Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

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This is an under average beer, it has a good head that is quite sparse...decent taste, quite bitter but nice, is tart and russian..this is truly a forgetable beer, i didn’t realize i’d even drunk it until i saw the bottle weeks later!

Baltika 3 has a thin, white head, a clear, yellow-golden appearance, and just a touch of lacing left on the glass. The aroma is straightforward: malty, cracker, sweetness, and bread. Taste is similar, with mild hop bitterness present as well. Mouthfeel is light and watery, and Baltika 3 finishes crisp, clean, refreshing, highly drinkable, and mostly dry. Overall, this beer is a simple pleasure, and I recommend try it. RJT

leaves, citrus, grass, bread, vanilla, golden, hazy, frothy, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, light body, slick feel, soft carbonation, bitter,

Bottle Last Post. Reduced to this when 3 ales went aff. Just fizzy water. Even worse than Lech. Oh well, serves me right.

Oct 2006: Very pale golden colour with a thick white head, when poured from my brown pint bottle into a Duvel glass, the head didn’t stay thick for long though. No aroma to talk of, sorry. Dry and watery taste really, no body to the beer at all, I was expecting more flavour too. All in all, not very impressed, I shall not be trying this beer again.

Bottle. Not bad for a pale lager - crystal clear yellow pour with a small white head. Nose and taste is wheat with a touch of sweetness. Better than BMC, but still far from good.

0.5l can. Clear yellow, light golden color. White head, stays. Aroma is slight hops. Tastes malty, mild bitter finish.

Can. Typical beer. Not special. Make a cheap beer and get drunk. Light in color aroma and taste. Best thing about this beer is the picture of the girl on the shrink wrap of the six pack. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

It’s not as good as they say. I tried it ice cold,and it was OK, the moment it lost a little bit of coldness, it is undrinkable

Originally rated may 2005. Baltika Classic #3 pours a light golden colour with a great cream-bubble white head. The lacing left is very thick all-over and retention is solid. The carbonation is full of super tiny bubbles swimming to surface, here and there. The nose has mostly malt with slight alcohol in the background. Creamy mouthfeel. Taste of grain malt and some mild hop. Average lager.

Bit too light for my taste buds. Color too bright, good foam. Taste dissapeares quickly and one wonders did I drink?