Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

500ml brown bottle. Grassy/sweet malt aroma, poured pale yellow. Head was fluffy white. Very faint malt and hops, watery.

The "delicate flavor" in the commercial description seems to mean "lack of flavor." Very pale and watery, even by America’s mass marketed lager standards. The metallic aftertaste was a real turn-off.

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(on bottle)Very pale yellow and a nice head. Not bad, but it does kind of remind me of a cannned beer, that gassy, metallic feeling to the palate.

Bottle. Pours a clear, straw yellow. Big white head. Aroma is of light light barley, nothing much there, maybe there is some lemon, maybe I’m just imagining that. Flavor is watery, but neutral, no skunky flavors. Some barley grains, light honeysuckles and hints of grass. . . . ya I’m stretching here for some description. Palate is watery, but not altogether passable as thin. Some decent refreshing body there is. Light, neutral, not skunked and macro tasting, so that’s worth something. Oh ya, no soap, no metal, no stale apples (though a bit of apples in the aroma). Rerate Better flavor than I remember, though it’s not as clean and flavorful and good as the 1, IMHO.

Pale ale style. Goes flat pretty quick. Pretty boring but passable on a hot day when you are thirsty. Some citrus notes are nice.

Bright yellow with white head. Aromas of sweet malt. Flavors to match, very easy drinking beer, not a lot going on. Almost like water with a touch of malt extract added. Clean finish.

Looks like one of your typical lager beers. Not much aroma to speak of. Tastes pretty good for a pale lager. No skunk and a nice easy to handle flavor.

Light gold in colour. Aroma was of mild hops, grains with a slight sourness. Flavour of light hops, grass, wheat. Light body, on the watery side. Finishes quite smooth with a medium length light bitterness. Pretty refreshing.