Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

Bottle. Appearance is very pale yellow with averge foamy white head with good retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is grainy malt and floral hps with some sugar. Floavor is water, grainy malt, herbal hops, Final is sweet and somewhat bitter. Thin body with a somewhat chalky mouthfeel.

Bottle. Golden with a small white head. Grainy aroma and grassy hop notes. Ordinary flavour with a thin watery finish.

Bottle from case and keg. Pale yellowish. White head. Malty and grainy on the nose. Some hints of apples maybe. Flavor is weak and somewhat shitty. Malty, grainy and a small amount of fruit. Not worth drinking again IMO.

Can. Clear yellow colour with small creamy white mostly lasting head. Weak malty aroma. Sweet flavor. Watery palate.

Bottle: Poured a golden clear with a fluff white head. Aroma is light with grain and malt. Taste is soapy, with grain, water, malt. Finish is sweet.

500 mL Bottle. Pale straw body with a creamy white head that settles to a frothy film lacing the sides of the glass nicely. Aroma is sweet malt and grains with earthy-grassy hops. Light, sweet-nutty malt flavor with a hint of butter biscuit sweetness in the aftertaste and a clean finish. After all, this is a lager and lagers are meant for simplicity. This lager comes across to me as very above-average.

"This beer is brewed specially for you," boasts the label. "Really?" I wonder. "What did I do to piss off the Russians?" Lousy colour, no head, sickly sweet and unbalanced. Drinkable if served ice cold at four in the morning when all the good beer is gone.

Moderate malty aroma. Small, frothy, white head. Fair lacing. Clear yellow body. Light bitter flavor. Medium palate.