Bavaria Pilsener

Brewed by Bavaria Brouwerij (Netherlands)
Style: Premium Lager
Lieshout, Netherlands

Serve in Lager glass

A színe tükrös arany, kis fehér habja hamar összeesik és nyomtalanul el is tűnik, szénsavassága enyhe. Illata malátás, gyümölcsös, kicsit fűszeres. Sima teste a vékony és a közepes határmezsgyéjén mozog, édeskés aromájában nyomokban feltűnik némi gabonás beütés. Az íze édes, gyümölcsös (nekem szőlőt idéző) és kenyér jellegű. Az édes karaktert a rövid befejezésben egy kis fűszeresség "egyenlíti" ki. Meg lehet inni, de amúgy teljesen jellegtelen…

Ah Bavaria, while you may be a region rich with beer brewing history, culture, and of course, beer, the fizzy macro lager that bares your proud name is anything but rich. Well, rich with excessive carbonation which doesn’t count for anything other than gas. Clear light straw with bubbles screaming to be let free, no head, and his meager white collar looks as if he really wants to be somewhere else. His nose is the sweet wonderful smell of adjuncts which I pretty much associate these days with all homogenized mass-market light lagers. Lemon cream meets wonderbread while grains and corn soak in the sunshine. His palate is clean, refreshing, and watery. Thin in the front and middle, his exuberant carbonation gives the majority of his palate a carbonated water essence. Only in the finish and back of my throat does any flavor come out to play: wonderbread with a kiss of lemon. A few more sips and melted lemon-ice reminds me of the plastic tubes of artificially flavored sugar water that we’d stick in the freezer by the dozens and suck down in the hot summer sun when I was a kid. I’d quaff and repeat to find more, but failure is not an option so I suck down the last few trickles of Bavaria and bid that blemish farewell.

Beers like this always remind me of what Greg Koch said during the Beer Wars documentary. I’m supposed to accept this?! Nope. Sorry. Not going to happen. Or, why drink Bavaria when you can drink water which is free and tastes better.

I bought a large can of this beer in Iceland and poured it into a pint glass to drink. It was a light gold color, somewhat cloudy, with a average-sized foamy white head that quickly dissipated and had very little cling. The beer had a faint grain and straw aroma with a slight touch of barley malt. It was mostly bitter and sour, with a faint grainy hops taste. The beer had a thin, light body with low carbonation and a weak mouthfeel. Not a very good beer in my opinion.

Pours a clear weak yellow with a thin white head. Aroma is grain and a bit skunky. Taste is weak malt and hop. Really boring.

(Bottled) Clear yellow-golden with a small, lacy head. Aroma of corny malt, cardboard, corn. Flavor is corny-malty, slightly metallic and cardboardy, with a touch of fruitiness. Light to medium body, soft carbonation, somewhat refreshing. A basic bulk lager - nothing more, nothing less. 3333

Can of 50cl. Pours out very light yellow. A pretty nice medium sized head. Smell of spices, citrus and bread. A bit unpleasant. A bit hoppy, spiced taste. Better lager then expected to be honest. Biterness at the end is moderated, the beer has a bit of an surprising taste for a pilsener. More taste inside, expected something more watery. Ofcourse, it’s not a thing I gonna buy again soon...

Canette 500 ml. 5%. Il semble très difficile d’identifier correctement cette bière parmis les sortes présentées. Celle ci est la Bavaria Holland Beer, une lager à 5%. C’est pourtant très clair sur le site de la brasserie. Couleur jaune or, mousse blanche. Arôme de céréale. Assez mince en bouche, elle est douce, peu maltée et très légèrement houblonnée. J’imagine qu’elle devrait bien se boire lors d’une journée très chaude. Correct

Used to be my fallback beer of choice 3 or so years ago. Very easy to drink. Not sure of how much head on pour, used to drink from the can.