Rinkuškiai Aiko Stiprus

Brewed by Rinkuškiai
Style: European Strong Lager
Biržu raj., Lithuania

Bottle from Jungle Jim’s. Poured a clear golden color with an average frothy white head that diminished slowly with fair lacing. Moderate fruity and grainy aroma. Medium body. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Drinkable brew.

Bottle; Nose is fruity with banannas and grain; Clearlight copper with a small yellowisj head; flavor is fruity esters with some light hops for the finish with some alcohol,

Pour golden with a white head. Aroma has some malt and graininess. Flavor has a definite grainiess with a malty sweetness and very little in the way of hop. Finish is moderate.

The aroma has tangerines, raisins, sweet grains, and paper. The appearance is golden with with a small head. The flavor is bitter and sweet with no complexity and an unpleasant paper taste. The palate is thin. This is not good. What in the heck does the commercial description mean??

Large, white, fast fading head over a clear gold body. Sweet, vegetal aroma. Taste is malty, sweet, grainy, modestly hopped; alcohol is well concealed. Medium bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel leading to a sweet, short lived finish.

Bottle. White small very fizzy head that quickly dissipated with no lacing, visible carbonation, transparent, and a golden hue. Nose was malty, grain and some alcohol. Flavor was vinuous and grainy. Tingly mouthfeel. Medium body. This was almost a drainpour for me. Never again for me.

0.5 L that poured out gold with orange hue highlights. The off white head only lasted about 30 seconds. The aroma was sweet malt and corn and not much else. The brew had a somewhat thick and syrupy mouthfeel. The taste has sweet sugary malts, refined sugar, kernels of corn, and a bigger than expected hop bitterness around the edges. Not nearly enough hops to balance the malt liquor like sweetness. Not really a tasty beer but pretty good as far as this type goes. The hop presence seems floral and slightly spicy. This beer is nearly drinkable.

Please explain the commercial description to me.
"Naturally fermented, the most heating and famous beer of Beer Country!"
Well, it is "heating," being a 9.5% ABV beer. As for famous, I thought Aiko Aiko was a recording by Doctor John. Oh well. It’s a golden lager with a three fingered head that soon reduces to a ring with some film. The aroma is bread with some corn syrup splashed on top and a hint of green grasses. Oddly, a bit greasy (not oily) in the mouth. The sturdy ABV stays well hidden until absorbed. It tastes bready with a very mild floral bitterness. Sweet finish. Drinkable.

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