Beer in Poland vs. beer in Ukraine

After last party, I started to think about basic differences between beer in Poland and Ukraine. First of all there are no differences in beer, more differences are about “drinking beer culture”. About basic beer types (or brands): in Poland I love Lech and Tyskie Gronie, in Ukraine I always buy my favorite Obolon (Оболонь) and Bile (Біле). So about drinking culture – in Ukraine we drink beer and combine it with eating shrimps, or dried squid. I think that the most wonderful thing to combine with a beer is dried fish called таранка – the only name I found  in English as in German and Polish is “Stockfish”. Best thing to do on the seaside is to drink your favorite beer and eat таранка. In Poland I’ve noticed that we use as a snack (my friends) potato chips, peanuts, small pretzels. Common snack for both cultures are chips. The only difference that can occur is taste. In Ukraine I sometimes choose crab chips. In Poland I love onion chips, or new spicy taste – wasabi chips. One thing I know – both countries have many great beer brands and Ukrainian as well as Polish people love beer!!!