Apynys Kaimiskas Medaus Alus (Country Honey Beer)

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

One of three exotic beers brewed by Lithuanian microbreweries that I have found today in Food-Beverages Expo in Vilnius. Nice chance to try something that couldn't be found in shops. 1 liter of fresh live Honey Ale. Very intense honey (rather honey pie), herby and very spiced aroma, some unclear malty scents. Original though. Deep cloudy orange color with average white foam, nice looking beer. Extremely spicy in a mouth, sweet, fruity and flowery. Taste of nature, but hard to find something close to beer. Intense honey flavor, mixed with fruity and farina tastes, very slightly malty at the end. Very sweet and too spiced. Original, interesting in Lithuanian beers family, but for me not so very plesant. After few sips that spicy flavor begins to annoy. I just got an idea that this brew should be good during cold season, kind of Cristmas beer. It's solid, original, and aftertaste is smooth, sweetish and pleasant, but that spicy-honey-sweet kick off makes it worth only for few sips and then urges to find something "beer-like". First Lithuanian honey ale for me. Applause for originality.