Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

Bottle. Pours a golden colour. Bit sweet frutish and hoppy aroma. Flavour of hops, bit fruty with some sweetness and maltiness.

Bottle. Pours golden yellow with a moderate white head. Somewhat fruity aroma, with a bit of yeast and floral hops. Small amount of malt in the taste, with a little of the floral hops. Thin and a little watery. Not horrible, but rather bland.

Bottle. Poured straw yellow, little head, and no lacing. Nose is fruity barley with just a hint of hops. Mouthfeel weak. Flavor very mild. Very short and light finish. A very mild lager and actually drinkable, but certainly unremarkable.

Bottle. Fluffy high white and lasting head. Clear golden body. Mild and fruity barley malt aroma with lemon notes. Relatively bitter barely malt flavor with low carbonation and a short aftertaste. Pretty anonymous and boring.

Bottle. While it tastes like just about any other pale lager you can come across, it actually was pretty decent. A little weak, but (for what you should expect) it has a nice malt and hop flavor. It’s pretty smooth, and did not feel overcarbonated like so many domestics.

Rated 1/24/07: Pretty good...for a pale lager. Abundant aroma, mild maltiness with some crisp hops. Standard pour, nothing to complain about. Mouthfeel is nice but the finish falls off, kind of watery and lacking. Good taste, this one got better and smoother towards the end. Slightly sweet, again a good maltiness, rather crisp.

Had this one following a Mythos (Greek restaurant), though this one is ranked much higher in style pctl, I found it a much less tasty beer. It smelled a bit funny and I would not order another one. (Though their porter is very good.)

500 ml bottle, Mulmur. Pale colour, very effervescent head that quickly disappears. Faint grass and hops aroma. Sweet flavor, smooth finish. A bit weak but certainly drinkable.