Svyturys Ekstra

Brewed by Svyturys (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Klaipeda, Lithuania

This beer didn’t have much aroma even with the thick head and intense carbonation. I found the hopp flavor more prevalent than the malt. It did have a lingering bitterness and nice finish. My overall impression lowered the rating as this beer wasn’t all that memorable...its like the Molson Canadian of Lithuanian beer!

Highly carbonated crisp gold with a big fluffy white head. Minimal aroma. Hops are more dominant than the malt. Dry beer with a long hop finish. Hops are bitter but without specific flavour.

Bottled. Pale golden/yellowish, small white bubbly head. Bitter hoppy aroma and also some hints of yeast. Strong sweet malty taste with hints of hops and yeast. Bitter aftertaste.

(Bottled, BBE 08/2005) Pale yellow color with a smallish, fading head, and some lace. Faintly malty aroma with boiled rice and a hint of sweetish honey. Sweetish, acidic flavor with slightly grassy hops, rice and little malt. Decently pleasant, fruity and malty aftertaste. Light-bodied, slightly alcoholic and quite carbonated palate. Quite clean, but too watery and uninteresting brew. Competes mostly with Sol and Corona in my books.

(on bottle) Very pale yellow with a small bitter sent. Watery mouth with a nice bitterhoping, but the finish was metallic and hard.

Bottled: Pale yellow. Clear. White head. Malty and sweet aroma. Is light hoppy, grassy and sweet in the flavour. Light bitterness in the end. Very thin bodied.

Corny aroma, weak hops. Very pale yellow body, with a small white head. Flavor of very weak hops and very watery.

Pale golden colour with small white head. Malty aroma with some grain, hints of sourness and a bit of alcohol. Malty but boring flavor.