Svyturys Ekstra

500 ml bottle from the LCBO. pours very pale yellow. aromas are a little sweet with not much else goin on. flavours are a touch of sweet malt with a slight hop tingle at the finish. pretty watery and bland but not undrinkable.

500 ml bottle. Light golden colour. Crystal clear. Tall white coarse head that clings strongly to the glass. Delicate citrusy aroma with some hints of grass and flowers. Light-bodied. Dry hoppy flavours with a strong lingering medicinal powdery hop flavour. Very dry hops flavour, feels like they’re life-absorbing and won’t let anything go. Drinking this beer is like having a blow-fish attached to your left leg.

While we may not always enjoy the beer here, in its country of origin, the taste suprisingly changes. Pours a straw yellow body with a very obviously highly malted mouthfeel and a very grainy taste. Sort of grassy in ways, with a well carbonated body . A medium sized head that seems to stick around throughout the end.

50 cl. Clear pale golden with a medium-sized, lasting meringue head that leaves some nice lacing. Delicate, mild honey and citrus grass aroma. Flavor is spicy grain toasted with honey, dry grass, and maybe some crisp apple and cinnamon. Light-medium body is dry and tingly. Pleasant surprise.

bottle. Fruity nose with hops. Pours a golden colour beer. Some carbonation, sweetness, barley and hops. Not as bad as i expected.

500 ml bottle from Total Wine in Roseville. Strange scent of veg? Brassy golden color with a white head that came and left. Medium body with coarse, but creamy carbonation. Flavor is malt, herb? and a strong amount of bitter for a pale lager. Must be a mysterious version of noble hop - herb/veg. The bitter builds with time, and that tends to salvage what otherwise would be just another Euro pale lager. This one is worth the drinking to see where hop and balance can go. Rather clean, almost crisp. The flavor improves with consumption. At half bottle, it’s really fairly tasty.

(Draught at "Cili Kaimas" in Vilnius)
On April 30, 2008
Clear golden color, white head. Sweet vegetable scent. Sweet, candy, vegetable taste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.

De couleur jaune très claire. Donne un col blanc neige moyen qui reste un moment. Effervescente et claire, limpide. Le nez est léger, dominé par le riz, le saké et un très léger houblon. Un peu peu de métal. La bière est trop sucré pour ce qu’il y a de houblon. Goût de pudding au riz et de tapioca. La bouche est pétillante et étrangement huileuse pour une bière si légère en présentation (c’est peut être le sucre). Dans l’ensemble il y a trop de caractère de riz pour cette bière simple qui viserai d’abord à rafraîchir...