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TOURIST INFORMATION

www.visitgdansk.com Between 1793, when Grodzisk became part of
Prussia, and 1918, when it became part of a newly
independent Poland, the town was renamed Grätz,
and the style became known as Grätzer. In the 19th
THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU LIKE beer... century, Prussians built modern breweries, and in the

e.g. Polish Beer Tas ng Tour 1890s, the five breweries in Grätz produced over
Brama Zuraw, ul. Szeroka 67/68, 22-100 Gdańsk 100,000 hectoliters (85,000 U.S. bbl) of that local
www.rosotravel.com/tours/gdansk-tours style: A highly carbonated, very pale and bright
wheat beer with a good malty body, an aroma of
smoke and a very low level of alcohol. In its heyday,
the beer was both served as an everyday beverage
that the whole family (including children) could drink
poland and beer as a refreshment and a champagne-like super-
The brewing history of Poland is as diverse as the premium beer on export markets. Its peak of
history of this proud na on of 38 million people: popularity occurred just before the Second World
Some of the beers were world-famous for a couple of War when it exported to 37 countries. Produc on
decades – they then went out of fashion only to be con nued even under communist rule, but the last
proudly reborn a er a few decades. This holds local brewery ceased to brew in 1993. At the
especially true for Grätzer Bier, a style that originated beginning of the 21st century, local homebrewers
in the early 17th century when a Benedic ne monk revived the style. Regional and interna onal cra
named Bernard of Wąbrzeźno came to the small brewers happily adopted it. By 2013 the Brewers
town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski and built a well on the Associa on included “Grodziskie” (the Polish name
town square to supply the breweries with water. of the beer) in their style defini on.