Vilniaus Alus Didžioji Krautuvė

No Longer In Business

In eerste lastig te vinden in het open winkelcentrum.aan de overkant van de weg zit een iets opvallender supermarkt waar ook wat interessante bieren verkocht worden zelfs ipa, dat verkopen ze hier helaas niet niet op dit moment ze brouwen er zelf en villen ook pet flessen af. Selectie Is beperkt voor westerse maatstaven, draait meer omomzetvolume hier. Ik zou er zelf niet voor terug komen

The biggest beer store I’ve seen in Lithuania although that doesn’t say much because I haven’t seen that many. Mostly Lithuanian beers but with a good selection of imports too if I remember correctly. Modern and well laid out. Taps to fill your ‘growlers’ and plenty of bottles. The selection of bottles is decent but I didn’t see many of the smallest breweries I visited in the countryside. Not sure where (or if) there is a more complete selection of Lithuanian craft beers in one location. Still a pretty good store.

Very good little store out of the old town on the same lot as a shopping center. Lots of Vilniaus Alus taps to fill your PET bottles, plus a few guest taps like the excellent Butautu, for example. Bottles are also mostly from Vilniaus Alus, but there are a few gems as well like the Kurkliu Boiko and such. If you find yourself in this area of town, this is a very nice stop to get a few bottles filled for an evening tasting.

Assuming I’ve got the right outlet, this one has a long back wall filled with about 8 fermentation vessels, and a side wall filled with even more taps. The shelves in the middle have mostly VA beers, but also have a few other Lithuanian, Latvian (Piebalgas), and IIRC some German beer bottles. Slightly clinical in atmosphere, but I won’t fault it for that. I presume other VA shops are similar in selection, but this is the one close to Beer Barrel, so worth doing both in one spree.