Bavaria Brouwerij (Swinkels Family Brewers)
Commercial Brewery in Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Established in 1719
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.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Fles 33cl thuis. Grainy, zoet, grassig, corn, fruitje, maltig. (16-2-2025).
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Aroma of artificial grapefruit, sugar. Flavour is sugary grapefruit sweetness. Not too bad for a Radler.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Aroma of malt, caramel, brown sugar, raisins. Flavour is sweet with a moderate bitter finish. A bit on the thin side. Average Bock.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 9
Bottiglia. Un territorio olfattivo dominato dall'orzo. L'intensità olfattiva è normale, permanendo in maniera sufficiente. Il mantello birroso superiore resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è nella media. La forza gustativa è normale e si prolunga in modo sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Ha una nota finale amarognola. Il retrogusto è di media intensità. Sulla lingua si riportano indizi di caramello, miele, pane ed erbaceo.
Earlier Rating: 9/24/2015 Total Score: 3.2
Lattina. L’intensità olfattiva è elevata e la persistenza olfattiva più che sufficiente.Il gusto al naso ricorda frumento e poi orzo. Il cappello di schiuma a rapida dispersione lascia una velatura ricca di merletti a bollicine medie con bassa carbonazione. La frizzantezza è con bollicine di breve grandezza. La carbonazione è morbida. La consistenza del liquido è limpida, di colore giallo dorato brillante. L’amaro è moderato . Il corpo è rotondo. L’aroma alla lingua si divide equamente tra il medio dolce e il medio amaro. L’intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa buona. Il gusto piacevole definiscono le sensazioni boccali finali come beverina. Il finale è secco, pulito, dissetante e semplice.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
Can at home. Aroma is sweet cloying malt, sugary, nasty alcohol. Flavour is cloying malty sugary boozy sweetness. Body is medium. Nasty evil stuff in all respects.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Can at home. Aroma is artificial lemon, sugar, soda. Flavour is sugary sweetness. Body is light. Might as well drink soda.
Ancient tick.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle at Eindhoven Airport. Grainy malt aroma with cereal and barely a hint of Cascade fruitiness. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and bitter. Fairly watery body. Pretty standard subpar Pils.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle from a local supermarket. Aroma is grainy malt, straw, touch of apples. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Body is light. Fairly drinkable, but no big gaps in the beer landscape were filled by this one...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Can from a local supermarket. Aroma is grainy with soft floral hops and mild soapy notes. Flavour is sweetish with a light bitterness. Body is light to medium, weaker than the abv would suggest. Way too restrained, as is common when a macro brewery wanders into a hoppy style. Bland.