Butautu Dvaro Alus Tamsus

Brewed by Butautu Dvaro Bravoras
Style: Dunkel
Birzu raj, Lithuania

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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UPDATED: APR 8, 2012 1L bottle (Butautu Brewery) (6:4:7:4:14+=3.5+)
Slightly legumey, a touch grassy. Lovely fresh malts. A touch wooly dry bitter finish. So subtle, but not lacking flavour. Very sophisticated and delicious. Obviosuly didn’t survive the journey north last time.
Rerate of: 1l bottle (SOPP2009) (5:4:5:3:12=2.9)
Deep orange, persistent head. Sickly sweet aroma. Even sicklier taste - heading towards creamy pancakes. However, there’s a serious hoppiness that only kicks in on swallowing. Has a milky palate. Some pancake, but it’s the hops that are the win - almost soapy - great bite, and last long.

Bouteille de 1litre, avec bouchon de céramique, dégustée directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Odeur de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée légèrement voilée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel avec une pointe d’houblons Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #4225)

1l bottle @ Lokys, Vilnius. Sweet caramelish flavor, some herbs. Strong aroma. Brown with tan cream head, not lasting. Light feel. Roasted bread, bit waterish, coffee, nice!

My Bottom Line:
This beautifully conditioned Lithuanian Tamsus shares earthy nuances on top of svelte caramel and spicy hops before bready cereals and herbal hop bitterness conclude each sip.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam floats atop the hazy dark amber.
-This is quite complex for a quencher.
-This is not a Tamsus that relies on deep caramelization (raisin and toffee flavors, for example). It is rather distinguished and shows its terroir very nicely (open fermentation, Lithuanian malts, etc.)
-The aroma can remind one of a garden on a humid day.
-Cereals appear to be very fresh, especially in the aroma.
-The lean body and soft, natural carbonation combine to make a very comfortable mouthfeel.

Bottle.

[4267-20120120] 1L bottle. Yeasty fruit and plastic board aroma. Hazy, orange brown body with a medium-lasting foamy light tan head and some lacing. Apple raisin malt flavour has a strange off-metallic tangy aftertaste. Medium body. Weird, not pleasant. (6/4/3/3/9) 2.5
(c/o JoeMcPhee, w/ him, jerc, Radek Kliber)

Bottle 650? ml
Aroma: caramel , hops, sweet potato, softer floral notes that followed. 7-
Appearance: hazed amber with growing foamy top. Fine pillow cap, some sparse lace.3+
Palate / Taste: dry frontal notes. Mineral elements , slightly metallic. Thinner mid. Hint of nuts , some sugars. If not its excessive empty dryness this would be quiet decent.

2012-01-19. Lightly hazy amber body, nice foamy off-white head. 3+ Orr aroma, caramel malt, dusty malt notes. Flavour is odd, tangy malt, light bitterness, lingering tangy quality, light metallic notes. Average palate has soft carbonation. Discussion notes a kvass like grainy character to it, which I don’t think I would have called it, but agree with the assessment. Bit of an odd one, I do not particularly care for it. Interesting to try. Bottle shared by JoeMcPhee

Bottle from Snekutis. Deep amber pour with a thick white head. There is a nice light toasted character. An odd sort of slick butterscotch flavour. Some light caramel and a bit of light sourness. Maybe has some pediococcus. It’s not really good, but it has an unusual sort of grainy character. It’s definitely not awesome, but it’s interesting.

The aroma here is sharply of herbs and spices, hard to identify, but very strong. Also a bit of a lactic, wheaty aroma. Sourish. Flavors are moderately sour, with some bready sweetness, and loads of pepper and flowery spice. Good and easily drinkable and challenging throughout.

29th May 2006.
Warning! Early amateur rating! Think this was a draft beer somewhere in Vilnius. A traditional Lithuanian beer - allegedly. Darkish amber in colur. Moderate carbonation. It was served only slightly chilled. Has a mildly sour undertone and has a mellow finish.

Bottled from Šnekutis, Vilnius. Cloudy orange/amber, creamy head. Fruity and mid-sweet with soft mouthfeel and low arbonation. Mellow and pleasant, lightly lactic with mild caramel. Vague floral hay bitterness.