TBone (30139) reviewed Gaišais Specialais from Bauskas Alus 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled (BB 08/2010)
Golden coloe, small white head. Yeasty, grainy, toilet aroma. Diacetylic, herbal even licorice flavor. Decent body. Lingering aftertaste of herbs and diacetyl. Unclean.
Earlier Rating: 1/27/2005 Total Score: 2.5
Draught
Honey golden with small white head. Aroma of malts and phenol. Sweet rounded malty mouthdfeel. Some hop bitterness in the finish and oily aftertaste. This is one of better Latvian lagers - which does not need much.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Porteris Bezalkoholisks from Bauskas Alus 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (thanks MM). Hazy brown colour with small beigeish brown head. Aroma is quite much mash mixed with coca cola. Flavour quite much the same with ryebread added. Tastes just like dark tablebeer.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Premium Alus from Bauskas Alus 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (thanks MM!). Goldeny pale nut brown colour with small yellowish beige head. Aroma is quite sweet caramel malts, some nuttyness, fudge as well as some mildly toasted notes. Flavour is quite similar with some raisins and resin.
Earlier Rating: 5/14/2010 Total Score: 2.7
Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (thanks MM!). For once a Premium beer that is dark! Dark rubyish brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some slight cocoa, mild parfumed some as well as some caramel. Flavour is quite much the same along with some mild notes of burnt sugar.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Senču from Bauskas Alus 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Pet bottle@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (thanks MM). Golden colour with small white head. Aroma is bready malts, some grains with some slight cardboard and fruity notes. Flavour is quite much the same with also some slight bittering notes in the finish. Also some starchlike sweetness lurking in under.
TBone (30139) reviewed Premium Alus from Bauskas Alus 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottled (BB 03/2010, Rimi Riga)
Clear nut brown color, small coca cola head. Aroma of rye bread, sugar and cardboard. Sweetish glucose flavor, some raisins. Odd yeasty kind of twist. Somewhat unclean and messy "Tumsais".
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Tumšais Specialais from Bauskas Alus 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle airborne from Riga, many thanks to Pål. Beige, bubbly head over a deep, amber coloured body. Plain dark malty aroma. Caramel-chocolate malts in flavour matched by gentle candy sweetness. Soft carbonated. Medium bodied. Dry, clean tasting and rather pleasing to the palate (Tromsø, 05.07.2009).
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Senču from Bauskas Alus 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml Bottle - Golden with a foamy white head. Malty and grainy aroma with a faint twist of lime. Malty and clean taste with some light hoppy notes and a refreshing malty and slightly sweet finish. Fairly drinkable and refreshing.
gnoff (11188) reviewed Tumšais Specialais from Bauskas Alus 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
First ratingBottle thanks to SaintMatty!On June 5, 2009Hazy copper color, tan head. Smells like candy and a bit of vomit, also sweet. Sweet caramel taste, some alcohol. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.6/3/6/4/12=3.1RerateRBESG 2017, sampled on July 19, 2017.Folkklubs Ala Pagrabs, Riga. Pre-gathering.From tap.Clear brown color, small tan head. Sweet, malty taste. Sweet aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Sweet, spicy scent.5/4/6/2/10=2.7
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Tumšais Specialais from Bauskas Alus 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500ml Bottle - Brown with red tinges. Malty and sweet aroma with some slightly roasted hints. Fruity taste with raisins and some roasted notes accompanied by some hints of liquorice and aniseed.
MiP (20366) reviewed Tumšais Specialais from Bauskas Alus 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 5.5%. Clear brown colour. Small white head. The flavour is quite sweet and a little vinous. Full-bodied. A touch of alcohol balances it a little at the end, but it is still on the sweet side.