Bavik Premium Pils

Brewed by Bavik-De Brabandere
Style: Pilsener
Harelbeke, Belgium

Tasted 7/21/07. 330ml bottle. Filtered with a golden hue. Bibbled rim of white head. Cereal pils nose. Light to medium bodied. Crisp smooth and slightly sweet. Off dry with a mild sticky finish. Medium effervescence. Cereal flavors. Touch of a citrus spicy hop finish. Nice tingle. Solid pilsener!

Bottle. Pours with a hazy yellow color. Grassy notes and some mustiness. tastes very clean with grain and hops. This is actually one of my favorite pilsners imported form Europe. Seems ot travel better than most of the Germans.

11.2 oz bottle - Pours clear yellow with a medium sized head that leaves nice lacing. It has a very light malt aroma. The flavor is sweet and the body light and thin. It’s not terribly watery at least. It’s smooth and it would be easy to drink a great deal of it, but there’s just no reason to do so. It’s dull.

This beer isn’t very good. I knew this when I bought the 6 pack. I bought this 6 pack because Whole Foods was out Wittekerke (I apologize if I spelled that wrong, but the search engine on ratebeer.com is all but worthless in suggesting similar spellings. not to mention they don’t offer an rss feed for my ratings which would easily grant me access to all the beers I have previously rated, including the wit beer I probably just misspelled. hooray for shoddy code!) and this Bavik was in the spot where it should have been, neatly shrink wrapped and taunting me with a simple "Please try me, I am not awful, ya know!". So I tried it. I imagine I’ll have crushed these by the 3rd inning of the Padre game tonight, but nonetheless, I tried it. And it ain’t that good. Typical pils but with a little added "can" taste to it. Not horribly upset I got this, but at least I know not to get it again. Gout sucks. I need to get back into some real ales here soon or I’m going to go nuts.

Bottle. Pale straw colored with a small head. Aroma is slight bitterish-grassy hops. Flavor is bitter grassy hops and some honey sweet malt. Palate is light, watery, tingly and refreshing.

Bottled. No head, light color. Light lemon apple crisp scent. Very bubbly apple with breif hops to a very dissappointing watery aftertaste. Overall nothing special, just a somewhat flavored water beer.

11.2 oz bottle via Malt of Earth Beer Club. Pours a clear pale yellow with an average sized white head. Nose is musty hops and yeast. Taste is pretty much like Stella Artois, except fresher than the Stellas i have sampled. Carbonation is high, body is thin/medium. This is a nice Pilsner to enjoy on a hot summer afternoon.

Imagine, if you will, walking into your local Liquor store/prostitute hangout and in the corner of your eye, you see a canned beer that you have never seen. Now, imagine it has a cute little label and happens to be on sale. Do you take a closer look? Sure you do. Now, imagine that at closer glance you see "Product of Belgium" on the can. Now, knowing everything I have just told you, I bet, like me, you immediately grab the sixer and take it to the counter. Well, that was me, and unfortunately, when I got home, out of curiosity, I checked the ratings on Ratebeer. 17. Seventeen? Shit. Then, I looked on the bottom of the can: Rust. Damn. "Dave, remember it was only $5.99." I poured it into my glass, and immediately I was faced with that all-too-familiar aroma: Heineken. Shit. Flavor: Heineken. Damn. Appearance: Heineken. So, the moral of the story is that lousy beers ARE brewed in Belgium. However, I will drink this. I will also try to push it off on unknowing friends. I’ll push it off to my wifes friends as "some fancy import."