3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
My Bottom Line:
Toasted malts and lightly caramelized sugars produce a subtle flavor profile for this soft yet strong brew.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A healthy head of foam tops the dark copper.
-Fruitiness seeps from the caramel.
-The aroma is really subtle.
-This is supposed to harken back to old times, but if that’s the case, these are times which were quite different from those referred to in Su Puta’s Senoliu Senovinis or Vilniaus Alus’s Senojo series.
Bottle.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nutty brown, no head. Aroma of sweet malt, nuts, butter, some hops. Flavour has really strong malt, very smooth and balanced. Some metallic and berry alcohol taste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1 000 ml plastic bottle. From Lithuania. Courtesy of Brandman.
Clear copper colour with tiny off-white head.
Caramel, nuts, molasses, paper, wood and diacetyl in aroma.
Flavour is very mild bitter hops, full malty body, nuts and some alcohol.
Very low carbonation. Actually quite alright but some extra hoppiness wouldn’t do any harm. Not as traditional as I feared.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Medium light beige head. Amber body with light carbonation. Light mealy syrupy peppery aroma with honey notes. Dry-sweet papery mealy alcoholic taste with honey earth and vinegar notes. Fullish body. Mealy, slightly hot mouthfeel. Dryish mealy fruity aftertaste with earthy vinegary notes. Weird. Sort of half-liked it. Not sure how well they’ve cleaned their draft lines here, which may have something to do with it. (0.33l draft at Stikliai Alude, Vilnius.)
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: APR 8, 2012 1l bottle (SOPP2009) (5:4:5:3:9=2.6)
Very rich sweet and savoury yeasty meaty umami aroma. (Yes, I just invented the concept of an umami aroma.) Simple sweet malty body, rich caramel. Maybe some mushroom soy, but pretty damn drinkable. Perhaps a little sweet.
1L bottle (Birzu Brewery) (5:3+:5:3:11=2.7)
Smooth, yeasty aroma. Sweetish caramelly body, a touch of burnt treacle. Smooth and covers the 7% well.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught in Vilnius, Lithuania)
On May 1, 2008
Clear dark copper color, big off-white head. Malty, metallic, butter taste, some alcohol. Malty and caramel scent. High co2 spritzy mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught @HBF2005
Nut brown, small brownish head. Malty, barley nose. Medium-bodied. Sweetish, lots of minerals, alcoholic. Jagermeister spices in the bitterish aftertaste.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Caramel-amber colour. Sweet caramel, toffee aroma. Very sweet flavour. Hints of brown sugar, with a sticky finish. Traditional style, but with modern technique.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sampled draught at the brewery.
Copper colour, clear. Really minerally. Salty and medium bodied with clean mouthfeel. Sweet and fairly fruity.
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