Browary Lubelskie is a Polish

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. Founded in 1844 in the abandoned ruins of a monastery, in 1846 it began brewing a

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-style beer using bottom fermenting technology. A second brewery opened in 1914. Both breweries were nationalized by the post-war

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. In 1992, the company was

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and became a joint stock company. In 2001, the brewing operations were moved to the second site and the first site became a corporate headquarters. In 2014, the company renamed itself to Perła - Browary Lubelskie S.A (Perla - Lublin Breweries). Perła currently owns two breweries, one in Lublin and one in

Zwierzyniec Zwierzyniec (; uk, Звежинець, Zvezhynetsʹ) is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004). Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The par ...

. It is available in UK, US, Germany and Australia and is the largest independent brewery in Poland. Perla (Pils 5% ABV) was awarded a Bronze Medal at the International Beer Challenge BC 2010 awards in the UK.

Beers

*Perła Chmielowa (the main brand) *Perła Niepasteryzowana *Perła Export *Perła Mocna *Perła Porter Bałtycki *Zwierzyniec *Goolman *Goolman Strong *Goolman Gold *Carmèll

Marketing

The bottles are typically green with a label that prominently features the green-and-red coat of arms of Lublin that features a white buck. The buck is locally called "Claudy", and the story is that he was caught in a vine of hops and fell in a pond, creating the famous pilsner.

References

External links

* Breweries of Poland Lublin Voivodeship {{beer-stub