Bavaria Light
Swinkels Family Brewers

 

 

500ml can - nothin' but mineral water, barley malt, wheat, and hops. Good to know.

This beer pours a clear, pale golden yellow colour, with three fingers of thin sudsy white head, which settles remarkably quickly, leaving a skeletal latticework of lace around the glass. It smells of bready grain, almost biscuity, very mild citrus, and musty grass. The taste is somewhat sweet bready malt, a slight earthy spice echo, and light metallic, weedy hops. The carbonation is average, the body light and airy, but not watery. It finishes clean, and pretty much dry - the slight mineral nature, and musty, grassy hops trailing off.

Not a terrible light beer - enough grain to sustain, and the half-expected skunkiness never materializes. However, the mild metallic note kind of tires my palate after the one.

Clear straw and a wispy white head bodes poorly. Nose has some lemon and grass. Lightly bitter water with some acidity. Very light body. Watery and fizzy. Very bland, very light, yellow and fizzy to the extent of hurting my tongue. Just... light. Very well named.

Can from the LCBO- A pale straw pour with a fizzy and short lived white fizz. Nose of straw, pale malts, some grains, a big grassy. Weak flavour profile, almost flavourless. Watery sweet grains and malts with only a touch of hops. Pretty weak overall.

The aroma is sweet and lightly grassy but mostly nothing. The appearance is pale gold with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma with an astringent finish. The palate is thin. Overall a really bad beer. I was hoping it would at least be sweet and malty. Nope. This is below my already low expectations however it is not skunky.