Bavaria Brouwerij (Swinkels Family Brewers)

Commercial Brewery in Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱

Established in 1719

Contact
Burg. van den Heuvelstraat 35, Lieshout, 5737, Netherlands
Subsidiaries
Bavaria Brouwerij (Swinkels Family Brewers) owns 9 breweries:
Description
We are Swinkels Family Brewers, a 100% independent family brewer and proud of it. Thanks to three centuries of craftsmanship and a healthy entrepreneurial spirit, we have come to where we are today. With a deep respect for people and for our environment. Because in this respect too, we like to be ground-breaking. This is how we continue to pass a more beautiful Swinkels Family Brewers on to the next generation.

For many years now, we have used 1719 as the year in which we were founded and we mention this year on some of our labels. This is the year from which the oldest excise papers were found. But a municipal archivist who researched our origins last century remarked that the origins of the brewery probably go back much further, to 1680.From 1773 on the brewery and the Swinkels family are connected inextricably. In 1924 we open a new brewery. A year later, the three brothers Frans, Piet and Jan Swinkels founded the company 'Gebroeders Swinkels'. They then introduced a new (bottom fermentation) brewing method for brewing pilsner.

in 1935 the three brothers Jan, Piet and Frans Swinkels open a new brew house, which is still operational today. In 1940 Johannes Swinkels opens our own malt house. This gives us more control over the quality of this important raw material for our beer. In 2007 the 6th generation of Swinkels pass on the baton to the 7th generation. We change our trade name into Swinkels Family Brewers in 2018. A year later the firm receives the Royal designation, changing its name, therefore, to Royal Swinkels Family Brewers.

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5.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Some unnatural aroma and taste. Light body. A bit weak given the alcohol content.

Tried on 17 Aug 2025 at 10:05


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Amarillo dorado claro y transparente, espuma blanca y muy esponjosa. Leves notas florales y herbales en nariz. Ligera y refrescante en boca, algo acuosa, poco cuerpo, matices florales, cítricos y herbales, fondo algo dulce y final moderadamente amargo, trago largo. De IPA tiene poco, normalita, para todos los gustos, especialmente los menos exigentes y más sedientos.

Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2025 at 16:11


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Can in Costa Rica.
Pours clear light golden with a small white head, good lacing. Pale malts, straw, bready, grains.
Ok

Tried from Can from Fresh Market on 04 Aug 2025 at 05:16


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

From Del Haize, Brussels. Short lasting head. Light body. Medium to high carbonation. Ripe cherry, a bit of sour cherry. I was expecting worse, actually it's drinkable.

Tried on 27 Jul 2025 at 15:00


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4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

25/7/2025. Can from a shop near Dovercourt station, courtesy of Colin, “enjoyed” from the can as a train beer home from Harwich Town Redoubt Beer Festival 2025. Very sweet, malty, syrupy. Boozy metallic. Felt borderline anti-social. If it wasn’t for being on a train I’d be on a park bench.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2025 at 18:46


5

Karamelline, mõru, must tee, tsitrus, vesine. Bavaria ja alko vaba kohta pole kõige hullem.

Tried on 21 Jul 2025 at 22:45


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Smakt Lisboa Juli 2025. Enkel og lett. Ser ut som Corona og smaker som Corona.

Tried on 14 Jul 2025 at 17:29


3

Magus ingveri laimi limonaad.

Tried on 26 Jun 2025 at 22:02


3

Magusama poolne ja vesine vaarika limps.

Tried on 26 Jun 2025 at 19:39