Brava Cerveza
Lakeport Brewing Company

Brava CervezaBrava Cerveza
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From:
Lakeport Brewing Company
 
New Brunswick, Canada
Style:
American Adjunct Lager
ABV:
5%
Score:
69
Avg:
2.79 | pDev: 27.6%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
45
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 01, 2016
Added:
Nov 03, 2002
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  2
Brava is a premium lager containing 5% alcohol and brewed with specialized premium hops that promote a light-bodied, crisp, and refreshing lager.
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Ratings by Nephnay:
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Rated by Nephnay from Canada (ON)

3/5  rDev +7.5%

Jul 28, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Rated by Dean1139 from Canada (BC)

3.6/5  rDev +29%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Someone mentioned this beer is reminiscent of MGD, is right a good summer beer for a few dollars less. Would buy again, if MDG wasn't available.
Sep 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.19 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by fortyfield from Canada (ON)

Jan 20, 2016
 
Rated: 2.5 by pharmerdoc from Canada (MB)

Aug 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Magibeg from Canada (ON)

May 17, 2014
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Reviewed by Pantherbone from Canada (QC)

3.71/5  rDev +33%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
The air itself is sweating under the hot July sun. My Brava is doing exactly what I paid it to do and at $1.00 a can, it's doing it well. The bar gains a bargain. The burgers are on the bbq, the 'tater salad is in a large plastic bowl, and Brava is giving a nice slow buzz. If you're like me and understand what the product is meant to be you don't give a damn about fingers of head or lacing or any of that snobbish crap. Long live the beer of summer.
Jul 17, 2013
 
Rated: 1.5 by TheBeeraholic from Canada (ON)

Jun 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Huffs from New York

Feb 12, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by SandS from Canada (ON)

Dec 02, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by Will12 from Canada (ON)

Nov 07, 2012
 
Rated: 2.5 by LagerHOGGER from Canada (AB)

Nov 03, 2012
 
Rated: 2.75 by MN_Beerticker from Minnesota

Sep 24, 2012
 
Rated: 1 by Wordslinger from Canada (ON)

May 05, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by vondutch from Canada (AB)

Apr 23, 2012
 
Rated: 2.75 by beerhunter13 from Canada (ON)

Mar 27, 2012
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

2.21/5  rDev -20.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
355ml can, no indication of origin other than the perfunctory Labatt's production info on the rudimentary label.

This beer pours a crystal clear, very pale golden yellow colour, with three fat fingers of puffy, thinly foamy, and fizzy bone-white head, which leaves a decent spectral lace pattern of lace around the glass as everything subsides.

It all smells of sharp, corny grain, musty rice, overcooked green veggies, with an unexpected boozy nature beyond reproach. The taste is understated nail polish remover, adjunct-heavy grainy 'malt', hard water, thankfully faded vegetal astringency, and well, nothing else.

The carbonation is quite reserved, the body equally so, with a typically bland, though even, medium body weight. It finishes mostly blithely sweet, with a musty corn/rice graininess, but again in a weakly rendered manner - nothing much else going on.

Cheap is, as cheap does. 6 bucks and change buys you the whole six-pack, yes sirree Bob! A typical Labatt's LCD offshoot from the brain guild down off Whitemud Drive - try harder next time, boyz...oh, right, you don't need or have to.
Feb 19, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by oldp0rt from Canada (QC)

Feb 10, 2012
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Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)

2.25/5  rDev -19.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
355ml can poured into pint glass 2/2/12

A clear straw yellow with bubbles of all sizes feeding a thumbs width of bone white foam that sticks around long enough to leave a couple rings of lace, looks great for the style

S well my excitement was short lived, corny sweet malt with some very faint solvent, at least its not skunky

T simple and not very appealing, what I smell more or less, with a little apple on the finish

M lots of bubbles, a little watery and a relatively clean finish

O just like a thousand macros before it this one fails to impress me other then its look

I hope this was at least cheap beer, a party leftover from the other night gotta love random ticks
Feb 02, 2012
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)

2.27/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Tallboy can picked up at TBS. Lakeport's version of Corona, huh? Am I a masochist? Nope, just a ticker.

Pours that familiar pale golden-yellow colour, topped with roughly one finger of surprisingly ample, puffy white head that seeps away over a period of minutes. It leaves behind a thin cap and impressive quantities of lacing on the sides. I'll be blunt - for an adjunct lager, this actually looks pretty good. Unfortunately, the praise ends here - and look how much text is still below! The aroma is faint and not interesting at all, with hints of pale malts, corny sweetness and not much else for support. Not exactly enticing, but tolerable enough.

And 'tolerable' might as well be the word of the day - the taste is similarly tolerable, but nothing more. Grainy pale malts mingling with corny, sweet adjunct notes are basically the only flavours here. I'm pretty sure I have never used the phrase 'wet cardboard' in one of my reviews, but that streak now comes to an end because it's a very apt descriptor for the flavour of this stuff. Poorly balanced, with very little bitterness to counter the sweetness. Very thin, watery mouthfeel, with appropriate (fairly high) carbonation levels for the style. Easy to drink... but why?

Why would someone who enjoys beer drink this? Perhaps this is a trick question, and the only people who buy these Mexican pale lagers are beer-loathing Philistines, or evil, sadistic men who wish only to sully the good name of Beer. More likely, it is just people who want something light and easy, or people who pay attention to advertising. The definite answer will probably continue to elude me - but for what it's worth, the people at Lakeport have used (presumably) some of Canada's greatest alchemists to create a liquid that might as well be called Coron-eh. And they have passed the savings on to you!

Rather than continue to wax philosophical, I will say only one thing: If you are planning to buy a case of some other Mexican pale lager, you might as well save 10-15 bucks and get a case of Brava instead.

Final Grade: 2.25, a solid D. Avoid this, unless you are a Corona drinker on a budget. This falls under the umbrella of 'drinkable... I guess. If I have to'.
Jan 15, 2012
Brava Cerveza from Lakeport Brewing Company
Beer rating: 69 out of 100 with 45 ratings