Hollandia
Swinkels Family Brewers

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Swinkels Family Brewers
 
Netherlands
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #305
ABV:
5%
Score:
67
Ranked #28,241
Avg:
2.84 | pDev: 25.35%
Reviews:
124
Ratings:
254
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 16, 2024
Added:
Apr 09, 2002
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  40
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Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia

1.78/5  rDev -37.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.75
This was a Christmas gift that was part of a very lazy mixed beer box (looking at you, Pinnacle Drinks!) bought with the best of intent from my non-beer-savvy father. Drunk in January 2024.

L: This is the archetypal beer profile: bright golden/amber yellow, a brilliant but thin white head, and large bubbles marching purposefully up the glass.

S: Unfortunately, things go downhill very quickly. The main aroma is butter - and lots of it - with lashings of green grass and hay. I suppose there's some sweet malt there, but I had to search for it.

T: Taste is also very buttery, with a sweet malt body at least trying to assert itself, if ineffectually, and coupled with a very bland bitterness that brings nothing to the table other than a slight balancing of the beer's sweetness.

M: Mouthfeel is watery, and the finish is thin. There's not enough carbonation to balance the sweetness of the beer, and when coupled with the lack of bitterness, the green bottle, and the general lassitude of the brewer, we get a sweet buttery bomb.

O: There's no two ways about it - this is a bad beer. There is nothing to excuse or recommend it: no hot Dutch climate that excuses a bland, sweet lager; no low alcohol that explains the lack of body and vigour in the beer; and no reason to drink this unless there's an apocalypse and only Royal Dutch Swinkels has survived to carry on the art of brewing.

Cheers!
#450
Jan 16, 2024
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 1 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Sep 18, 2023
 
 
Rated: 3.62 by DannyBaldoni from Canada (QC)

Jul 30, 2022
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Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)

3.41/5  rDev +20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear gold colour with a dense white head atop. Corny and grainy on the nose. Biscuit and crackers on the taste with a background of metallic and hops. Crisp and clean mouthfeel with an awkward aftertaste
Jan 13 2023
Jul 10, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by paulish from New York

Jan 11, 2022
 
Rated: 3.53 by NastyNorseman from New York

Nov 13, 2021
 
Rated: 2.88 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 05, 2021
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Reviewed by Nath91 from Australia

3.76/5  rDev +32.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Hollandia is a cheap European supermarket beer, that has now been around in Australia for a few years now, as - you guessed it - a cheap supermarket beer. Whilst beer isn't sold in supermarkets in Australia, it is one of the cheaper options you'll find in branded Bottle Shops around the country. It's moulded in the same market as Heineken, just without the price.

Look: Standard Dutch/German Western European lager look to it. Straw gold, completely filtered, a healthy stream of small bubbled slithering up to the top of the glass, but not bubbling like a spa. Head is a soapy white, very thin dissipates quickly to a think foam on top. Standard for a Euro lager, nothing to write home about.

Smell: Nice clean, inviting lager smell. Sweet malt grains, bright citrus hops. Again, very similar to a Heineken styled beer. Smells like a summer beer, smells refreshing.

Taste: As expected, clean, crisp and refreshing. Front of the sip has a nice sweetness, The back end of the sip gives you plenty of hop flavour, not very bitter but enough to be refreshing.

Feel: Refreshing, inoffensive, and clean

Overall: Despite it being a cheap European Supermarket beer, it's actually not bad value for money. It's got everything I look for in a lager. Refreshing, light, and decent flavour. It's not going to hurt the hip pocket. Actually a decent drop considering it's a industrial supermarket lager. Worth picking up when you just need something to quench the thirst. Would buy again.

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Aug 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Jun 30, 2021
 
Rated: 3.23 by Roejogan from Canada (BC)

Jun 30, 2021
 
Rated: 2.79 by RahFoodie from Canada (ON)

Jun 06, 2021
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Reviewed by JacintoCupboard from Australia

3.58/5  rDev +26.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
The first beer that I can recall, other than beers that are Reinheitsgebot compliant, to actually list the ingredients on the label. The only non traditional ingredient is glucose. My guess would be given that there is a fair amount of residual sweetness to this lager, that some of that glucose is added post fermentation.

Not much of a nose. Some floral, spice and fruit notes, but barely more than a hint. Some yeast aromas, not sure that qualifies as 'bready', but I'm not quibbling. This is a clean tasting beer, with some sweetness and modest bitterness.

One of the cheapest beers available in Australia. Consistent with no obvious faults.
May 30, 2021
 
Rated: 2.75 by emiliobaratta from Venezuela

Mar 04, 2021
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Reviewed by Watford68 from Australia

4.7/5  rDev +65.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
This is my go to beer. It's great value. It's very refreshing without being watery. 4.7% is just right. I do like my dark ales and Porters but this is my session beer or a refreshing beer after a warm day at work.
Feb 06, 2021
 
Rated: 3.77 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

Jul 23, 2020
 
Rated: 2.98 by dansmcd from Australia

May 10, 2020
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Reviewed by Tony787 from Canada (ON)

3.06/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I bought 1 can at loblaws it had a brew date and an expired date also beer was poured into glass with 2finger head that quickly evaporated beer is just an ok beer nothing special not bad tho
Cheers
Mar 28, 2020
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Reviewed by W_-7

3.61/5  rDev +27.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Not what the discerning taste tester may call a the model pils amongst all the catagories they may grade it by in their wit and wisdom. But it is a descent drink. I give it a 70.
Mar 08, 2020
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Reviewed by Rico2321 from Canada (BC)

3.2/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
This is a typical Dutch lager. Crisp and clean, a soft bitter bread flavour. It’s not a full flavour brew, but rather a thirst quenching, after work pacifier. Don’t expect greatness, just accept a decent beer that has a purpose.
Feb 27, 2020
Hollandia from Swinkels Family Brewers
Beer rating: 67 out of 100 with 254 ratings