2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from T’s in Tempe, AZ. Label said 9%. Light amber color with a frothy beige head. Sweet caramel aroma. Medium body with frothy carbonation. The flavor is roasted caramel - suggestive of cola. There’s heat. The finish approaches astringent. Interesting, but not my choice in any situations I can envision.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear amber pour with soap scummy white head. Wheaty and sweet, lavender perfume. Very unusual mix of flavors. I perceive the alcohol as a flavor rather than a ’hotness’, though, there is some warming effect after a while. I certainly couldn’t make this a regular habit, but it wasn’t bad for a curveball when you want to get smashed fast.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a cloudy golden color with a hin white head. Aroma is Call me crazy, but it tastes almost like a dunkelweizen with sweet malts and honey flavors Mouthfeel is thin and watery, but it does hide the high ABV well. No clue why it’s called a stout and it’s not something I’d drink every day. But for a novelty drink it’s not bad.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
.5L bottle served in a shaker glass. Hazy yellow pour topped by minimal head. Smells of apples, dough, and caramel. Firm malt presence with a hint of bitterness. Has some honey character. Much better than I expected.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle thanks to Mike. Pours a clear and light amber with a thick, but quickly deflating white head. The aroma is full of sweet malts and bready notes. The taste was actually quite nice; a quite sweet bready, and strong malt presence, along with some pear and alcohol aspects. Very smooth and a somewhat bitter/skunk finish.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
hazy dark golden color with a small creamy yellow head. no lacing. very sweet honey, cereal, dry dog food aroma. flavor is extremely sweet with honey and cereal grains. medium-full bodied. touches of sweet tarts or something....cant quite figure it out. hints of lemon, caramel apples, green popsicles, and cola. weird stuff.
1.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
I hated this one. It’s like a slightly refined steel reserve. Malt liqour fans will love this beer. Stout means strong in some countries so don’t expect a black colored beer.
2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
The label says "stout"; obviously it is not. It seems to be a mistranslation for "strong". And Strong it is! My bottle claimed 9% rather than 9.5%, so maybe I got an old bottle... but 9% is still a healthy wallop. Žaibo pours brownish-gold and cloudy, an appearance I found murky and unappetizing. Let me put it this way: if this stuff came out looking the same as it went in, I’d call a doctor. But the beer was a bit more pleasant to drink than to look at. The alcohol isn’t quite as overpowering as I thought it would be; and while it’s very sweet and yeasty, with a syrupy mouthfeel, it’s not quite as cloying as Uosto, which was the last Rinkuškiai beer I’d had.
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