Arsenalnoe Traditsionnoe (Traditional Lager)

Brewed by Baltika Brewery (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Pale Lager
St. Petersburg, Russia

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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small frothy white head. fl. fd. clear thin dark yellow body. aroma: moderate hoppy, honey. if: light sweet bitter. ff: light bitter; average duration. palate: light medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, metallic finish. dulçor de mel, leve amargor de lupulo normal, não chega a ser tão boa quanto uma BP, refrescante, alta drinkability, 8 s

Pours an orange colour with a tiny white head. Aroma is sweet malt and grass. Taste is sweet caramelly malt with some straw leading to a lightly bitter finish. It’s ok.

I found this at some really weird liquor store in Wheeling, IL. First, let me tell you the most insane thing about this beer. The packaging, which caught my eye instantly. This came in a gigantic, green, PLASTIC bottle with a screw-top, not unlike a 2-liter bottle of soda. The bottle says "2 QT., 1 PINT, .5 FL OZ." That’s right. This was an enourmous, 80.5 OUNCE plastic bottle of weird Russian brew. And it was only $4. I could not resist the opprotunity to buy something so bizzarre. As for the beer, it was a musty corny lager. But man, you should see this wild bottle this shit came in. Most insane thing I’ve ever seen. Good god. Walk into a party with your 80 oz. beer and watch everyone gape at you in complete awe. I drank the whole thing and woke up the next morning feeling like Soviet guards beat the shit out of me.

bottled. Pour golden color with a thin head, aroma is malty and sweet, flavor goes on same way but with some hops, very malty! lovely.. mouthfeel is some balanced between sweetness and dry...

2L plastic bottle. Poured golden color with a thin head. Aroma is malt and hay. Flavor is malt and caramel, sweet, but not overly sweet. Better than I had expected it to be. Not much bitterness or hops detectable.

As Arsenalnoye Lager in Jumbo, Santiago de Chile. Pours clear golden with an average sized white fizzy head. It decreases quickly and leaves no trace of foam. Aroma is typically malty, rather crisp but uninteresting as expected. Notes of cereal, bread and a slight trace of vanilla. Flavor is sweet-ish and soft. They’re trying to go the safe route here and create a highly drinkable, simple and crisp lager. No aftertaste at all, even when you eruct. Light body, medium carbonation. Kinda watery. The finish is rather short and tasteless. Wouldn’t die to drink this but I don’t think it has many defects. It’s simply very boring.

From the giant plastic bottle. Light amber with a small white head. Faint apple aroma. Thin body. Taste is slightly sour and cidery. Dry finish. These ciderish Russia beers are pretty refreshing and good for the price.

Baltika Brewery--Apcehajbhoe (Arsenalnoe) Traditional Lager--2005 Shortneck 16.9 oz. Bottle. 5.10% ABV. 20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Pilsner. Foamy mild lace head. Clear bright golden color. Mild floral pils hop front. Smooth mild sweet creamy butterscotch body. Refreshing clean mild hop end. Tasty smooth mellow malt mild hop brew. Sampled 9/11/2005.

Sample from a gigantic plastic pop bottle at the Hopsnobbery Collective "From Russia With Suds" tasting on 1/2/10. Clear gold pour with a thin white head. Bready malt aroma with some sweet peach and honey notes. Flavor is of bread and candi sugar with some noble hops in the finish to give it some dryness. Not knocking my socks off, but way better than expected and easily one of the top three beers of this tasting that is actually from Russia.

Golden color, light friut and malt flavour, the palate is like many macro lagers, didn’t like his one.