Rinkuškiai Gedimino

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

Bottle on 11/28/2008 in the Great Butters Tasting of 2008. Clear golden body with a medium rocky white head. Honey, corn, light grain and slight skunk aroma, as the skunk fades, moves more into cheerios. Light corn and honey flavor with light toasty notes, some honey nut cheerios. Light body with moderately high carbonation.

TN tasting at maniac’s. Very clear pale yellow pour with thin white head. Nose is skunk, that fades to a sweet vanilla. Sweet graininess. Medium floral bodyThe lightest hop on the finish. Not all that bad actually, I’d drink it in place of a budlight.

A light gold body with a large egg shell colored head. The aroma has sweet pancakes and dirty old shoes. The taste is like sucking on plum pits and canned green bean seeds. Nasty notes of dirt and NyQuil in the sweet finish. I guess it would work for those that like a sweet, but not corny light lager.

Appearance: Pours a clear, yellow body with a small, white head. Smell: Pale malts with some floral hints and notes of honey and chicken broth. Taste: Pale malts with a teensy weensy hint of grain and light, honeyish sweetness. Minimal hop presence, only a bit floral with a weak bitterness. Big sip of spring water. Drying, watery finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. It’s watery, I must say. Drinkability: Contrary to the belief of the back label, I’m not so sure Gediminas, Grand Duchy of Lithuania would "applaud" this beer. I know I did not. I big step down after sampling the Baltika 5 and 7, and that’s saying alot!

Clear, gold, watery, little bit of life on the palate but pretty much forgettable.

Pours pale golden with a tall lasting froth. The head reduces to nothing. No lace at all. Aromas of malted herbs with a biscuit or two. Medium nectar with good carbonation. Dry, malty, grassy, decent bittering. A littl old-world in disposition. I wouldn’t be proud of this beer. Poor old Gediminas.