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Where is Bavaria Premium brewed?

By Mark Porter Last checked 9 September 2026 How we check

Origin not established Unverified Last checked 9 September 2026

Where the UK supply of Bavaria Premium is brewed is not established.

Listed by Tesco when last checked. The product pages are among the sources below.

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Brewed for the UK in

Not established

Sold as a beer from

Germany

The name Bavaria reads as German, but the beer is Dutch

Brewed in (country)

Not established

Brand owner

Royal Swinkels Family Brewers N.V.

HQ: Lieshout, North Brabant, Netherlands

UK strength

5.0%

2.8 units a pint

Strength at home (Germany)

Not established

Tesco lists 'Bavaria 5% 660ml Bottle' at 5.0% vol. The title omits the word Premium; it was the closest Bavaria listing Tesco returned and is recorded as this product pending a pack check.

What the UK label says

Not established

More about the brand: rights, style, when it was created, where it is brewed at home

UK rights held by

Not established

Style

Lager

Brand created

1719, Netherlands

Brewed at home in

Lieshout, North Brabant, Netherlands

Unverified

No brewer statement or pack transcription has been found for the key claims. This page is published so that readers can send evidence; it is not indexed by search engines.

Only a secondary source (Wikipedia) supports the owner and site. A Tesco 660ml listing gives the strength but no country of origin, manufacturer or importer field, so where the UK bottle is brewed is still not established. The brewer's own site sits behind an age gate and could not be read. Needs a pack photo or a Swinkels statement.

2026-09-09: the Morrisons 660ml Bavaria Premium listing (115429991) now returns 404; its indexed text read 'Brewed and bottled by: Holland Door, Bavaria, P.O. Box 1, 5737 ZG Lieshout, Holland' at 5.0%, and SuperValu's Irish listing of the same bottle prints the same line, but neither is a live UK listing. The only live Morrisons Bavaria is the alcohol-free 4 x 440ml can, a different product, brewed and canned in Lieshout. No listing at Asda, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Waitrose or Bestway. Supply stays not established; the pointer is Lieshout.

The small print on the base of a current can or bottle, giving the producer name and address, would settle this.

In short

We have not been able to establish where the UK supply of Bavaria Premium is brewed. It is sold as a beer from Germany. What is known and what is still open is set out in the verification box above. The UK strength on record is 5.0%. A photo of the small print on a current can or bottle would settle it.

This page is about the packs sold in supermarkets. Draught in pubs can come from a different brewery, and this page does not cover it unless a format table says so.

What changed

5 September 2026: UK strength was not established, now 5.0% (source)

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