Gintarinis
UAB Švyturys - Utenos alus
- From:
- UAB Švyturys - Utenos alus
- Lithuania
- Style:
- German Pilsner
Ranked #807 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 74
Ranked #38,712 - Avg:
- 2.69 | pDev: 18.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 07, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 21, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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74
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
2.73/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.73/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
1 imperial pint can, as Svyturys Gintarinis Sviesusis Alus, from EKO Market, Stavanger. ABV is 4.6%. Clear pale golden colour, moderate to small white head. Strong sweetish aroma of pilsener malts and newmown grass, also hints of candy. The flavour is moderately sweet, but not as bad as I feared. Moderate herbal hops, an acceptable refreshment.
May 07, 2025
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
2.23/5 rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.23/5 rDev -17.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Copenhagen 16/9 2022. 56,8 cl can from Bulgarsk Mad, Åboulevarden, Kbh. N. Simple orange can with Švyturys' logo.
Pours clear, pale yellow with a big white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with sweet odor of malts mingling with a bit of metal and citrus. Sweet pale malts, corn, cardboard. Metallic alcohol. Light whiff of citrus concentrate.
Light carbonation. Thin, watery, lightly tingling texture. Slightly greasy aftermath.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish and lingers for a bit. Finish is semi-dry.
After most Western European breweries has started to produce 44 cl cans this one seems huge. A shame its way too sweet to constitute a decent Pilsener.
Feb 01, 2025Pours clear, pale yellow with a big white head. A bit bubbly. Settles as a 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is medium intense with sweet odor of malts mingling with a bit of metal and citrus. Sweet pale malts, corn, cardboard. Metallic alcohol. Light whiff of citrus concentrate.
Light carbonation. Thin, watery, lightly tingling texture. Slightly greasy aftermath.
Flavor is medium intense with a rather strong sweetness followed by a moderately strong bitterness. Aftertaste is sweetish and lingers for a bit. Finish is semi-dry.
After most Western European breweries has started to produce 44 cl cans this one seems huge. A shame its way too sweet to constitute a decent Pilsener.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
1.91/5 rDev -29%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
1.91/5 rDev -29%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
500ml brown glass bottle purchased at an Eki supermarket in Vilnius, Lithuania.
4.60% ABV. Pilsner per Carlsberg's website.
Lacks any Noble hop grassiness whatsoever, and has more of a euro pale lager cheap malt taste than a proper crisp pilsner malt body. The usual cheap lager buttery mouthfeel lends it an off-putting stickiness and coupled with the cheap pale malt (and possibly corn adjunct base), gives it a syrupy slimey presence on the palate.
I drank this after an Utenos Classic (which is a pale lager) and couldn't tell the difference. Very poorly executed for an ostensible pilsner.
D- (1.91) / AVOID
Feb 29, 20164.60% ABV. Pilsner per Carlsberg's website.
Lacks any Noble hop grassiness whatsoever, and has more of a euro pale lager cheap malt taste than a proper crisp pilsner malt body. The usual cheap lager buttery mouthfeel lends it an off-putting stickiness and coupled with the cheap pale malt (and possibly corn adjunct base), gives it a syrupy slimey presence on the palate.
I drank this after an Utenos Classic (which is a pale lager) and couldn't tell the difference. Very poorly executed for an ostensible pilsner.
D- (1.91) / AVOID
Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation
2.15/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.15/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Wort extract 11%. 1 pint can.
Pours clear straw-yellow beer with bubbly white head, leaving fluffy ring of froth on a surface. Smell of malts and unmalted materials (rice), slightly acidic. Blank taste of macroshit, poor adjunct lager. Fizzy, light body, corny aftertaste.
Oct 24, 2013Pours clear straw-yellow beer with bubbly white head, leaving fluffy ring of froth on a surface. Smell of malts and unmalted materials (rice), slightly acidic. Blank taste of macroshit, poor adjunct lager. Fizzy, light body, corny aftertaste.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
2.55/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.55/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Clear & very light amber colour that starts with an average sized, bubbly white head that settles to a thin lacing after a few moments.
Basic corn and lager malts mix with some more basic adjuncts and a touch of grain. This one is quite basic and plain with not a whole lot going on.
Cheap corn and adjuncts with some grain and a background skunk flavour and a little spice as well. It's a basic, cheap lager although it is drinkable.
Light on the palate with a slightly grainy feel although it does have a crisp finish.
A pretty poor beer. This one was cheap, basic and plain in that mass produced, industrial scale lager type of way.
Oct 03, 2012Basic corn and lager malts mix with some more basic adjuncts and a touch of grain. This one is quite basic and plain with not a whole lot going on.
Cheap corn and adjuncts with some grain and a background skunk flavour and a little spice as well. It's a basic, cheap lager although it is drinkable.
Light on the palate with a slightly grainy feel although it does have a crisp finish.
A pretty poor beer. This one was cheap, basic and plain in that mass produced, industrial scale lager type of way.
Reviewed by Linalmeemow from England
3.13/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.13/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Fairly standard if slightly bland euro big brewery lager. No better or worse than Heineken, if you need a comparison. Definitely not retired, as this website was reporting. Apparently I have to write a review to stop it showing up as retired. So that was it; my review.
Apparently that review was not long enough so I'll say it again. Average.
Shit the bed, still not long enough. Fizzy. Yellow. Tastes like most mass produced lagers of this strength. If I stop typing now it means I've hit the required word count...
Sep 04, 2010Apparently that review was not long enough so I'll say it again. Average.
Shit the bed, still not long enough. Fizzy. Yellow. Tastes like most mass produced lagers of this strength. If I stop typing now it means I've hit the required word count...
Reviewed by mdagnew from Northern Ireland
3.36/5 rDev +24.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.36/5 rDev +24.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
500ml bottle bought from GapWines, Belfast...
Poured a light golden straw colour... Slightly off white head poured pretty thick and foamy then faded quite quickly to thin layer... Slight patchy lacing and sparse carbonation...
Aroma - Very light biscuity malts, some lemon and grapefruit fruitiness, sweetcorn hints, sugary sweetness, grassy / hay.... pretty standard macro aromas...
Taste Sweet biscuity maltiness, definite light sweetcorn notes, decent hop bitterness cuts through the sweet malts, some fruitiness (lemons, oranges), salty, grassy, some faint floral notes, slight pepperiness.... better than aromas indicated...
Feel - Quite sharp initially but mellows out into nice smoothness... Light bodied... pretty drinkable...
Overall - An OK beer... Nothing groundbreaking but probably worth a try...
Jul 21, 2006Poured a light golden straw colour... Slightly off white head poured pretty thick and foamy then faded quite quickly to thin layer... Slight patchy lacing and sparse carbonation...
Aroma - Very light biscuity malts, some lemon and grapefruit fruitiness, sweetcorn hints, sugary sweetness, grassy / hay.... pretty standard macro aromas...
Taste Sweet biscuity maltiness, definite light sweetcorn notes, decent hop bitterness cuts through the sweet malts, some fruitiness (lemons, oranges), salty, grassy, some faint floral notes, slight pepperiness.... better than aromas indicated...
Feel - Quite sharp initially but mellows out into nice smoothness... Light bodied... pretty drinkable...
Overall - An OK beer... Nothing groundbreaking but probably worth a try...
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