Monopolowa, originally a Polish brand, is a vodka made in Austria by Gessler.

"Monopolowa" means "under monopoly", in this case referring to a privilege given to the szlachta (nobility) in Poland, giving them exclusive rights to produce and sell vodka in their territories.

A. Baczewski, a distillery founded by Jewish merchant, Lejb Beczeles, from 1782 until World War II.

[1] After the war, Gessler, an Austrian company, bought the licence and the rights to production.

In 1990, the Starogard Gdański based branch of Polmos, a privatized offshoot of the former state-owned monopoly, started to produce several of J.A.