Bavaria
Cervejaria Kaiser

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From:
Cervejaria Kaiser
 
Brazil
Style:
European Pale Lager
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
65
Avg:
2.46 | pDev: 31.71%
Reviews:
26
Ratings:
37
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 11, 2018
Added:
Mar 29, 2003
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by 49degrees:
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Reviewed by 49degrees from Canada (BC)

3.8/5  rDev +54.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On March 13, 2003, Molson Inc began importing A Marca Bavaria into Canada. Having purchased the Brazilian brewery in 2002, Molson has now set its sights onto extensive market penetration with this brew aiming it for a Top 5 position within the Canadian import brew market.

Since the Bavaria's Canadian debut just over a month ago, this brew has become a hot property throughout the local bar scene thanks to a hearty advertising budget, strong promotion, and setting itself directly in the face of all those Corona drinkers.

I've never been a fan of Corona, and while Bavaria offers little more in that brewing style, it does far outshine Corona's offering. Served in a clear embossed bottle with a heavy weight neck label that wraps up over the cap (and gets in the way when drinking, so be sure to rip the label back) after you're served. As expected, it Includes the perverbial lime wedge jammed in the top.

I pulled the lime to take a few sips and was pleasantly surprised. Clear, clean and refreshing, quite fruity in flavor (but lime remnants probably aided in this arena) and well rounded malt blend. Thankfully, this one isn't plagued by the skunkiness often found in Corona. Staying in tune with what the night was about, I jammed the lime into the bottle, did a traditional bottle flip and slammed back the rest. It worked rather well -- far better than a lime masked Corona.

While not a particularly stunning beer, I can certainly picture this as being an easy drinking session beer in the hot summer months, or when hanging with friends looking for something pretty standard for all those 'macro-beer' drinking friends that I'm still slowly converting from the "dark side."

[ STATS:>> 12 oz bottle / ABV: 4.5 % / PRICE: $ 3.50 CDN ~ $ 2.55 USD ]
May 11, 2003
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.38 by Renata78 from Sweden

Aug 11, 2018
 
Rated: 1.98 by dandy14 from Brazil

Jan 08, 2018
 
Rated: 1.53 by Whatup14 from Canada (QC)

Sep 11, 2017
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Rated by papat444 from Canada (QC)

2.5/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Flashback #268 - Had this a few years ago under the brand A Marca Bavaria.
Aug 19, 2015
 
Rated: 2 by factoide from Brazil

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by jaredtp from Tennessee

Sep 22, 2014
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Reviewed by denisconrado from Brazil

1.25/5  rDev -49.2%
Taking advantage of the promotion winning and I had never taken, lo... Appearance: straw yellow, translucent; low carbonation; Aroma: A bit of hops at first, but as it was thought, at least not committed; Taste: almost insipid, alcohol and inserted; I say this because I felt like nothing, but rose in cachopa, rose!
Sep 18, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Stuckey_Stuckey from Australia

Sep 16, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Etrusco from Brazil

Jul 21, 2014
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Reviewed by homebrew311 from Illinois

1.98/5  rDev -19.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.75
Drinking this can thanks to my brother who brought me back some of Brazil's finest after his trip. 12 oz can poured into pint glass. Appearance is ridiculously light. It is like carbonated water with the slightest tint of gold in it. Short fizzy white head disappears quickly. Some decent lace left behind. The nose features musty grain, corn, and bread. Fairly straight forward with a tinge of that macro-corny-must that interferes with the light flavorless thing. The taste has a grainy sweetness up front, notes of corn and bread again. This has a bit of a malt liquor character to it, only problem is that if I am going to put my self through drinking something with that sweet malt liquor taste, I would hope that the ABV is at least something substantial. Not the case here as it is 4.6%. The sweetness fades into nothingness and has a crisp and somewhat clean finish. Mouthfeel is feather light with high carbonation. Overall, this beer is quite disappointing. Perhaps it would achieve a better score if it were in the adjunct light lager character, but this is a joke of a German Pilsener. Do yourself a favor an avoid...unless you are looking for the tick.
Feb 23, 2013
 
Rated: 1.75 by phishbone23 from New York

Jan 23, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by bcsbeer from Florida

Dec 10, 2012
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil

1.44/5  rDev -41.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
Two fingered head. Very pale yellow color. Good carbonation.
Faintest aroma from the last adjunct lagers I tasted, some corn could be felt.
Below average even comparing to other cheap adjunct lagers. Sweeter flavor, with a predominantly skunk and corn predominance. A collection of off-flavors, especially metallic-oxidized although still had a good 6 months till expiration date
Nov 04, 2012
 
Rated: 2 by Paracatu from Brazil

Feb 08, 2012
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

2.76/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bavaria is like any other big macro beer. It is getting to the point where I cant tell the difference between american adjuct lager and pilsners. Pours golden clear with good carbontaion that provides an intial froathy white head that dissapates quickly. The smell and taste are bolstered by grain with some hop in an effort to balance the beer. This is a standard no-frills beer. Drink it cuz its beer.
Aug 14, 2011
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Reviewed by fmccormi from California

3.02/5  rDev +22.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Straight pour from 350ml can to small tumbler; freshness date of October 31, 2011 printed on underside of can (23/10/11). I know the style here says German Pilsener, but c’mon. This is very much an AAL.

Appearance (2.0): Clear yellow-gold body with one finger of just off-white, coarsely carbed head that diminishes quickly to a thin ring around the edge of the glass. Body’s actually piss yellow, kind of like ½ of Michigan, BC, or USC’s colors.

Smell (2.5): Pretty insubstantial, but there’s some mild sweetness and fresh vegetable aromas happening; no hop presence to speak of.

Taste (3.0): There’s a brief, mild wave of bitterness mixed with the crisp flavor of cold lager, but after that comes a moderate sweetness kind of like fresh sweet corn on the cob. Some light bready notes. Yeast is pretty neutral, and this doesn’t taste spoiled or skunky at all. Always a plus for this style.

Mouthfeel (4.0): Relatively lush, actually. There’s a mixture of coarse and fine bubbles that quickly spread throughout your mouth, but then subside not TOO, too quickly to the loose, watery body.

Overall (3.5): Call me crazy, but for an AAL this isn’t so bad. Yes, it’s cheap, yellow, fizzy, and adjuncted to hell; it’s also light, refreshing, inoffensive, and somewhat more substantial than other Brazilian AALs.
Jul 18, 2011
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Reviewed by brdc from Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev +42.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Had multiple offerings of this one, fresh while in Brazil, under 100 + degree weather.

Golden yellow, good white head that shows average retention.
Clean nose and flavor, if nothing special. Some cookie notes, a mild hoppy bite, that at times feels grassy. Light bodied, quite refreshing if fresh, went well for a beach day.
Jan 06, 2010
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Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island

1.93/5  rDev -21.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Poured from a clear 11.2oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.

A: The beer is a pale gold color, with a short white head that fades quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is of adjuncts, light malts, grain and a faint touch of hops.

T: The taste is very bland with mild flavors of adjunct sweetness and the breadiness of grain and barley. There's a very mild hops presence. I'm just not getting very much flavor out of this beer at all, good or bad

M: Crisp and a little smooth, very light body, medium-to-high carbonation, finish is clean.

D: Not flavorful at all, goes down easily for that reason, not too filling, mild kick, decent representation of style, I suppose some might consider it thirst-quenching since there isn't much to this beer but overall it's just not a good beer.
Apr 27, 2009
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Reviewed by Vancer from Illinois

3.57/5  rDev +45.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
My co-worker, stationed in Sao Paulo, brought me 5 samples of Brazilian beer (all pilsners) – so these are fresh (and cheap, only .50 each from a market). This was sample #2

Best by 6/15/06 printed on the bottom – good. Pour – hmm. Candy yellow with a fast disappearing white head – again disappointing. Hint aromas of veggies and more malts – better than the Kaiser sample. Smoother tastes of lite malts and underlying grains, including some possible corn.

Crisp and biting in the mouth. But overall not too bad – and with 4.6% abv, this could be a decent session candidate. Just because it’s a pilsner, you should not overlook this one – or look down your nose at it.
Jan 21, 2006
Bavaria from Cervejaria Kaiser
Beer rating: 65 out of 100 with 37 ratings