Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

(Bottle 50 cl) Very pale with a pretty full and creamy head. Faint hoppy aroma and a discreet bitterness. Otherwise completely anonymous. 090704

(Can) Pale golden colour with a small thin white head. Malty aroma with some grain and a light sweetness. Flavor is malty with hints of a fruity sweetness.

drinkable, but pedestrian and had a metallicness to it that borders on heineken like annoying. Citrus and pils helps to redeem it some, but not enough.

Rated blind. Clear golden-yellow body with a clean, sudsy white head. Mild aroma and flavor with light lemony citrus and a hint of pils malt. Crisp, clean and very refreshing on a hot day. Nice summer beer.

Bottle. Pours yellow with a small fizzy white head. It dissipates fairly quickly. Nose has an odd fruitiness to it along with strong graininess, light grass notes and bready notes. Taste is sweet and grainy with lighter fruit notes. Light bitterness and some grassy notes. Body is relatively light and refreshing with moderate carbonation feel. Finish is grainy and grassy with light bready notes (sourdough) and fading fruitiness. Not bad!

500 ml bottle. Very pale gold with an enormous, lasting snowy billowy topping...fresh, grassy-hoppy nose with a hint of lime...sweet, light fresh body, bit of finishing bitterness...not full enough and rather one dimensional, but much more pleasant and drinkable than I expected.

Plae yellow/gold color. Aromas of malt. hops, and straw. Light bodied and sweet, with some malt and hops. Not bad at all, but don’t go out of your way to find it.

Slightly bitter taste reminds me of Stella Artois, without the bad aftertaste or pretentious yuppie following. Light golden color, pretty much what I expected from a lager. Head is thin and fizzles away quickly. Reasonably priced; I would buy a couple again if I was in the neighborhood of the beverage store.