2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Baltika #2 is a clear and sparkling light golden lager with a dense white head that has good retention and leaves some nice lacing. The aroma is lemony and funky. It has a bit of a sweat sock whiff. It’s light, maybe medium-light, bodied and reasonably smooth with a flat, gritty finish. There’s not really much flavor at all. What’s there is grassy-- maybe lemon grass. I really expected this to be bad, but it wasn’t. It’s very much along the lines of an American macro, but with a little more oomph and no glaring signs of adjuncts. It was well worth the 96 cents for the 500ml bottle.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle. Poured a somewhat medium yellow with a fleeting white head. Light malt aroma, not much there. Sweet and very non-threatning, kind of weak.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
16.9oz bottle-pours a retaining foamy white head and yellow color. Aroma is lime, grain, sulfur, Euroskunk. Taste is lime, sweet grain/light malt-caramel, Euroskunk, with some chemical.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
50 cl bottle - thanks to Eivind. Clear golden color, disappering white head. Aroma is grassy. Flavor is sweet and grassy. Refreshing, but thin.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
This isn’t a bad lager at all. Tastes like a Dutch or German lager, but with a little more flavor and mint undertones. Not great, but pleasant, and I’m the last one to readily complement lagers.
1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
500 mL bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop. Pours an apple juice color, clear, with a one-finger creamy head. Aroma is slight skunk, heavy grain and a sweetness I suppose comes from the rice. Very dry grassy taste. Medium bodied.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color with a white head. Little to no aroma. Taste is a clean corn and grain, refreshing.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
This is essentially a pale lager, an imitation of Budweiser and other odious brews. The aroma, flavor, appearance and palate all typical for this style. The beer emits a spicy, grassy aroma. The appearance is the same old yellow with white head. The flavor is affected mainly by the adjuncts, like rice and corn. The palate has a slight hoppynes to it, nothing remarkable. at least now I’ve had all the Baltika beers, 1-9.
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