Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

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.

50 cl bottle from the Rimi supermarket in Tallinn, sampled on April 12, 2009
BB 15.02.10
Clear pale yellow color, small white head. Sweet, malty, vegetables, apples scent. Sweet, malty, grainy, a bit acidic taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium low bitterness.

Clear yellow colour with off white head.Aroma rich malty and sweet bitter mouth feels,is sticky and has note of corn and malt.A bit Boring i guess.

Yellow with medium disappearing head, aroma is weak mostly sweet malt, flavor is biscuit sweet and boring, some flat hoppiness in the finish, it is not bad but has nothing special.

Clear light golden color with small head. Not much aroma not much flavor not much of anything...

Can. From "Moskva" københavn Rådhuspladsen. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Light malty and very light hoppy aroma. Week light bitter flavor. Short finish. Watery palate.