Bavik Premium Export

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Pale Lager
Harelbeke, Belgium

Had this beer at Sharp Edge Bistro, It can’t compare to iron City. Light color, light flavor with some iron taste, little head. Don’t bother

Pours pale yellow w/ a decent head. Aromas of hay and skunky malts. Medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. Flavors are skunky and canny. I do however like the expansive texture of soft cloth on the palate that it creates. The finish is bittered mildly leaving a waxy fruit flavor to enjoy.

Pale golden with a white super-frothy head. The head diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma is light, malty and a tiny bit floral. First taste is crisp, metallic and slightly bitter. The metal is probably the most prominant flavor, especially in the finish. Further tastes are just to bitter and almost sour. I’m not a fan. Too bad, I wanted to like this.

Bottle, Brussels. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is hazy light yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (grain, cereal), lightly hoppy (herbs, flowers), with a light note of DMS. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, husky. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Bah.

Clear yellow body with a small white head. Weak hoppy nose. Light flavor, taste like som stale hops.

An orange beer with a white head. The aroma is slightly sour with notes of straw. The flavor is sweet and sour with notes of straw, while the body is thin.

flat and unassuming taste, needs a little life. flavor is lacking overall would not purchase again.

A word about "Export" first. This disappearing style, used to be a variation on Pils. Usually less fermented (earlier pasteurisation) so the beer is sweeter and lower in ABV. But, in Belgium, the other main difference is that the beer is served in 33 cl, 'staid of the habitual 25 cl Pils. It has all but vanished, and most breweries today just fill 33cl of Pils. This is an exception. Dark gold; thick white, collapsing head, quite lacey. Herbal nose, even some hops - rest is predictably malty. Taste is sweet malt, clean & crisp. Faint corn taste. Slight slickness in mouthfeel, makes me think of corn again. Aftertaste gets more corn, as well as some sweet dough. As I said, apart from the hopnose, very predictable. It is very good in its style - but nowhere exciting.