Bėganti Kopa
UAB Švyturys - Utenos alus

 

 

 

Artwork: A fairly simple white and sky-blue label with the brew's name translated in English (in the same way that Zlatý Bažant became Golden Pheasant) above what looks like a pulling cart.
Appearance: Yellow-ish/amber and cloudy. Vanishing head with no lacing.
Nose: Quite a bit of menthol (surprisingly), aniseed, a little bit medicinal, some coriander and definitely some cardamom (which is an ingredient).
Taste: It tastes exactly the way it smells. Cardamom is fairly pronounced. A little bit sweeter than most wits.
Mouthfeel: Medium body. Carbonation barely detectable on the tongue.
Overall: A very interesting beer, mainly due to the addition of cardamom, which is fairly pronounced. While I found its flavors intriguing and overall pleasant, I doubt I could drink more than a couple of bottles before I got sick of it. Nonetheless, it is fairly exciting to see a Lithuanian craft beer (albeit one that is owned by the Lithuanian big boys of Svyturys/Utenos) make it all the way to the US.

 

Labeled as Running Dune for the US market.

Batch number: BK 006. Best before: 3/9/16.

Pours a murky whitish-orange with a foamy bone head that fades to nothing. Small dots of lace drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of grain, orange soda, dried orange peel, spice, chalk, and yeast aromas. Taste is much the same with earth, chalk, spice, yeast, and dried orange peel flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that is tasty, light, and easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle.

 

 

This beer (from Lithuania) is an experimental beer from a huge brewerie which is not commercial type of beer. They have 4 types of it - this one is wheat one. It has a strong lemon and citrusy smell, is very light and smooth and is perfect for hot summer days to cool of and refresh yourself. The coulour of the beer is sandy ( like the name says - Running dune) also Doemens yeast makes the smell even stronger. The spices in beer is coliander,sweet orange peels and cardomon - just image the flavour. This beer is also said to be a Belgium/France style white beer. A must try in Lithuania.