Bavaria Pilsener

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

Serve in Lager glass

Good looking lager,pale gold with a fine white head. A strange aroma dominates, hoppy??? perhaps!!! Light in flavour and on the palate. A refreshing style of lager, I don’t think it’s meant to be taken too seriously. Well chilled, this is OK stuff, better than another mass produced "lager" from Glasgow.

A normal dutch Pilsener.

No 240
Rated: 31.10.2007

Can, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours very bright golden body with no carbonation, the head is medium, white and rocky, mostly diminishing dynamically changing, the head gives some lacing, what is surprising is thatthere are no bubbles in the body of the beer at all after the head is formed.
Aroma: Mild, chalky a bit, oily, grains, a kind of bitter, hoppy freshness, rather not mellow and milky like the previous - ’Lager’ version, some hints of a nasty smell like dirt, something sweaty and dirty.
Flavour: Oily texture, front is mild, no carbonation on plate, accidic, dry impression in the aftertaste - chalky like, metalic, bitterness and hoppy freshness is present, grainy, finish duration is short.
Palate: Light, texture is oily, carbonation is flat (very minute amount of gass), finish feel is grainy, chalky, accidic (light), alcoholic (light).

Green bottle: Pale yellow with white head. Smells like cardboard. Tastes like water with little malts and a bitter and dry aftertaste. A very light beer.

An average pilsener primarily dominated by the malt. Nice white head. Acceptable malty aroma. Flavour is lightly sweet, perhaps with some corn. Only a lightly bitter finish. A pleasant, but uninteresting beer.

I was expecting a Heineken-type of dutch import, but it was actually somewhat better than that. Poured the expected light golden color with white head, but unlike others of its type, the head lingered for the entire glass and left very good lacing. Has the typical grainy lager aroma, but the taste is flavorful, and the finish is smooth. This actually was not too bad of a beer.

Had one of these in a bottle, came in my "Beers of the World" giftpack. Rich nose of toasted grain, alcohol, and a touch of fruit. Pours a pale golden honey. The large creamy dense white head is mostly lasting with good lacing. The balanced flavor finishes slightly sweet with no acidity. Subtle understated complexity for a lager. The very smooth and creamy body is light to medium with a nice dry finish.

Bottled. Pale blonde with a thin head. Aroma of grains. Watery, lightly malty, with a strong industrial feeling. Not good.