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Bavik Super Pils if you want a fuller, slightly sweeter malt presence,
Ritter Pils if you want something drier and more austere.
Both sit at the same IBU but diverge in body—Bavik's extra 0.4% ABV translates to noticeably more grain texture on your palate. They're both legitimately good German Pilsners, just calibrated for different moods.
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Body
Δ 5
Sweetness
Δ 12
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Tasting notes
Bavik Super Pils
Bavik Super Pils feels substantial in your mouth without being heavy. There's a soft, honeyed malt backbone that makes this feel like actual food, not just carbonated water. The bitterness arrives clean and measured—38 IBU here tastes integrated, almost like it's part of the malt structure rather than fighting it. Finishes dry but with a lingering sweetness that keeps you coming back.
Ritter Pils
Ritter Pils is the ascetic version—leaner, more mineral-forward, with that classic noble hop crispness cutting through immediately. It's drier on the finish, which means the 38 IBU feels sharper here. There's less malt cushion, so the bitterness has more room to breathe and actually define the beer. This one tastes like it was engineered to pair with food, not to linger alone.
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