Budvar Reserve
Matured for up to 200 days in the cellars of our brewery in the Czech Republic, this extra matured lager has a more honeyed, more complex taste. Our beer blends rich malt and subtle sweetness with a classic bitter finish from our noble Saaz hops. Budvar Reserve’s ingredients, process and maturation time makes it a unique beer and the pinnacle of the Czech brewing craft. This extra matured lager is worth waiting for! 16°
Note: Formerly exported as Bud Premier Select and known as Bud Speciální Pivo and Budweiser Budvar B:Strong.
Malt: Czech malt
Hop: žatecký poloraný červeňák (ŽPČ) • hops cone
13 EBC
Alc.:7.4%-8.2%
Note: Formerly exported as Bud Premier Select and known as Bud Speciální Pivo and Budweiser Budvar B:Strong.
Malt: Czech malt
Hop: žatecký poloraný červeňák (ŽPČ) • hops cone
13 EBC
Alc.:7.4%-8.2%
2.8
339 reviews
České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Community reviews
0.33 l bottle from 'Craft Bier Bude', best before June 2022. Clear, golden amber with a medium large, foamy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, slightly malty, minimally floral aroma of grains, honey and a touch of straw. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, slightly malty, a little floral taste of grains, honey and some straw, followed by a short, gently bitter, minimally grassy finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Inoffensive but well-brewed with a noticeable hoppy but not overly aromatic finish. Typical macro brew.
Appearance: clear gold with a decent head.
Aroma and taste: pure, mostly malty. Czech hop. Light to medium sweet, light bitter. Warning.
Mouth feel: medium body, average carbonation.
Overall: alright.
AR: malzig, Stroh, blumig, Honig,
AP: glanzfeines orangegoldgelb/bernstein
TA: malzig, spritig, blumig,
330ml Bottle - Golden with a small head. Grain, bread, honey and some floral notes in the aroma. Bread, honey, lime, caramel and grain all feature in malty and moderately sweet taste. The finish is grainy and slightly warming.
Tap @ Hugos w friends/Chef & Boilermaker. Appearance: pours clear golden with ok white soapy head and lacing. aroma/taste: barley, bread, light honey, straw, light fruit, grass and light floral notes. palette: medium malty aroma, average carbonation, medium to full body, average to notable sweetness, somewhat balanced by a medium bitterness, average duration, semi-sweet finish and a watery texture. Overall: Quite enjoyable strong lager
Bottle from Vinmonopolet, Kvadrat. Pours clear deep golden with a nice looking creamy white head. Grainy aroma with earthy notes. Taste is light sweet grainy, with a weak note of booze as well, decent
Gylden. Lavt skum. Klar. Litt bobler på glasset. Aroma av gress & malt. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken som aromaen. Vel søt. Brakte kanskje ikke inn så mye nytt, men en aner alkoholen i en lett tørr avslutning.
7-4-7-4-14 Bottle, 7,5 months before bbd. Pours clear dark yellow, with a creamy head. Aroma is malts with bread, toffee and honey, as well as floral hops. Medium to full body, average carbonation. Flavour is zesty, floral hops, as well as malts with bread, toffee and honey.
Earlier Rating: 8/2/2017 Total Score: 2.3
5-3-4-2-9
On tap @ Pivovarsk? Klub, Praha. Pours yellow, with a big creamy head. Aroma is sweet malts, with toffee and honey. Full body, with average carbonation. Flavour is sweet malty notes of toffee and honey, as well as some alcohol.
Klar gylden med hvitt skum. Aroma malt eple humle. Smak humle malt eple gjær. Frisk frukt, lett bitter, godt øl. Flaske kjøpt på Vinmonopolet Jekta
Bottled, thanks Cuso! Clear bright golden, mid sized head. Rich aroma of hayand tea. Mid sweet with solid body and well rounded mouthfeel. Sweet bread, hay, honey and tea. Long bitter finish with mild warmth.
Earlier Rating: 1/16/2005 Total Score: 1.8
Bottled. Golden colour, brief head. Some alcohol in the nose. Sweet, the body does not carry the strength. Vague notes of butterscotch. Poor.
Bottle. Golden color with minimal white head. DMS, Acetyldehyd, honey, caramel. Taste is very sweet with malt, caramel, green apples, DMS, acohol. Disapointment.
Earlier Rating: 4/26/2010 Total Score: 3.3
Bottle. Deep golden color. Aroma is grassy with alcohol tones. The taste starts sweet with fresh fruits tones and ends with bittersweet finish. Good beer.
Earlier Rating: 1/19/2020 Total Score: 2.8
Bottle. Zlatá farba, biela pena. Vôna sladová, jemne medová, karamel a trošku železitosti. Chut sladová, sladká, trošku umelá po kandovanom ovocí. Horkost velmi jemná. Telo stredné, stredná nasýtenost.
Earlier Rating: 10/16/2014 Total Score: 2.7
Fľaša. Zlatá farba, biela pena. Vôňa sladová, jemne chmeľ. V chuti sladké, stredne plné telo, vyššia nasýtenosť. Chutiť chutí, ale popísať to ani nestojí za reč. Neublízi, nepomôže.
Bottle via Pivny raj. Actually pretty clean, much more easy drinking than I expected. Medium boy, medium carbonation. Alcohol present, with light boozy warmth, but not too much. Med-light sweetness, moderate bitterness. As far as strong macro lagers go, this is pretty much as good as it gets. Good.
Earlier Rating: 8/28/2014 Total Score: 2.6
Bottle from Tesco. Aroma shows the strength, malt coming through and moderate hops aroma. Clear golden colour, quickly disappearing white head. Taste is simple, delivers what is promised and nothing more. Strong malty presence, moderate warming alcohol, moderate bitterness. Overall well made and scaled down to 12° without the alcohol, this would probably be a good beer. As is, it does not have much to offer.
Ein etwas stärkeres Bier Bier aus der tschechischen Staatsbrauerei, das sein Aromen durch eine extra lange Lagerung von 300 Tagen bekommt. Es hat zwar 7,2% alc, ist aber nicht wirklich als Bock zu sehen, sondern als starkes Lagerbier auf Basis des bewährten tschechischen Hellen. Der intensive Biergeschmack ist sehr gut gelungen, wenn es auch keinerlei spezielle Aromen bietet. Als Spezialbier etwas träge, aber vom Geschmack her nicht übel.
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Clear golden color with medium white head. Aroma: sweet malty, honey, caramel, alcohol, where is hop? Taste: sweet malty, where are those hop cones?, Medium to full body, low to moderate carbonation, low to moderate bitterness. Quite good as bock, not my kind of lager, I really excepted more of bitterness and hoppy kick here.
Malátás, enyhén édeskés illatok. Ízben is egész kiegyensúlyozott. Nem lóg ki az alkohol. Nem vagyok az erős lágerek híve, de ez bejött.
Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, grainy notes, light caramel, medium bitter. Medium body, malty bitter finish. Ok.
Earlier Rating: 9/6/2016 Total Score: 3
0.33l bottle. Malty and light hopy aroma, caramel notes. Clear golden color, small white head. Taste is malty, with some sweetness and alcohol notes. Full body, thick oily texture, average carbonation and light bitter-sweet finish with alcohol notes.
Bottle from Pivný raj.
Pours clear gold with white head. Malty and boozy nose. Tastes boozy, malty and again boozy.
Flada u Peta. Vona vyrazna silna medova leziakova alkoholova. Medova farba. Chut alkoholova sladkasta. Zaujimave pivo.
Keg at Pembury Tavern, as B:STRONG Fresh Hopped, sampled April 2019. Pours clear dark golden with a white head. Aroma: grains, grass, fruitiness, butter hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, pale malts, grassy hop. Medium body with average carbonation.
Bottle with Peter, 4th September 2020. Pours a light golden beer with big bubbles. Aroma Is booze, caramel and yeast. Taste is boozy, caramel, sweet, some yeast. It’s not great
Złote wchodzące w jasny bursztyn klarowne piwo z niezłą pianą. Aromat słodowy, zbożowy, trochę alkoholowy, w smaku słodowe przełamane lekką goryczką.
500ml bottle. Clear, dark orangey golden to amber colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Grainy, strawy aroma, plain grassy hoppy overtones. Taste is slightly sweet, minimally sugary, pale malty, slightly doughy yeasty, minimally strawy, rather plain, bitter hoppy overtones. Oily texture, smooth and soft palate, gentle carbonation. Well produced, very clean, flawless, therefore high ratings in the "B"-grades (appearance and mouthfeel), not overly impressive, rather simple and monotonous concerning "A"-grades (aroma and taste). You can feel the brewing experience behind, but the goal intended to be reached here isn't overly ambitious.
# 336; 6/2016. Silný ležák s výraznou sladkostí a bez patrnějšího chmelení. Chuťově poměrně prázdný, jednoduchý. Nezajímavý.
Dość wysoka goryczka ukryła słodycz. Nieco żelaziste i jakby "rozpuszczalnikowe", pełne, całkiem niezłe w skali Spejsona.
Boca 0,33L - kupljena u Češkoj - prevladava alkohol, ništa posebno..izgubila se aroma ako je bilo zbog alkohola
Not keen on the scent that had hints of Ethanol. Pours golden with white foam. Taste is medium sweet and grainy. Palate is medium bodied sticky feel average carbonation and a soft finish. Not s beer to convert someone who is not a lager fan.
Bottle from the Co-op. Surprisingly fresh hop aroma, taste is quite dull though - mid hops with alcohol in the finish. No complexity here.