Żubr (beer)
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Żubr beer is a Polish
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...

 lager
Lager
Lager is a type of beer made from malted barley that is brewed and stored at low temperatures. There are many types of lager; pale lager is the most widely-consumed and commercially available style of beer in the world; Pilsner, Bock, Dortmunder Export and Märzen are all styles of lager...

 brewed on from of barley malt by the company 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...

 SA. It contains 12.1% (by weight) of the extract and 6.0% alcohol. The brand has been promoted throughout the country by Kompania Piwowarska based on the product acquired in 2003 along with the Dojlidy Brewery
Dojlidy Brewery
Dojlidy Brewery or Browar Dojlidy as it is known in Polish is located in Białystok, Poland and is owned by Kompania Piwowarska SA, thr Polish subsidiary of SABMiller. The brewery was modernized between 1997 and 1999, then in 2003 it was purchased by Kompania Piwowarska SA.The Dojlidy Brewery used...

 in Białystok. The icon for the beer is the Żubr
Zubr
Zubr can refer to:*Żubr or Zubr, the name in several east European languages for the wisent or European bison *Zubr - a civic youth organization in Belarus*Zubr - a novel by Daniil Granin...

, or European Bison, which was initially placed on the bottle in 1768. The beer is produced at Kompania Piwowarska breweries in Białystok, Poznan and Tychy.

It is available throughout Poland, and is also available in many off-licences in the UK, due to demand for the beer from the Polish diaspora in Britain. It is currently the second most popular in beer in Poland, with 14% market control.

Kompania Piwowarska SA is the Polish 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...

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