Bavaria NA
Swinkels Family Brewers

Bavaria NABavaria NA
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From:
Swinkels Family Brewers
 
Netherlands
Style:
Low-Alcohol Beer
ABV:
0.5%
Score:
75
Avg:
2.68 | pDev: 33.58%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
10
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 28, 2020
Added:
Apr 15, 2003
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by WoodBrew:
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

2.14/5  rDev -20.1%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 3
The non-alcohol Bavaria looks like a good pilsner beer should - a nice light gold color with a pure white head that reached 2.5 fingers and died down with some lacing after a couple minutes. Smell malty with some sweetness. Taste is not bad, some malt and sweetness. For a NA, the mouthfeel wasn't bad. Much like most light american beers.
Oct 29, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 1.92 by Daniel473 from Netherlands

Aug 28, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by OzmanBey from Massachusetts

Oct 22, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by Latarnik from New Jersey

Jul 07, 2014
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bavaria NA displays a clear straw-gold body beneath a short head of bright white that holds fairly well and leaves tiny spots of lace about the glass.

The aroma is malty, as might be expected, with herbal and grassy hops.

The flavor follows suit, and the only addition the its character is a little bit of a tea-like quality which is probably coming from a combination of the residual malts and the herbal and grassy hops.

Often, these beers can be too malty, but they've kept it pretty well balanced. And although it does have that residual malt and hop flavor/bitterness that lingers, there's not so much there that it becomes distracting. In fact, once you've accepted the maltiness a few sips in, you hardly notice it as it's already coated your palate. Nicely done.
Mar 28, 2011
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Reviewed by smoelwerkje from Netherlands

2.93/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Yes finaly a beer brewery gets the taste that a malt should have.
one of the best imitation beers
good for alcoholfree workdays
bavaria sets a mark of what a alcohol free beer shut tast like.
It's widely avaliable in supermarkets, so try one for yourself.
Jan 24, 2011
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Reviewed by BucBasil from Rwanda

2.67/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Picked this one up at a local store in my small town in Bulgaria. Labeled as "Bavaria 0.0%," I guess to skip over the language barrier.

Poured from the 330mL green glass bottle into a pilsner glass.

A: Looks like a good pilsner beer should - a nice light gold color with a pure white head that reached 2.5 fingers and died down with some lacing after a couple minutes.

S: Largely malty with bready notes being the most prominent. A light sweetness and some toast in there as well. Musty on the back end. This almost smells like an English bitter.

T: Pretty impressive actually, with some good bready notes throughout, and an actual backbone. Musty again, but in a good way. No hops really to be found in here. This is a good imitation of a Czech pilsner, but all in all stops at just that - an imitation. A fake sort of sweetness creeps in, almost like aspartame. OK though overall.

This was a good surprise for a non alcoholic beer, though I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I had other options. One of the good/bad things about living in a beer desert is that it forces you to try things that you normally wouldn't. I like reviewing beers, and so this was a good experience for me. I don't think I'd really recommend this to someone looking for a good high quality "beery beer" however. It's a very good imitation of a beer, though.
Aug 29, 2010
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Reviewed by mrmanning from Canada (ON)

1.5/5  rDev -44%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Bottle at Pita-Pita middle-eastern restaurant., in London, ON- A very pale yellow pour, with a fizzy and quickly diminishing white cap. Nose is all grains and some malts, wet hay, not much else really. Tastes sweet, of an artificial grainy flavour, a bit grassy, a bit bitter. It is ok for what it is. Went well with my Falafell.
Jul 29, 2009
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Reviewed by kbub6f from New York

2.46/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A decent, two-finger, cream-colored, dense, foamy head piles on top of the clear, darkish gold beer. There is some sticky lacing. Sweet corn syrup dominates the nose. Some ink. Nice enough, though. Big sweet corn syrup throughout, with some hops making an attempt at bittering the finish. I'd put this middle-of-the-pack for NAs. A little too corny sweet.
May 13, 2004
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas

2.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Appearance: Clear dark golden color; moderately carbonated with a small white head that soon fades to a paper-thin layer. The lacing is only fair.

Aroma: The usual sweet caramel aroma of unfermented wort. Actually, this one is on the verge of caramel corn.

Taste: Begins with a touch of carbonation, very sweet caramel notes follow. Some sharply bitter metallic hops bring the taste to a close and linger long after. The finish is mildly dry.

Mouth feel: Not unpleasant, but just average.

Drinkability/notes: This is not that bad, as NAs go, but if you must drink a NA, O'Doul's is far better.

Presentation: A short neck twelve-ounce brown glass bottle, otherwise identical to the green glass Bavaria version.
Apr 15, 2003
Bavaria NA from Swinkels Family Brewers
Beer rating: 75 out of 100 with 10 ratings