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Dragon Lady
Rinkuškiai
- From:
- Rinkuškiai
- Lithuania
- Style:
- Doppelbock
Ranked #132 - ABV:
- 9.7%
- Score:
- 72
Ranked #27,844 - Avg:
- 3.02 | pDev: 21.19%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 05, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 04, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 16
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Reviewed by SLeffler27 from New York
3.07/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.07/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
The beer has a hazy-honey glow (SRM 4-6). After a very brief, fine, half-inch of foam flashes into non-existence, only an incomplete veil of white fog is left above the beer.
Boozy orchard fruit radiates from within a Spieglau Pilsner glass. Floral notes and honey follow, revealing no hops and no toast. A slight warmth brings out an acrid, chemical smell.
The flavor is sweet with astringent bitterness. Herbal notes include possibly thyme and rosemary. There is apple juice mixed with toasted malt. The finish is long, mild and sweet, and also becomes astringent as it lingers. Booziness carries front to back.
A medium body and smooth texture. This bottle is labeled as 8.2% alcohol, which seems about right with slight warmth. There is a light, acidic sharpness in the throat and carbonation is fine.
Despite the aroma, this beer does improve about a quarter of the way through. Still, the chemical presence is unwelcome. This was an unfortunate choice, even though it was fun to have a beer from Lithuania.
Oct 16, 2022Boozy orchard fruit radiates from within a Spieglau Pilsner glass. Floral notes and honey follow, revealing no hops and no toast. A slight warmth brings out an acrid, chemical smell.
The flavor is sweet with astringent bitterness. Herbal notes include possibly thyme and rosemary. There is apple juice mixed with toasted malt. The finish is long, mild and sweet, and also becomes astringent as it lingers. Booziness carries front to back.
A medium body and smooth texture. This bottle is labeled as 8.2% alcohol, which seems about right with slight warmth. There is a light, acidic sharpness in the throat and carbonation is fine.
Despite the aroma, this beer does improve about a quarter of the way through. Still, the chemical presence is unwelcome. This was an unfortunate choice, even though it was fun to have a beer from Lithuania.
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
2.89/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.89/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Bought this beer at a bottle shop in Cincinnati. This beer is a bit disappointing. Poured from a bottle into a tulip glass. Golden brown color with a decent initial head that dissipates quickly and decent lacing. Smell is like an adjunct lager, corny and floral. Taste has some hint of caramel and is slightly boozy. Feel is watery. Not a repeater.
Mar 27, 2022Reviewed by Weisenbeer from Ohio
2.44/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
2.44/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Cheesy label, check...high ABV, check ... A style of beer I enjoy, check .... Flat, check ... Boozy taste, check ... Me wondering the actual cost to make this given the distance it had the travel to get to my bottle shop and the silly low price, check .... Conclusion: need to remind myself to stop falling for sexy / cheesy labels
Mar 13, 2021Rated by DurbanGerban from Oregon
2.06/5 rDev -31.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
2.06/5 rDev -31.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
I am getting really strong shoyu/soy-sauce notes? Didn’t even finish.
Feb 16, 2019Reviewed by Raebae from Illinois
2.27/5 rDev -24.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.25
2.27/5 rDev -24.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.25
This doppelbock pours a chestnut color, very little head, and no lacing. This beer has a very malty smell but the taste hints of caramel and malt. This doppel is better than most from this maker but honestly that isn’t a very high standard. This is another doppel that announces in bold numbers it’s percentile being 9.70. It’s a cheap strong beer which is its main attraction, at a cost of $2 dollars it’s cheap but if you want cheap strong Eastern European beers your better off going with a zhiguly.
May 27, 2018Reviewed by stegmakk from New York
3/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured lighted than expected (light coppery with off-white head that disappeared almost immediately.
Smelled Malty light caramel. A softer doppelbock than the one I just had.
Taste...decent flavor just not very pronounced. Like a weak doppelbock. Couldn't put my finger on the aftertaste. Maybe a bit of citrus or fruit? Not really what I expect for a doppelbock.
If given again for free...yes I'd drink it and smile. Would I go out of my way for this one...nope.
Nov 05, 2017Smelled Malty light caramel. A softer doppelbock than the one I just had.
Taste...decent flavor just not very pronounced. Like a weak doppelbock. Couldn't put my finger on the aftertaste. Maybe a bit of citrus or fruit? Not really what I expect for a doppelbock.
If given again for free...yes I'd drink it and smile. Would I go out of my way for this one...nope.
Reviewed by beerlust from Indiana
3.94/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a really good Doppelbock, one of the better ones ive found. Drinks much easier than it's high alcohol claims, smooth enough to try to drink more than 1 (16.9 oz bottle). I don't know anything about this brewery, but I'm going to look for some in the future.
Jul 01, 2017Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.65/5 rDev +20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +20.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From the slightly warm bottle, it pours amber with a modest head, diminishing to a thin layer and leaving some lacing. Caramel malt and alcohol in the nose. The mouth gets an ever so slightly sweet malty taste with some alcohol.
Apr 02, 2017Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
1.65/5 rDev -45.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.65/5 rDev -45.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
**
01/31/2015
Appearance: copper color, white head.
Aroma : brown sugar, caramel
Taste: malty, yeasty, Wang, apricot, sweet and sour chicken.
feel: Light carbonation.
Not very good, but the girl on the bottle is hot.
**
Dec 29, 201601/31/2015
Appearance: copper color, white head.
Aroma : brown sugar, caramel
Taste: malty, yeasty, Wang, apricot, sweet and sour chicken.
feel: Light carbonation.
Not very good, but the girl on the bottle is hot.
**
Reviewed by Suds from Missouri
2.83/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
This beer is an amber, completely clear brew. No head. The aroma is faint...a bit of malt and booze. The taste is sweet...caramel, malt, ripe fruit. Not balanced at all...it is a sweetness bomb. Lots of cloying and not much bitterness. Not a typical dopplebock layered maltiness...instead, it is like a sweet malt liquor. Not really bad, but neither complex nor interesting.
Nov 25, 2016Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
3.45/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a brilliant, dark orange with a very thin, white head. Good amount of combination.
A nice, big malty smell with a hint of vanilla. Some dark fruit.
Taste follows the nose. The malt and dark fruit is most prevalent. Slight medicine taste lingering does detract.
Mouthfeel is quite smooth, body is medium to heavy.
A little better than most make this out to be.
Sep 20, 2016A nice, big malty smell with a hint of vanilla. Some dark fruit.
Taste follows the nose. The malt and dark fruit is most prevalent. Slight medicine taste lingering does detract.
Mouthfeel is quite smooth, body is medium to heavy.
A little better than most make this out to be.
Dragon Lady from Rinkuškiai
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
79 ratings
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