You can read about the history of Baltic porter here, now we are interested in one fragment of it. Polish breweries have always been able to brew Baltic porters, these beers enjoyed recognition not only in Poland but also abroad. Michael Jackson’s book “Great Beer Guide” from 2000 included 500 classic beers from around the world, which according to the author should be tried. There was only one beer from Poland, of course Baltic porter. The turn of the 20th and 21st centuries was a time of brewery closures in Polish brewing. Takeovers by large brewing corporations, cost optimization. One brewery after another disappeared, and with them, other interesting beers disappeared from store shelves. Such as Grodziskie, which disappeared from the market in 1993 with the closure of the brewery in Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Fortunately, Grodziskie has returned after years and is doing better and better. But other beers were disappearing, the market was getting poorer and poorer, dominated by fairly uniformly tasting light lagers. In 2004, we reached the point where in the whole of Poland, Baltic porters were brewed by only 7 breweries: Nakło, Łódź, Witnica, Strzelec, Żywiec, Ciechanów and Brok.