Spruce Tips Barleywine
Sakiškės Brewery (Sakiškių Alus) in Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania 🇱🇹
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A deep amber-mahogany pour with a dense, slow-retreating head. The aroma opens with rich layers of dried figs, prunes, warm toffee, and a whisper of oak. Beneath the malt depth, bright notes of fresh spruce-tip citrus and resinous pine rise through, joined by earthy juniper berry tones — evoking the scent of a Nordic forest after rain.
The palate is full and luxurious: rounded malt sweetness gives way to dark bread, caramel, and soft stone fruit before an herbal-pine surge unfolds. Juniper spice, evergreen resin, a hint of wood smoke, and spruce freshness create a complex, warming profile. The finish lingers long with gentle alcohol warmth, sweet malt, resinous herbs, and a subtle piney dryness.
Full-bodied, warming, and richly layered — best savored slowly, preferably by a fire or after a long adventure in crisp Scandinavian air.
Sudėtis: malted barley; spruce tips, juniper branches, sea salt; hops; beer yeast; water.
The palate is full and luxurious: rounded malt sweetness gives way to dark bread, caramel, and soft stone fruit before an herbal-pine surge unfolds. Juniper spice, evergreen resin, a hint of wood smoke, and spruce freshness create a complex, warming profile. The finish lingers long with gentle alcohol warmth, sweet malt, resinous herbs, and a subtle piney dryness.
Full-bodied, warming, and richly layered — best savored slowly, preferably by a fire or after a long adventure in crisp Scandinavian air.
Sudėtis: malted barley; spruce tips, juniper branches, sea salt; hops; beer yeast; water.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can 33 cl. Pours a clear, nutty brown with a tiny, beige head. Distinct spruce aroma atop some fatty, caramelly and boozy notes. Super rich and sweet with mousy spruce notes, massive caramel and a very boozy finish. Close to flat. A fun beer. 030226
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on 03 Feb 2026
at 17:35