Švyturys Ekstra
UAB Švyturys - Utenos alus

I paid $1.89 USD for a can of Švyturys Ekstra which I purchased in Glendale/California/USA.
Look: Švyturys Ekstra had no real amount of bubbles or foam.
Smell: Švyturys Ekstra had an aroma typical of beers brewed from fermented grains.
Taste: Švyturys Ekstra had a watery taste.
Feel: Švyturys Ekstra was basically flat and nearly devoid of bubbles.
Overall: People who enjoy drinking watery flat beer should seek out Švyturys Ekstra.

 

 

 

From Lithuania, 1784...brewed with barley and rice. English on the label, which is great.

Beautiful light hoppy, ricey aroma...perfect for a hot day I reckon...even though it isn't.

Light and refreshing...easy to drink fast. Hot a huge amount of hops, but well balanced and a subtle dry bitterness.

Not a huge amount of flavour, but I like the dry balanced bitterness and the pure refreshing taste.

 

 

A simply gorgeous beer; clear, golden body; excellent carbonation; thick and rocky head, white and dense. Sweet and gently toasted malt nose; mild spicy hop note. The taste mixes a gentle malt sweetness with a somewhat bold hop bitterness; light herbal notes. Medium body; crisp; a soft dryness throughout.

Here's a beer where one would love to have a fresh sample of. As an import, who knows how long its been bottled or under what conditions, yet it is extremely drinkable.

Poured at 57.4 °F; no decipherable bottling date uncovered on the label.

 

L: always liked the look of pale lagers. This one looks very refreshing.
S: grain sweet corn a little skunk about what is should be.
T: first swallow is skunk but it gives way to some really firm bitterness that submarines the sweetness in the smell. I gulped it. I like it.
F: much better than anticipated. I did not discern it as too watery but still very thirst quenching.
O: seems the scores are polarized. I’m on the high end. It has to be ice cold on a hot day and it works really well. Goes with a slickness. I think it is really well done. Would definitely revisit if the mood strikes me. In fact, I wish I had another right now.

Pours a crystal clear straw color. Thin one to two finger white head forms on the beer before quickly dissipating leaving just a thin residual layer of bubbly foam on top of the beer. It appears rather effervescent giving it a nice crisp appearance.

The aroma upon opening is initially rather skunky, but that settles down and notes of sweet doughy malts come through. There are some notes of tangy yeast, and very subtle light herbal hoppy notes.

Taste has notes of sweet bread, yeasty notes, but kind of watery. A strong earthy bitterness comes through on the back end. Kind of sweet, with some light grainy notes.

Feel is medium bodied, somewhat, for lack of a better term, syrupy? Bright carbonation, but not particularly bright or crisp.

Overall its a mediocre euro lager - the flavors are cleary muted and there is too much sweetness to it. I didn't particularly find it all that enjoyable to drink, and probably wouldn't again.

A beer without a definite, loose character, a product to quench thirst. There is no need to look for anything special or from the country of origin. A disappointment

 

Pours clear, gold in color with 1/3 inch head. Taste is wheat with medicinal and earthy hops. Light bodied, slightly bitter, moderate carbonation. Couple sips and I am good. Not a clean lager. Cannot get past medicinal taste. A hard pass--reminds me of Baltika Extra 9 without the alcohol punch.

 

Brilliantly clear gold, white head, nice retention and lace
Light herbal/floral hops, honey and bread malt aromas
Sweet bready malt, a touch of fruitiness, herbal and spicy hops, firm malt and bitterness
Medium light bodied, appropriate carbonation
I like it.

Appearance:
Pours a straw yellow and displays a sheet white head that's as tiny as it is temporary.

Bouquet:
A dainty aroma of wheat coupled with an equally delicate scent of dried hay.

Feel:
A light body that's crisp and airy but has enough gravity to avoid feeling like a diet beer. Harbors a fleet of cotton soft bubbles that caress the tongue with a shy, feather-light touch.

Taste:
Wheat cracker with a restrained drizzle of clover honey.

Overall:
A light lager that's marginally better than ok, and could be nice on a hot summer day.

Despite its demure simplicity, Ekstra is notably better than most run-of-the-mill muck like Natty Boh, Blue Moon, and other disgraceful, corporate garbage that occupies the same tier.

86,5

 

 

Pours a golden-amber color with a smaller head.

Smells of wheat, together with a little straw and nothing else.

Has a light, but fitting and refreshing mouthfeel, with a higher, slightly effervescent finish.

Tastes of white bread dough, straw and a note of caramel. Its sweetness becomes a bit more apparent then, while the grainy impression adds a little bit of complexity, countered by the present, slightly metallic carbonation. Finishes a tad fizzy with nothing to really balance the sweet malt foundation in this.

Pretty much what you‘d expect from an industrial lager with no surprises included.

 

 

Poured from the bottle into a Libbey style pilsner glass.

Quite a bit of a nice dark bodied brew. Deep brass color with a nearly bronze like finish, and classic crystal quality. Fine amounts of linear and a random odd large bubble carbonation, meeting to a fairly steep rocky bleach white two finger head. Small island puck and some spider vein lacing. Very neat looking lager.

Aroma is classic lager, relatively clean. A small touch of bakery bread malts, a little on the flour for the nose instead of dough. Faint amount of malt sensing sweetness, and minimal hop herbality.

Palate is pretty much on the level. Slightly thick bodied, but stays away from classic syrupy mass market sweetness. Clean finish is a little heavy, but some decent bakery malt sensing quality. Light touch of honey and mild hop bitterness, slightly herbal in flavor.

There's a bit of sugar to this, but not terribly, but this comes off as a real nice solid lager.

16oz draft pour into a chilled Stein shows a clear, bubbling yellow body floating a robust 1in white fluffy head and leaving staggard lacing.

Aroma of cracker malt and that's just it and the flavor matches. A refreshing, cold, bubbly beer.

Mouthfeel is clean and light.

Overall no one will be hurt by this as long as it is cold.

 

 

 

Decanted from a 16.9 oz (500 ml) bottle into a conical pint glass; production code UE 03, but no clear dating.
A: Pours a crystal clear, dark golden color with robust head formation and clearing, leaving a greater than one inch white head, good retention, but limited lacing.
S: Floral. Aromas of corn, banana, honeysuckle, and cloves predominate.
T: Flavors follow the nose largely. Bitterness strong in the context of the flavor profile and finish sharp consistent with the style.
M: Light bodied with light, persistent champagne bubble effervescence.
O: Svyturys Ekstra is a nice, non-central European example of a Euro Pale Lager. Refreshing, crisp, enjoyable. I thought the score were really much too low.

There's nothing to recommend this beer. There's very little discernible flavor, and while there's nothing horrid or awfully unpleasant, there's also very little that you'll get out of drinking it.

 

 

The disgusting aftertaste takes a while before it hits you.

 

 

On-tap at Karčema, Plunge, Lithuania

A: The beer is crystal clear yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short white head that left a collar around the edge of glass.
S: Light aromas of sweet malts are present in the nose.—corn seems to stand out in particular.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and has a little amount of sweetness from the malts.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is easy to drink and is nice and clean and smooth. It isn't that adjuncty.

Serving type: on-tap

 

Clear golden color with white head with tastes of honey, malt, and grain. sweet flavor, medium body, very smooth.