Ponoras Kaimiškas Nefiltruotas Tamsusis Biržietiškas

Brewed by Astravo Alaus Darykla (formerly Ponoras)
Style: Traditional Ale
Biržai, Lithuania

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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Bottle @ DØE meeting. Pours golden with small offwhite head. Aroma is malt, grain, sourness, butter, cardboard. Flavor is malty, grain, sweet, sour, buttery, cardboard. Thin body, soft carbonation. Awfull and one of the worst beers i ever had. 150513

500ml bottle. Clear chestnut color. Brief firm brown head. Buttery, caramel, malty aroma. Caramel, grainy, rye, very mild hops in flavor.

Dobre i smaczne karmelowe i słodowe piwo. nieznacznie na podniebieniu przebija się aromatyczny chmiel. Kolor bursztynowe, piana spora lecz szybko maleje. Ogólnie zadowolony byłem z degustacji tego niefiltrowanego piwa.

Pours dark red colour. Sour aroma and flavour. Clean and a little malty. Bad.

In short: An awful mess of a sour/spicy/toasted beer
How: Tap at Šnekutis Old Town, Vilnius, Lithuania
The look: Muddy bronze body topped by very small beige head
In long: Repulsive nose that is an awkward mix of toastiness, tartness, undesired sourness and strong spiciness. This smells an amateurish beer that turned bad and the taste doesn’t get any better. Dish water, balsamic vinegar, cloves, pickles, toasted cereals, ripe bananas, cinnamon, whatever… Offensive and absolutely amateurish, this cannot be the intended result. And it is certainly the beer/brewery that is to blame here and not transport or mishandling because I had it on tap in one of the most respected beer bar in Lithuania. Worst beer I had in Lithuania, simply awful. In Hell, serial killers live many floors above people who make beer like that. This beer probably has similar flavors I would taste if I could eat the websites I visit when I’m alone.

En fût. Pinte dégustée chez Šnekutis Old Town (Vilnius, Lituanie). Arôme: Légère odeur de céréales grillées avec une pointe de canelle et de sûrette. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée foncée. Présence d’un moyen col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de céréales et de clous de Girofles. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence d’épices en arrière goût. (Rating #4185)

My Bottom Line:
Acetic edges mar this Tamsus’s raisins and roasted malts.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the hzay dark brown.
-Oxydation is also apparent.
-Pickled notes are definitely not pleasant.
-Prickly carbonation drives all the nastiness even further.

On tap at Šnekutis in the Old Town.

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2012 500ml bottle (Bambalyne, Vilnius) original Ponoroas, not Astravo (5:4:5:4:10=2.8)
Sweet treacly malty aroma. Pretty milky palate, but also watery and refreshing. Too simple, just the treacly base, and not much else. Eminantly drinkable, but not kaimishkas Ias I know it.
1L bottle (Bambalyne, Vilnius) Astravo era (4:3:5-:3:9=2.4-)
HAzy read, fizzy carbonation and head. Lactic aroma, caramelly. Retronasals quite swimming pooly. Minerally, but an dOK caramlly raste too. Too watery. "Watery fucking dark piss" - Junk

Bottle from Kaunas. Dark red.brown color with medium creamy head. Aroma of butter. Taste was so sour (to date best before - more than month) and there were no place for other notes. Disappointed.

Draught@Baras Snekutis, Vilnius as "Ponoro Kaimiškas Tamsus"
Dark ruby color, huge brown head. Light toasted-caramelly, slightly sourish nose. Light body. Very mineraly and earthy with light sourness. Finish has some toasted notes.