Rinkuškiai Biržieciu Stiprusis

Brewed by Rinkuškiai
Style: Traditional Ale
Biržu raj., Lithuania

Lucky drinker’s at Ray’s in Kent - another odd Lithuanian ale! I could tell that Kyle was quite thrilled to bring out a couple of new beers that I hadn’t tried yet. This was a surprise - thought it might be a porter from what we could read of the label. Poured dark amber brown, mostly clear with some decent head and lacing. Interesting combination of caramel / burnt sugar, and a roasty hoppy finish. Traditional ale? - sure, it’d be hard to classify it as anything else!

Dark golden brown with no head. Quite sweet and caramelly. Smooth, lightly oily. Clean toffeeish malt notes. Semi-sweet finish with nutty and chocolatey notes.

Bottled. Mahogany colour. Woody port like aroma. Sweet and clean with notes of raisin. Some alcohol balanced by generous amounts of roasty malt.