Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

Gotta love these brews other then the numbers there is very little change from one number to the next,or what change there is is very subtle in some cases,JMO.Golden color,aroma of grain and light malt with a slightly fruity change.Flavor was much the same as aroma in some ways with a slight tinny taste but over all not to bad at all.The next number might be better but this is passable.

Bottle. Golden with an initially large head. Aromas are gritty grain with zesty lemon, peppery but quite thin. Flavours are light malts, grain and lemon drops sourness. Fairly dry and addictive on the finish with metal and pepper. Refreshing if cold.

Could easily fall into the cracks of Euro-lager fame, yet I actually quaffed this one with a degree of satisfaction on my face. Wife even loved it so it can’t be all bad, she says so!! From the bottle into a stein glass. Big fluffy white head formed and struggled to survive atop a slightly hazy lemon-gold body. Amazingly the head lasted ’til empty but managed no lacework. Sweet candyish and sherbetty nose with a base of rye bread, self-raising flour and freshly milled grains. It’s unusual in the mouth and starts with a blend of eucalypt, tea-tree oil and mint leaves, which softens as it warms (I didn’t need a herbal infusion!). Malt is well hidden at first but then shows form in a slightly plastic and pasty way. Mid-palate is herbal tangy and the finish has some sour malt and hops but drops off shy enough to remain fresh for the length. Can’t say this was bad, can’t say it was my thing either, it was just a beer that went down a treat. Above average quaffer!!! (50cL 11/11/05, Jandakot Liquor)

Yellow to very light amber coloured, little carbonation and an average white head. Very sweet hoppy aroma, some sweet herbs. Medium palate, light sprankling. Finish is sweet-bitter, very little metallic aftertaste, but not disturbing the taste. Better than I expected. A medium lager, just a little to sweet.

21 Mar 2006 - Sweet spiritous light hoppy aroma. Hazy yellow colour, low head and lacing. big hopped, partly spiritous flavour. Tangy finish and hoppy aftertaste.

Bottle, Tesco have started stocking this regularly but prior to this my regular source for the last few years in Oxford has been the small Russian Supermarket on the Cowley Road, plus one or two Lithuanian and other East European beers can be picked up here. Golden colour with a large frothy white head, bit highly carbonated for my liking. Clean and crisp come to mind but lacking somewhat in the flavour department, some bitterness otherwise a bit drab.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of sweet malt, grain, and corn. Flavor is grainy, watery, thin, weak.

Bottle. Slightly skunky. Perhaps beer store had it in the sun. Little to no head, boring fizzy yellow. Flavour wasn’t terrible, but didn’t have enough of it.