Vilniaus Alus Tamsusis (Dark)
Vilniaus Alus UAB
- From:
- Vilniaus Alus UAB
- Lithuania
- Style:
- Munich Dunkel
Ranked #154 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,595 - Avg:
- 3.5 | pDev: 15.14%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 14, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 21, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
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Reviewed by Bavarican from Germany
3.78/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500ml bottle picked up in Kyiv, Ukraine. Is a deep brown to nearly black with a tan head Aroma has notes of dark malt, coffee, chocolate, and a hint of licorice. Taste is rich malt character with roasted notes, often with some sweetness balancing the bitterness. Medium to full-bodied with decent carbonation. Nice change from the standard German ones.
Sep 14, 2025
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.49/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Bottled and found in a Polish shop nearby, well on the walk to see my son’s college tutor
Pours a reddish hued fairly dark brown body with thick off white head
Aroma is brown sugar
Flavour is raisins
Mar 23, 2021Pours a reddish hued fairly dark brown body with thick off white head
Aroma is brown sugar
Flavour is raisins
Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
3/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured into lager glass.
Pours clear brown with nice creamy beige head, good retention.
Smell is worse - dusty, metallic, some caramel, poor indeed.
Taste - kvass-like, sweet, caramel and toasted malts, papery.
Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, nothing interesting.
Nov 01, 2015Pours clear brown with nice creamy beige head, good retention.
Smell is worse - dusty, metallic, some caramel, poor indeed.
Taste - kvass-like, sweet, caramel and toasted malts, papery.
Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, nothing interesting.
Reviewed by Weli from Wisconsin
3.56/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.56/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A-Deep chocolate brown color with a tan head
S-Fair amount of roast toasty malt character, slight corn/DMS aroma
T-Big and malty, lots of toasted barley character, caramel and toffee and a tad sweet.
M-Medium bodied, medium carbonation
O-Nice Munich Dunkel. Pretty drinkable and well balanced.
Dec 10, 2013S-Fair amount of roast toasty malt character, slight corn/DMS aroma
T-Big and malty, lots of toasted barley character, caramel and toffee and a tad sweet.
M-Medium bodied, medium carbonation
O-Nice Munich Dunkel. Pretty drinkable and well balanced.
Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)
3.61/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Kamiskas Gyvas Alus in Vilnius. From notes.
A - Deep red/amber colour with a half finger khaki head. A little hazy. No visible carbonatgion. No head retention or lacing.
S - Nice aroma for sure. Dark malt and earth. Slightly metallic and a nice hop presence.
T - Sweet malt to finish after a nice grassy hnop and a chocolate note. Perhaps a little too sweet.
M - Tingly light carbonation and a medium body with a little chew.
O/D - Just a tad bit sweet but nothing to make it a bad beer. Well put together and worth a try. Nice to see well crafted beers coming out of this area. People seem to be quite proud of good beer here made in very small batches. They're on their way.
May 27, 2011A - Deep red/amber colour with a half finger khaki head. A little hazy. No visible carbonatgion. No head retention or lacing.
S - Nice aroma for sure. Dark malt and earth. Slightly metallic and a nice hop presence.
T - Sweet malt to finish after a nice grassy hnop and a chocolate note. Perhaps a little too sweet.
M - Tingly light carbonation and a medium body with a little chew.
O/D - Just a tad bit sweet but nothing to make it a bad beer. Well put together and worth a try. Nice to see well crafted beers coming out of this area. People seem to be quite proud of good beer here made in very small batches. They're on their way.
Reviewed by atis from Finland
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle from Lithuania
Pours clear amber with many small carbonation bubbles, dense tan head that slowly fades to patchy layer, downsliding lacing. Aroma is sweetish roasted.
Taste is clean bittery roasted, hints of citrus, bits of alcohol can be felt towards the end of the glass, some sweet residues remain on the lips. Mouthfeel is moderate with slightly prickly carbonation, pleasant alcohol warming sensation slowly sets in.
Overall, not bad, but at the end it started to feel too sweet.
Aug 21, 2009Pours clear amber with many small carbonation bubbles, dense tan head that slowly fades to patchy layer, downsliding lacing. Aroma is sweetish roasted.
Taste is clean bittery roasted, hints of citrus, bits of alcohol can be felt towards the end of the glass, some sweet residues remain on the lips. Mouthfeel is moderate with slightly prickly carbonation, pleasant alcohol warming sensation slowly sets in.
Overall, not bad, but at the end it started to feel too sweet.
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