Bottle: Dark yellow and lightly active with carbonation quietly originating mid-glass and terminating into a soft white top. Starchy aroma and a mellower-than-Heineken "green bottle" character of grassy/corny malt. Actually grew on me the more I drank.

<b>Bottle</b> about 4 months past its Best Before date. Pours a clear golden color with a one finger thick white head. Fine, light carbonation. Very light spotty lacing. Aroma is grain, herbal hops and light skunk. I actually like it. Flavor is a mild grain and grassy hops. This beer is actually not half bad. Light to medium body. This beer is half way decent. Looking forward to try the rest &#40;3 - 9&#41;.

A simpel not good pale lager.

From a 1pt. 9oz. green bottle with a gold foil wrapped neck and a best before date on the back label, 04.04.06. Made a good appearance, poured a clear pale lager golden with a large foamy white head that settled into a thin lacing, moderate carbonation overall. Had a clean grassy hop nose with a faint pale grainy maltiness. A smooth, lightly crisp light bodied mouth feel, slightly above average drinkability. Grassy, mellowly bitter hoppy taste with a balancing lightly crisp crackerish grainy maltiness and a grassy and semi-dry sweet malty finish. Not great, not awful, just middle of the road, what you expect from Baltika, a decent, drinkable and affordable pale lager.

Medium gold color with a large white head. The aroma is vegatable with some carrots and grass. The taste is a little metallic with some grass and celery. The taste has some light fresh grass. Actually, this is pretty good for the style.