Werewolf

This dark ruttin beer coming from a relitively young brewery in Lithuania called Rinkuskiai. It is from what they call in Lithuanian Beer Country, and is based on an old recipe. At first glance what will catch you is the label design, half pretty blonde and half grey wolf. It also brags about its 8.2% alcohol content, which is noting to soddin scoff at. The second thing that most dusters will notice is the price, 3.99 a pint. It is steep for some, but most individual pint bottles now run over ten dollars so it is a decent price for a shot in the dark try. The last thing anyone would notice on the bottle is that it is defintiely a foriegn brew, as mentioned earlier its from Lithuania. You'd be soddin daft to miss the odd lettering mixed with English words. Now some beer fanatics would jump for joy at its foriegn aspects, but that is a damn hipsterish thing to do. Foreign does not always mean good, but in the case of Werewolf it does.

When you open the bottle you get a ruttin good blast of hops and sweet malt smells. The aroma can fill a room, Ora can tell you. She smelled this from the other side of the galley. It pours extremely well  with just the right amount of foam, making a decent head to a tankard or glass. However do not pour this beer quickly. It can foam up a good bit, if poured by a sad sack of a makeshift bartender. It is a deep amber color, and when poured into a clear glass it makes a great show of deep reds, browns, and light cream colored foam mixing and swirling. It likes ruttin vangogh painting for a moment. Now the taste is not for the fient of heart, or first time beer drinkers. It is similar to a Belgian monk beer, it has an odd mix of sweet and bitter, almost sour, taste. It has a nice soft sweet initial note, that is quickly followed by a bitter punch to the mouth, which can catch someone off guard. Werewolf is also very smooth, almost like drinking water, but the 8.2% alcohol will sneak up on you, if you are not careful. Its like a ruttin make you tipsy ninja. Its advised to drink this on a full stomach. 

~Ambrose E. Brightmore 

 

Rating: 3/5