsurprisingly, it went on to finish a distant last in this, the first half of February’s enlarged competition, but what of the others?

Contenders for February?

February is looking like a quiet month so the next edition of ‘Beer of the Month’ will be decided in a more scientific manner, with 8 contenders whittled down slowly to the 1 winner. I’m taking suggestions for those to consider over the next few weeks before the showdown in late February, feel free to send them in by whatever means you have of contacting me.

Beer of the Month: January

In order to keep myself occupied waiting for the stupid Balice fog to clear (again! thanks very much fog, you cost me several hours of my time, and 66 pounds of my money this week, giving a total so far of many* hours and 150 quid), I picked up a copy of the Krakow Post and discovered the new (probably- I haven’t read it for a while) section: Beer of the Month. A little underwhelmed by the choice, I felt inspired to start a rival contest, but only once I’d thought of a sufficiently brilliant, original name. Now that’s done, we can pick our first winner…