{"id":5556,"date":"2014-08-02T22:57:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T22:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2014-08-17T18:39:15","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T18:39:15","slug":"lets-make-a-toast-what-poles-like-to-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/lets-make-a-toast-what-poles-like-to-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s make a toast! What Poles like to drink?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poles enjoy alcoholic drinks at least as much as other Europeans. You can buy beer, vodka and wine. Although Poland is known as the birthplace of vodka, local beer seems to have much more appeal to many Poles. Another traditional alcoholic beverage (nap\u00f3j<\/strong> akoholowy<\/strong>) is mead. Polish liqueurs and nalewka<\/strong> (alcoholic tincture) are a must. Legal drinking age is 18 (not 21, like in USA). I personally don’t remember anyone asking me for an ID in Poland, before I moved to US. However, I know that now they take it very seriously and card people before serving them alcohol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s start with the beer (piwo<\/strong>)!<\/span><\/p>\n

Poland’s brewery tradition began in the Middle Ages. Today Poland is one of top beer countries in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although not well known internationally, Poland traditionally sports some of the best pilsner-type lagers worldwide. The most common brands include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image by joelhageman on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n