Grodziskie

English

Etymology

From Polish piwo grodziskie (“Grodzisk beer”), from the town of Grodzisk Wielkopolski where it was traditionally brewed.

Noun

Grodziskie (plural Grodziskies)

1. A top-fermenting ale from Poland brewed with smoked wheat malt.
   • 2013, Tim Hampson, editor, World Beer‎^[1], →ISBN, page 136:

     However, the brewery has yet to take up the challenge of brewing a Grodziskie, a top-fermented, smoked wheat beer, once widely drunk in the region and now all but died out.

   • 2015, Jeff Alworth, The Beer Bible‎^[2], →ISBN, page 351:

     Krebs's finest went above and beyond by not only tracking down an original Grodziskie yeast strain from Poland, but also convincing Germany's Weyermann Malts to introduce oak-smoked wheat malt. Add Polish Lublin hops and you have the closest thing to the last historical Grodziskies.