Tyskie is one of the best selling brands of beer in Europe, with around 18% of the European market. Tyskie also has a world distribution, one the biggest export partners is Canada and the United States. Tyskie is produced by Kompania Piwowarska

Kompania Piwowarska

Kompania Piwowarska - is a brewing company established in Poland in 1999 as a result of the merger of two SABMiller owned Polish breweries, Lech Browary Wielkopolski S.A. in Poznań and Browary Tyskie Górny Śląsk SA. in Tychy. Browary Tyskie Górny Śląsk was founded in 1629...

, itself a subsidiary of SABMiller

SABMiller

SABMiller plc is a global brewing and bottling company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest brewing company measured by revenues and is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands include Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell...

 established in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 in 1999 as a result of the merger of two SABMiller

SABMiller

SABMiller plc is a global brewing and bottling company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest brewing company measured by revenues and is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands include Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell...

 owned Polish breweries, the Lech brewery in Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, and the Tyskie Górny Śląsk brewery in Tychy

Tychy

Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...

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History

Beer has been produced in Tychy continuously for almost 400 years. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the brewery produced three kinds of beer: Mailings, yeast and tableware. The first was a light beer, brewed on the wheat malt, or mixed half and half for malt barley, or a dark beer, barley malt-based with a touch of rye. Only beer was the shipping of good quality liquor, intended for sale, the other two were a beer allowanced drank mainly by brewers and their families. In the early nineteenth century produced only two beverages: beer and Bavarian beer ordinary, both top-fermenting. Bavarian malt with a classical composition, saturated color was brown, sweet, calorie and low-hopped, and the usual beer-dark niskoekstraktowe and weak only for immediate consumption. After the expansion of the brewery in the second Call. Nineteenth century and the introduction of bottom-fermenting, they started to produce beer in March, Tychy lager, ordinary wear and relatively short Bavarian beer. The first two beers were light and were sold under the brand of beer Książęce. In the interwar period, popular brands from Tychy were the Książęce Tysko Pilsen, the Książęce Tyski Export, the Książęce Tyskie Beer full and Porter. These beers contain from 12-14% of the extract and alcohol content ranged from 2.5-4.5%.

Marketing

Tyskie bottles are known for their distinct white packaging. The label has a red crown to commemorate the King Sobieski

John III Sobieski

John III Sobieski was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1674 until his death King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Sobieski's 22-year-reign was marked by a period of the Commonwealth's stabilization, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and...

, who was born the same year the Tyskie brewery was founded. Under the crown contains the date 1629, the year the Promnice Family opened up a brewery in Tychy.

Honors

In 2002, Tyskie Gronie won The Brewing Industry International Awards, receiving the two most prestigious awards - Gold Medal and Grand Prix.

In 2005 in Munich at a global beer fair hosted by Drink Tec, Tyskie again received the Grand Prix.

in 2011 Tyskie received the Gold Medal du Monde Selection – International Institute for Quality Selections