Rinkuškiai Aiko Pale

Brewed by Rinkuškiai
Style: Pale Lager
Biržu raj., Lithuania

Pours gold with a fizzy head. Smells of light hops and corn. Tastes of corn syrup and overly sweet. I wish Lithuania would export some of their better beers instead of crap like this.

Bottle. Pours gold with soapy white head. The aroma is low key but very sweet, something like corn and sugar cookies. The flavor is the same. There is just a tad of nondescript bitterness in there, too. This isn’t offensive, really, but sure doesn’t stand out, either.

Y’know, people look at a beer rater with over 1800 rating and think ’Wow, I bet his life is all bright lights and glamour". Well sure, I get the highs, the esteem, the accolades, the prestige that comes with with it, but what they don’t see is the work that happens in the trenches, the dirty jobs come with it. Like drinking a mildly crappy Lithuanian Lager to get another tick on the ratings list. Where’s the glamour now?

Bottle poured a clear pale yellow with a minimal white ring of a head. Aromas of straw, light corn and a hint of citrus. Palate was light bodied, crisp and watery. Flavors of light straw, white bread and a faint hint of citrus with a crisp clean watery finish.

(bottle) bleh. Pale gold with OK white head, no lace. Faint malt aroma. Tastes like any other generic cheap lager.

1pt 0.9 oz bottle: Aroma is somewhat skunk corn, citrus scent, and a definite grain presence. Pours a carbonated blond with a thin white head that disappears quickly. Taste is adjuncts, corn mostly, clean, nothing really disgusting. Palate is watery and clean. Overall, A pretty decent Pale Lager. Nothing I would buy again but I don’t mind drinking it at all.

Clear blond color with a huge white head. Aroma is heavy on the grass and a bit doughy. Sweet wood and corn taste with a more bitter finish. Light bodied with medium carbonation. One of the better I have had in the Pale Lager style in quite some time.

Bottle: Yellow, nice white head, thick lacing. Nose of nutty malt, light hops, clean. The flavor is subtle, balanced, however you want to see it. OK, clean, maybe americanish?