Rinkuškiai Žaibo

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

16.9 oz bottle-Pours a golden color with absolutley no carbonation. Aroma of corn and alcohol. Taste of grains, slight malt, and alcohol. Not a bad beer but not good either.

Traditional ale? Ain’t this just a Lithuanian malt liquor?! Pours a darkish gold with a thin foamy head. Aroma and flavor are both corny, grainy sweet and a touch fuselly. Heavy, thickish palate. Kinda gross, but fuller in palate and flavor than american malt liquors...I’m not sure that’s a good thing here.

Bottle from Frugal McDougal in Nashville for $2.69. Pours medium golden with a dissapating white head. Aroma of bready malts, hay, and european hops. Wow, this stuff is strong. Initial flavor of sweet malt that is quickly taken over by bitter grassy hops and alcohol. More alcohol and sweetness on the finish, which has a fizzy texture at the back of the throat. Nothing is harmoneous or pleasant. If you need a cheap buzz, this will do it.

Looks the same as <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rinkuškiai-uosto only with slightly more carbonation ("deep golden, mostly dead with a pouty white head that refuses to settle.") Smells mostly like <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rinkuškiai-uosto only there is a little more grassiness and the alcohol is not as obtrusive ("...a dusty grain silo of pale malts forms a simple base.") Flavor holds its own, however, with a nice malt-to-hop balance before a dry & alcoholic finish.

<font size=-4>Pint bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/illinois/elmhur Beverage World, Elmhurst, IL 60126</font>

Bottle. Heavy alcohol content, 9.5 not masked well. Malty. I don’t know about other "extra stout beer" in Lithuania, but I’d be shocked if this really was "the best".

a heavy dose of alcohol without much pretense. malty aroma with sweet body.

Bottle. Medium white fizzy head that totally diminished, transparent, no lacing, visible carbonation, and a gold hue. Nose was sweet, sour, some light hops and malt. Flavor was somewhat syrupy, dry, sweet, heavy tasting. Smooth, dry mouthfeel. Light-medium body. Obviously by this rating, I was anything but impressed with this brew. Not one to seek out again.

Bottled. Clear medium golden pour with a short-lived white head. Aroma of sweet corn adjuncts & honey with wafts of alcohol singing the nose hairs. Flavor was about the same as the nose... heavy corn, honey, and alcohol.. all those sugars made it really hard to drink.. sticky, sharp finish with a chalky bitterness. Highly viscous around the edges with a slick middle. Not good.