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RECORD stumbras · EVIDENCE GRADE C · UNCLAIMED · LAST VERIFIED 2026-07-18

Stumbras

Kaunas · Lithuania · 54.898, 23.904

REGION: rest of worldTRADITION: World amaroEST. 1906WEBSITE ↗

ZONE 01 — VERIFIED FACTS

Corporate founding narrative
The predecessor facility, Kaunas State Wine Warehouse No. 1, was built in 1906; the STUMBRAS name traces to a 1948 merger with a liqueur factory owned by Mykolas Velykis, and the company was privatised by the MG Baltic concern in 2003.A·2
Legal entity and ownership
Stumbras beverages are produced by UAB "MV GROUP Production" (Lithuanian company registration code 132082782), the renamed continuation of the original AB Stumbras legal entity (registered 1990-12-17, with the registry change from Akcine bendrove "Stumbras" dated 2016-06-08). Stumbras retains its own brand identity, product range, museum and dedicated website and stands as its own producer record.C·11
Parent group
MV GROUP unites MG Baltic's companies across four business sectors: manufacturing, distribution, logistics and retail; MV GROUP Production is the manufacturing-sector entity within that group.A·5
'999' trademark status
A Lithuanian Supreme Court ruling found that neither Stumbras AB nor Vilniaus Degtine AB holds exclusive rights to the '999' sign, treated as a digital rendering of the protected geographical indication Trejos Devynerios; other economic entities may also use the '999' element in different label forms.B·10
Headquarters
K. Bugos str. 7 (K. Būgos g. 7), LT-44328 Kaunas, Lithuania.A·6
Visitor museum
Stumbras operates a visitor museum, established in 2009.A·3

ZONE 02 — AI-COLLATED SUMMARY

AI-ASSISTED · FROM GRADED PUBLIC SOURCES

Stumbras is a Lithuanian spirits producer based in Kaunas whose origins trace to a 1906 state distillery later merged with the Velykis family liqueur works that gave the brand its name. Its beverages are now produced by UAB "MV GROUP Production", the renamed continuation of the original AB Stumbras entity within the MG Baltic group. THE NINES (999 / Trejos Devynerios) is a 27-botanical herbal liqueur family; the Authentic expression is the most clearly bitter-forward of the range, while the Aperitif and Botanical variants foreground citrus and sweetness alongside a milder, more arguable bitterness.

AI-collated from the graded sources below; adversarially verified 2026-07-18 (wave 8); pending operator review.

ZONE 03 — PRODUCER-SUBMITTED NOTES

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PRODUCTS ON RECORD

THE NINES Authentic

40% ABV · 500ML

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY — (family ring)RING familyTRADITION World amaroSELF-IDENTIFIED “bitters”

THE NINES Authentic is a Lithuanian herbal liqueur made from an infusion of 27 botanicals, described by Stumbras as roots, barks, leaves, blossoms and fruits, following a recipe the producer states dates back centuries. Stumbras positions it as the oldest and most traditional member of THE NINES range, with a bitter-sweet flavour and rich aroma. The bottling carries a digital rendering of the protected geographical indication Trejos Devynerios, a name a Lithuanian Supreme Court ruling found is not exclusively owned by any single producer.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 11 GRADED EDGES

DESCRIPTORS

  • bitter-sweetA·7
  • rich aromaA·7
  • sweet-bitter (independent tasting note)C·12

THE NINES Aperitif

35% ABV · 500ML

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY — (family ring)RING adjacentTRADITION World amaroSELF-IDENTIFIED “bitters”

THE NINES Aperitif is a citrus-and-herb liqueur from Stumbras' THE NINES range, replenished with orange and lemon flavours and matured before bottling. Stumbras describes it as the youngest member of the family, with a citrus-herbal balance; an independent UK retailer that names Stumbras as the brand categorises the same bottling, sold under its Lithuanian name Raudonos Devynerios, as a fruit liqueur rather than a bitters style.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 10 GRADED EDGES

DESCRIPTORS

  • exotic tasteA·8
  • velvet aromaA·8
  • citrus-herbal balanceA·8
  • orange and lemon flavour, categorised as a fruit liqueurC·14

THE NINES Botanical

40% ABV · 700ML

BOTTLE IMAGE
ADDED BY THE PRODUCER

SUBCATEGORY — (family ring)RING adjacentTRADITION World amaroSELF-IDENTIFIED “bitters”

THE NINES Botanical, sold by some retailers as Devynerios Zalios or 999 Green, is described by Stumbras as the sweetest and gentlest member of THE NINES range, built on the same 27-botanical base as the rest of the family. The producer's own copy foregrounds a mild bitter-sweet taste rather than pronounced bitterness. An independent UK retailer lists the Stumbras-branded bottling at 700ml and 40% ABV; the producer's own product image implies a smaller domestic size, a discrepancy not resolved in the source material.

BOTANICAL MATRIX — 8 GRADED EDGES

DESCRIPTORS

  • mild bitter-sweet tasteA·9
  • unique colourA·9

SERVES

ZONE 04 — COMMUNITY TASTING NOTES

RESERVED — community notes open in V2 with moderation and bias handling. The contributions ledger is already recording.

ZONE 05 — ASTERLEY EDITORIAL NOTE

No dedicated Baltic or Lithuanian tradition slug exists among the Atlas's twelve locked traditions; world-amaro is used here as the closest available bucket, flagged as an open taxonomy question. THE NINES Authentic is placed on the family ring rather than core: Trejos devynerios is a bitter-defining Lithuanian national tradition outside the Italian core, and the product is not positioned as an amaro, so no subcategory applies. Generic '999 Trejos Devynerios' retail listings sometimes attribute the same product name to a different Lithuanian producer, Vilniaus Degtine, following the unresolved '999' trademark dispute; this record is scoped strictly to bottlings that independent sources attribute to Stumbras by brand name. THE NINES Cannabis and both THE NINES Extract SKUs were excluded as failing the inclusion gate (bitterness not defining, and culinary-extract format respectively); all other Stumbras product families (vodka, brandy, rum, gin, honey liqueur, fruit liqueurs, and the fruit-forward Palanga/Dainava and kvass-based Miller's bitters) were also excluded as hard-OUT or non-herb-forward categories.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Where is Stumbras made?
Stumbras is made in Kaunas, Lithuania, and was founded in 1906.
What style of amaro is Stumbras?
On The Amaro Atlas, THE NINES Authentic is recorded in the family ring, within the World amaro tradition. The producer describes it as "bitters".

SOURCES — A–D GRADED (14)

  1. [1]AStumbras homepage · Stumbras (UAB MV GROUP Production) · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  2. [2]AValues and History · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  3. [3]AMuseum · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  4. [4]AProduct family index · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  5. [5]AMV Group · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  6. [6]AContacts · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  7. [7]ATHE NINES Authentic product page · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  8. [8]ATHE NINES Aperitif product page · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  9. [9]ATHE NINES Botanical product page · Stumbras · producer-official · accessed 2026-07-18
  10. [10]BCourt Decision: none of producers is granted exclusive rights to "999" trademark · GlobeNewswire (press release issued by Vilniaus degtine AB) · press · accessed 2026-07-18Announcement issued by Vilniaus degtine, a party to the dispute; replaces a Reuters wire copy of the same announcement that is bot-blocked and could not be independently fetched
  11. [11]CMV GROUP Production legal entity record · rekvizitai.vz.lt (Lithuanian State Registers Centre data aggregator) · database · accessed 2026-07-18
  12. [12]CLikier Stumbras 999 The Nines Trejos Devynerios Bitter 40% 0.5l · dobreflaszki.pl · other · accessed 2026-07-18Retailer product listing; independently confirms ABV and bottle size for THE NINES Authentic only, and names gentian root, alder buckthorn bark and bison grass among the botanicals
  13. [13]CLiqueur Trejos Devynerios 999 Green Stumbras 40% 0.7l · babushkadeli.uk · other · accessed 2026-07-18Retailer product listing; copy reads as templated/SEO-generated rather than producer-authored
  14. [14]CStumbras 999 Raudonos Devynerios · The Whisky Exchange · other · accessed 2026-07-18Retailer listing for the Aperitif bottling under its Lithuanian name; confirms 500ml and 35% ABV and categorises the product under Fruit Liqueurs rather than Bitters

A producer-official / regulatory · B reputable published · C secondary · D community/unverified

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