Rinkuškiai Port Night

500ml bottle (Alaus Namai, Vilnius)
Deep clear cupric colour, brief head. At first slightly offputting, but once you’re familiar with the Lithuanian beer scene, quite familiar, slightly sour malty aroma. A touch lactic perhaps. Sweet caramelly roasted grain taste, touch of the lactic aroma too. Comes over a bit like an ESL that’s hiding its alcohol very well with all the caramel. Which reminds me - there are some fruits in the taste, like a melon fruit coctail. Hops very restrained, I guess there’s a touch of wet sheep accompanying the gentle biting bitterness. Funny, it’s not particularly good, but it’s very drinkable, and got quite a bit of character to it. A tad too sweet.