Širvėnos Bravoras DUNDULIS

Dundulis — one of the names of the Baltic thunder god — brews in Panevėžys a repertoire linking the farmhouse breweries of northern Lithuania to the craft wave. Its pride: the resurrection of historic styles such as keptinis, a beer of oven-baked mash, brown in colour with toasted-bread notes and unique in the world, alongside herbal gruits, IPAs and contemporary stouts, all named after figures of mythology and folklore. Widely poured in the Špunka bars of Vilnius and specialist bottle shops, its beers are the best gateway to Europe's most singular brewing heritage — that of Aukštaitija.