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Type | Brewery | ||
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Location | Leżajsk, Poland | ||
Opened | 1972 | ||
Owned by | Grupa Żywiec S.A. | ||
Active beers | |||
Leżajsk
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![]() Leżajsk beer | |
Type | Beer |
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Manufacturer | Grupa Żywiec |
Distributor | Żywiec |
Country of origin | Poland |
Introduced | 1525 |
Alcohol by volume | 5.5 % |
Style | Pale lager |
Website | https://www.grupazywiec.pl/ |
TheLeżajsk Brewery (Polish pronunciation:[ˈlɛʐajsk]) is one ofPoland's oldestbreweries and belongs to theŻywiec Group. Żywiec Group has four main breweries:Żywiec Brewery,Elbrewery, Leżajsk Brewery, andWarka Brewery, and is majority owned by the Dutch Heineken Group. The brewery is located in the historic downtown ofLeżajsk.
The company claims that in 1525 Polish KingSigismund I the Old granted the town Leżajsk the exclusive right to brew beer.
Since its recent upgrades, it is estimated that the brewery has a capacity of 1.85 million hl a year. Leżajsk constitutes for 17% of Grupa Żywiec's output.[1] The company has three different brews: Leżajsk Pełne, Leżajsk Chmielowe Pils, and Leżajsk Niepasteryzowane. The last of which has won several awards, including Eurobeer 1995, Polagra and Chmielaki.[citation needed] The brewery also makesTatra Jasne Pełne andTatra Mocne.
The Lezajsk's logo features a blue and red shield with a cursive L on the foreground.
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