Pivovary Topvar (SABMiller) Reviews

oh6gdx	2.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Bottled (Premium Helles). Golden colour, mediumsized foamy head. Aroma is herbal, some grainy and mild earthy tones. Flavour is nicely grassy with some herbs, bready and mild earthy tones. Actually not that bad. Thursday, May 11, 2023
Boca	3.5 Topvar 14% Patriot Sunday, August 21, 2022
djoeye	3.2 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Aroma; dark malts, sweet plum, dark bread, caramel. Look; beige dense fine head on dark roasted mahogany body. Taste; roasted malts, dark fudge, plum, dark bread, chocolate, mocca coffee, n finishes juicy dark malted. Feel; nice body n co². Overall; its good. [čištění garáže, lahvové pivo, koup@obchodě] Saturday, May 9, 2020
djoeye	2.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Aroma; bread, sweet malts. Look; off-white head on clear golden body. Taste; bread, caramel, malt, straw, grain, plum, syrup, n finishes to the malted side. Feel; normal body n co². Overall; its normal. [čištění garáže, lahvové pivo, koup@obchodě 2018] Thursday, May 7, 2020
Sandro Mosque	3.1 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Erzengel	4 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Sunday, December 3, 2017
Bitterbill	2.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé From Oct 2005 Poured from bottle: small head that dissipated quickly leaving just a fine lacing around the glass. Smell is all malt...very sweet in fact. Taste is also all malt for me with only a slight hint of hops in the finish. All in all, I find that the lack of hops in this one works and the thirst quencher factor is right up there. I recommend it. Monday, October 16, 2017
PilsnerDoctor32	2.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Botella 0,5l Color dorada clara, espuma fina no alta de 1 dedo, media resistencia. Aroma - malta, frutas, pan. sabor- un fino y agradable dulzor, cereales, malta, frutas. Postgusto- despues de dulzor se nota un amargor fino. Interesanta y bastante buena Sunday, August 20, 2017
Hoppy_Luke	2 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Wypite przed kilkoma laty, nie jest już produkowane… Ocena przepisana z notatek. Saturday, April 1, 2017
Hoppy_Luke	2 Topvar 8% Samaritán Wypite przed kilkoma laty, nie jest już produkowane… Ocena przepisana z notatek. Saturday, April 1, 2017
mlady	1.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé On tap,pale cokor with a slight white head,body is average,light malt and hop character. Thursday, November 19, 2015
vepro	2 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Friday, November 13, 2015
Headbanger	2.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé 11.2 oz bottle old notes (Trader Joe’s)-Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of corn and skunk. Taste of corn and more corn and also of a bad American pale lager. This light bodied brew was not bad but not good. Tuesday, December 31, 2013
SVD	2.6 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Just to sort out some beers I have had, but didn’t rate. From tap at my hotel in Hungary a few years back, what i remember, drinkable beer nothing special. Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Kevnic2008	2.8 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Golden coloured, medium sized white head. Moderate malty, bitter hoppy and grainy with notes yeast. Sunday, September 30, 2012
Grzesiek79	3.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Fajna etykieta ze zdrapka, ciekawy pomysl i zabawa. Piwo takze dostarcza fajnych wrazen. Niemal takich samych jak po zdrapaniu obu zdrapek. Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Grzesiek79	3.9 Topvar 8% Samaritán leather, woody, rotten eggs, chocolate, bread, golden, hazy, white foam, medium sweetness, very bitter, lightly sour, medium body, thin feel, lively, Monday, February 27, 2012
engelschalk	2.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Medium yellow colour; beer with thin white foam; aroma with grassy notes. Taste after malt, slightly bitter. Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Parket	2.9 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) from tap in Bratislava in Mexican restaurant, dark black colour with light brown and stable head. Smell: roasted malts and some sweetness, just like the taste. Easy drinking and refreshing one. Monday, June 20, 2011
Cuso	2.1 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Yellow color with minimum white head. Aroma of grass, malt. Taste is very sweet, malty. Nothing special. Thursday, March 17, 2011
madmitch76	2.5 Topvar 14% Patriot 30th April 2006 Warning! Early amateur rating! Bottle in Bratislava. Thick bitter lager. Reminds me of Kronenbourg. A sweeter note on the finish. Okay. Sunday, October 17, 2010
Cuso	2.5 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Bottled and on tap. Dark brown color with small beige head. Aroma malt with fruit. Taste, roasted grain, malt, hints of caramel. Forgettable beer. Saturday, October 16, 2010
jtclockwork	3.5 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Pour is dark. Nose is caramel and resin. Taste is sweet caramel, malts and light roasted coffee. Rated 5/31/04 Friday, May 7, 2010
ha1ag	2.3 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) From the supermarket in Velky Meder. Very dark, almost black color, with tan long-lasting fluffy head. Some lacing, sweet nose. Aroma is caramel and sweet. Flavour is roasted coffee with some bitterness. VERY watery which is not compensated by the bitter palate. Could be a good one with more body. Tuesday, April 20, 2010
KyotoLefty	3.1 Topvar 14% Patriot Bottle, bought and drank in Kosice, before it was retired. Golden color with a big, fluffy head. Rich malty aroma, with cereal grains. Malty, sweet, flavor, similar to a heller bock. A bit too sweet and one-dimensional, though. Monday, March 22, 2010
cheap	2.6 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) 17 oz bottle from Barvarianpurity, thanks Andre! Nice dark beer pour. Smell is a little mustry and leather but certainly palatable. Choco malt olfactory in the back ground. Thin if any head but the second pour yields a rock half inch head. Color of head is dirty tan. Toffee and laid back with hardley any and barely roastiness. Mild alky thru-out. Dull back of throat effects. Some decent carbonation in there. A fun and mild choco beer with a tad of mulling personality. Saturday, March 20, 2010
MrRoss	3 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé A so-so beer, described on the can as "Premium Beer", "Helles Lager", and "Svetly Leziak". I think the last two translate to "light lager" which make this one a swill and that’s all it really is. Nothing premium about it, except maybe the labelling on the can. Tuesday, August 25, 2009
nate2g	3.1 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Pours ruby with a creamy white head. Roasted malt aroma and dark fruits coming through. Taste is malt, toffee and plum. Medium bodied with a sweet and bitter finish. Saturday, January 10, 2009
ogreface	3.1 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Fekete színe van és "piszkos" habja ami közepesen tart és nyomot hagy a pohár oldalán.Illata édeskés,karamellás.Megkóstolva is ott a karamella,de csak az első kortyok édesek.Aztán jön egy pörkölt kávés,kesernyés íz.Kissé vizes teste van..Az utóíze is igen keserű. Friday, November 21, 2008
Quinten	2.4 Topvar 14% Patriot Bottle 500ml, A friend toke it from hungary fore me, sweet one with a bit overwalming alcohol do it have only 6%, some grain, some spices, not very special, Friday, October 31, 2008
chmurarz	3.3 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) very nice looks, chocolate brown, nice permiable lacing, caramelly malty aroma, taste is sweet, smoke, caramelly, pretty well balanced, medium to heavt bodied Wednesday, July 16, 2008
dEM1972	3.7 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Fine hoppy flavour, you can get the malt and barley there too, clean smell; light gold, amber in colour; solid, full-on taste to it, you get the hops and roastings in there, rounded fizz, heavier on the bitter side but not too much so; distinct bitter after taste. Saturday, July 5, 2008
sirPino	2.6 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) No 231 Rated: 10.10.2007 Bottle brown, 500 ml, 10 P Appearance: Pours dark brown, caramelic, deep reddish, vary dark ruby, rather no transparent, head is small, off - white, cappuccino like in colour, beige, almost fully diminihing, head has no lacing, body is not transparent, thick, dark, gently sparkling but it is hard to notice the sparkling through the texture of the beer, colour of body is quite intensive as for dunkel, reminding a kind of good quality Baltic Porter, head is mostly diminishing, size of body is large, density is average, very nice apart from the head that is weak. Aroma: Coffee, sugar, roasted malts and grains, toffee, cream, smooth and gentle aroma, burned sugar is also present, butterscotch, no smoke in aroma, vanilla, milk. Flavour: Burned sugar, roastyness, toastyness a bit, toffee, smoke but not strong, slight bitterness, wall nuts, malted barley, additional sugar, well balanced, not too distinctive but rounded, carbonation on palate is average, lihgt alcoholic, vanilla, brown sugar. Palate: Body is light to medium, texture is dry, carbonation on palate is medium, finish feel is chalky, roasty, dry, light alcoholic. Saturday, June 28, 2008
evilempire	3.2 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) draught in Zajecar, Serbia, and later in Bratislava, tasting notes from Serbia. Ruby-black colour, with solid head. malty aroma, some roast flavour, slightly fruity, very slight toffee. remember it being slightly smoother in Bratislava Thursday, March 6, 2008
Radek Kliber	3.5 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Bottle 500 ml Appearance: Pours as ruby brown with neatly contrasting creamy peak, some lace shown.3+ Nose :Mineral hopps , brown malt , refreshing light nose . Light fruity (plum) hints.. Flavor/Palate : Front – crust of rye bread , good malt profile. Flavorful yet still refreshing and drinkable. Softer finish , well made. I am not sure if I would call this Schwarzbier, more of a dunkel to me. Tuesday, February 19, 2008
sloth	3.1 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Medium sized light brown head, retention is fair, lacing is minimal. Beautiful deep amber colored body with light red hints. Nose is malty, lightly sweet, bready. Body is light, grainy on the palate. Lightly sweet malt flavors, caramel, light roast and bready, grainy. Finish is lightly sweet and malty with a light astringency. Bottle acquired from coldbrewky, thanks Stevely! Sunday, February 10, 2008
nuplastikk	3.4 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé 11.2oz bottle. Topvar Premium Pils. Pale golden color, translucent. Has a creamy mouthfeel with a subdued spicy hop balance. Easy drinking and refreshing, doughy yet light. Good one from the Slovaks. Monday, January 7, 2008
RblWthACoz	3.1 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) Pours a very dark ruby with a tan head. Nose is bland and almost non-existent. Flavor is mildly sweet with almost a porter like back end quality (but still not much to speak of). A fair amount of sweetness, but not much else to mention. Feel is slightly on the thicker side, but still borders on nearly thin. Drinkable, sure. It is a decent brew, but not anything overly unique. With anything that comes from so far, I think if you can get it fresh, of course it will be better and worth trying. But if it has been sitting around for a long time, or is traveling an even longer distance that NY (where I got mine), then I can see how it would alter your tasting of it and it might end up being one you wished you had avoided. Saturday, September 15, 2007
coldbrewky	3.6 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) 500 ml bottle provided by another co-worker who wishes to remain nameless. Gentle caramel nose wafts from bottle. Pours a dark brown/light ruby. Lightly sweet on the tounge. Little if any hops noticable, but then again, I have been splitting wood all day and everthing has an oaky tinge to it now. Body a bit chalky at finish. A nice brew from Slovakia that I had not had. George..... bring me more. Sunday, September 2, 2007
Daredevil	3.4 Topvar 14% Patriot this was one of the best brews I tasted on my recent holiday in Slovakia ... it is a full bodied lager in the classic Czech style .... a very even blend of hops and malt ... this is a beer which can be used as an appetizer as well as accompany some pork or white meat .... the downside is, it’s not easily availabe, even in Slovakia .... Friday, August 31, 2007
Padron4KM	2.5 Topvar 10% Tmavé - Zochar (Topvar Dark) 500 ml brown bottle. Light ruby with a thin espresso colored head. Aroma is lightly roasted, lightly sweet. Flavor is almost non-existant. Light roasted malt, some watered down fruit, and corn syrup. Thin body. Sunday, June 10, 2007
JorisPPattyn	3.2 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Deep gold with medium white head. Very neutral nose, bit sweet-ish, honey, and some sawdust. Quite good combination of dry grain taste, sweetish honey flavour, finishing in dry hop-tinted grassy notes. Very dynamic flavourprofile. Every new sip yields again honey. Light to medium bodied. A bit sticky in the finish. Surprisingly good for a bread-and-butter lager. Saturday, May 12, 2007
MiP	2.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Bottle, 5.2% as Topvar Premium Helles Bier. Golden colour, very small white head. Slightly fruity hoppiness with medium bitterness. A bit fruity for a lager, but nice enough. Sunday, February 4, 2007
bhensonb	2.5 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé A light grassy hop aroma, like part of a top Czech pilsener. Brassy gold color with a white head that goes away. Starts rather sweet, and then the hops knock that away. It’s ok. Maybe better than ok. Saturday, January 27, 2007
LinusStick	2.3 Topvar Lahke Svetle I am not a pilsener person but this is one of the best pilseners I have ever tasted. Tastes like a pale lager with a sweet aftertaste and not too metallic. Good for the style. Sunday, January 7, 2007
brianprentiss	1.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Tons better than American Macros, but still a fairly average pils. The bottle sells a lot more than what’s inside. Monday, January 1, 2007
IrishBoy	2.7 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Bottle from Trader Joes; Nose is grainy, malty with some faint apple notes; clear gold with a quick disappearing but large white head; Malty flavor with caramel and a bit of tartness. Friday, December 8, 2006
hopscotch	1.4 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé Bottle... Clear, light yellow lager with a small, creamy, white head (hard pour). Funky, weird herbal nose. Medicinal with light notes of licorice. The flavor is well-balanced, but strange as well. Herbal and medicinal. Bitter in a "dish soap" way. Medium-bodied with a milky mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Crisp finish. Reminds me of sorghum beer with a note of very light molasses. Thanks to growler for the bottle! Saturday, December 2, 2006
eyesandsmiles	3.2 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé I’m not a huge fan of pale beers but this one was pretty good. Not special but satisfying. Tuesday, November 14, 2006
PilsnerPeter	2.9 Topvar 11.5% Svetlé The bottle I had was labeled "Topvar - Premium Pils" I wasn’t sure if was the same beer, but I didn’t wanna add a beer if it was a mistake. Pours clear a thin golden with thin white head. Suprisingly sweet fruity aroma of caramel apples. Sweet flavor as well, malty and fuller upfront. Sweet honey-nut flavor. Has a slightly tart touch of apples. Long light bitter finish with a touch of almond. Different, but not really balanced. One dimensional. Friday, October 20, 2006