Rinkuškiai Uosto Stiprusis (Extra)

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

poured golden with no headflavor sweet malts and alcohol nothing else going on

Translucent golden orange with good white head that fades quickly to nothing. Sweet and spicy with light citrus and banana. Flavor is similar to all the other euro stong lagers ive had, but this one is more balanced and hides the alcohol nicely. Syrupy body. For a good bit of alcohol, at a reasonable price, there are worse ways you could go, I actually enjoyed sipping on this one.

This is a thoroughly mediocre beer. The aroma, the appearance, the flavour, the palate, and the overall impression thoroughly indicate a mediocre beer. The best bit is the amount and the 8% ABV.

First of all, though the back label claims this is a "stout beer", it is absolutely not a stout. I imagine this is a problem with translation: possibly they were looking for the English word for "Strong Beer", and someone (unacquainted with the actual product, and naturally thinking of Baltic porter, or Imperial Stout) could have suggested "stout". A quick look at an English dictionary would show that "stout" could mean "heavy-bodied", or "strong and full of character". Not realizing that these definitions applied to people and not to styles of beer, the Lithuanian Marketing Dept. went ahead with their label designs... at least that’s my guess. As for the beer? Unremarkable lager aroma. Pours clear golden yellow, not too pale, with a credible if short-lived attempt at a head. An initial malty fruitiness soon gives way to a yeasty sugar-syrup flavor. The hops fight valiantly to dry things out a little, but to no avail: the end notes are almost cloyingly sweet. It does hide its 8% alcohol reasonably well: I was thinking the ABV might be a little exaggerated, and then I discovered my nose was gone.

pours a hazy gold with a small white head. sparse lacing. aroma of alcohol and pale malts. flavor is metallic with notes of pineapple and butterscotch. touches of alcohol. medium bodied. not a real good one.

I bought this one on a whim because it was on sale and I’ve never had a Lithuanian beer before. Actually a bit better then I thought it would be, but nothing great. The aroma is pretty good, it smells like a good English ale. Taste is a bit similar but it’s not very clean. Quite malty and pretty thick on the palate for a lager. Pours a slightly cloudy copper color with a white head that goes away quickly. Overall it was worth the $1.99 USD.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper, with a thin watery head and some decent lacing. Aroma of ginger, malty corn, soft chocolate. Flavor is a bit spicy. Ginger, cinnamon, pointless hoppiness, fresh malts, some cider...Very watery and thin-bodied. Slightly bitter finish.

Pours copper with a white head. Smells of sugar and corn. Tastes like corn syrup with some carbonation added.