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Where is Bavaria Premium brewed?

Origin not established Unverified Last checked 5 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.

Every beer on the shelf by strength

Brewed for the UK in
Not established
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%
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.

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.

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Questions people ask

Where is Bavaria Premium brewed?

Where the UK supply is brewed is not established. See the verification notes on this page for what is known.

Is Bavaria Premium brewed in the UK?

Not established. No source found so far settles where the UK supply is brewed.

Who owns Bavaria Premium?

Bavaria Premium is owned by Royal Swinkels Family Brewers N.V., headquartered in Lieshout, North Brabant, Netherlands.

What strength is Bavaria Premium in the UK?

Bavaria Premium is 5.0% ABV in the UK.

Which beers are similar to Bavaria Premium?

Other beers sold as German in the UK include Beck's, Beck's Blue and Bitburger Premium Pils.

See also

Beck's
Magor · 4.0% · sold as German
Brewed here Verified
Beck's Blue
Imported from Germany · 0.05% · sold as German
Genuine import Verified
Bitburger Premium Pils
Imported from Germany · 4.8% · sold as German
Verified
Erdinger Weissbier
Imported from Germany · 5.3% · sold as German
Genuine import Verified
Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier
Imported from Germany · 5.0% · sold as German
Genuine import Verified
Holsten Pils
Northampton · 5.0% · sold as German
Brewed here Verified

Every beer sold as Germany

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org): Bavaria brand owned by Swinkels Family Brewers, based at Lieshout, Netherlands
  2. Tesco (tesco.com), 5 September 2026: 'Bavaria 5% 660ml Bottle': ABV '5.0% vol'. No country of origin, produce of, manufacturer or importer field on the listing. The title omits the word Premium.

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