Biržų 1686 Jubiliejinis Alus

Brewed by Biržų Alus
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Biržai, Lithuania

Serve in Lager glass

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Very nice bottle, not so nice content. Strong, malty beer. Dark amber color.

My Bottom Line:
Peas aplenty, DMS, mineral notes and raw barley sugar scare the taste buds from aroma to finish.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the misty gold.
-This was surprisingly flawed for this brewery. Far from their best.
-It is obvious that they simply added sugar to boost the alcohol in this one. Nothing creative here for a celebratory brew, eh?
-An alcohol splash reminds you of this beer’s roughness upon every sip. And it’s only 7%!
-The body is lean.

Bottle.

Golden lame body, no head. Sour and spoiled berry juice aroma. Flavour adds little honey and urea. No carbonation. One of the most horrific beers I’ve tasted. Nice package though.

1 000 ml bottle. From Vilnius, Lithuania. HHOK8. Courtesy of Brandman.
Cloudy golden colour with tiny off-white head. Perfume, sweet honey, sugar, Soviet candies and ashtray in aroma. Flavour is almost as offensive. Tastes like Soviet candies, sugar, honey and some perfume. No carbonation at all. Very watery. This is quite disgusting. Didn’t even try to finish.

Flip top bottle @SOPP. Golden color, small white head. Honeyish aroma. Grassy hops, calvados, sweet honey ... it’s a fest! And all this for 6 euros per 2 dl. (PS: This beer has also all bad off-flavors of plastic bottle beers although this is from glass bottle)

bottle 1000ml shared with FatPhil & Anna at LLBF 161108. Bottle 6€ bought from Vilnius airport shop. color golden yellow somehow oily look when pouring it no head scent:fruity malty Taste: malty bit esters bit oily liquid dash of bitter hops in aftertaste but very sticky oily aftertaste.

1L bottle - - shared by Mirjukka - thanks! - - Beautiful bottle and box. Contents are mid-gold and viscous, pouring with no head. It goes a bit downhill after that. Papery lager aroma. Sweet sticky malty taste. Some esters, some sticky hints of bitter hops. Quite soft, a bit understated, probably needs a bit more bite and crispness. Malts are simple and grainy, but have a touch of woody dryness in the finish, perhaps even nuts - nowhere near an alt or old ale, though. Strong lager, and a bit sickly, but otherwise not unpleasant.

Bottle - 1 liter at Zemaiciai (Vilnius). Limpid golden body topped with a huge white foamy head. Good malty/hoppy aroma with bready and flowery hints. Well balanced taste that carries herbal notes. Ends with a decent bittersweet finish. Enjoyable.

Bottled - a beutiful bottle that is. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of alcohol and sirup. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of alcohol and fruit, the alcohol burns slightly in the mouth.