Baltika 9 Krepkoe (Strong)

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

Serve in Lager glass

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UPDATED: MAY 25, 2012 Bottle - small foamy head, pale straw color, cheap sweet malty lager aroma and flavor, strange bitter aftertaste - not a good beer

Pours a clear light yellow. Just a hint of malt and hop in the nose. The taste is very light. It comes of rather crisp and refreshing but finishes rather mediocre. Better than a macro, but not premium. At least it has the 8%.

Golden color with a white head. The taste is a sweet earthy malty body with a rather smooth finish.

Holy mother of God, this is horrific. I suppose it’s better than BMC, but barely... but, there is that much more booze in it.... so.... yay?

Can (16.9 oz.) at Tampa Palms WOB. Pours a crystal clear pale golden color. The white head was pretty foamy upon first pour, but quickly faded to small outer ring along the outer edge of the glass. Flavor and aroma are pretty weak with the high alcohol coming through a bit in the finish. One to skip unless you’re looking for a quick buzz.

500 ml bottle, poured in pint glass. Malty and sweet aromas. Pale gold, clear, with thin white head, non persistent, some lacework for a while. Tastes cereal and herbs, with so much of sweetness. Regualr finish. A maintream beer.

Brown 500ml bottle obtained in Antwerp. Poured on Saturday 5th June 2010, best before 8th August 2010 into a Corsendonk badged stemmed tulip glass. Is this the sweetest lager on earth? The colour was very pale yellow and the head white as driven snow. The head produced some impressive lacing as the beer sank. The aroma was so, so sweet, alcoholic icing sugar and baked apples with brown sugar came to mind. Drop the apples and you have the taste, exceedingly sweet with a front (and back) of alcohol. I actually found it easy to drink, I must have a sweeter tooth than I thought. There was very little about the beer, depth or flavour wise, just too sweet for normal people.

Bottle--my first Russian brew! I wasn’t missing much. Gold color with a quickly dissipating head and lots of carbonation. Grainy, corn aroma with some sweetness in the taste. Watery finish. I’ll keep looking Russia.

Bottle: Small to medium lively airy white head on top of a clear yellow light golden colored beer. smell old hops, fruit, pine apple, grains. Taste yeast, fruit notes, grains, alcohol, dusty hops and dusty mlts, spices, bitter, cardboard, light banana, apple and liquor. Aftertaste is yeasty light spicy fruity bitter malty. Low to medium carbo, Soft light spicy light sharp mouthfeel, medium body and a creamy texture.

Botella de 500ml.Copa Pokal.Saboreada en mar´12.Color dorado. Corona marfil,cerrada con buena retención.Aromas de moderado malteado,notas de frambuesas y miel.Toques florales.Entrada de malteado dulce con sabores de té afrutado.Lígero amargor en el intermedio con algo de astringencia de piel de manzana. Cuerpo lígero y carbonatación media-alta.El ABV bien camuflado junto a una lupulización enmascarada por los esteres dan como resultado una placentera asimilación.Final malteado y azucarado.Se sugiere maridar con Entrecots salteados a la brasa.500ml bottle.Pokal glass.Enjoyed on mar´12.Golden color.Off white, close, crown.Retention is good.Mildy malty aromas,craspberrie & honey notes. Floral touches.Sweet malty upfront.Fruity tea-like flavor too.Slightly dry bitter in the middle with some apple skin astringency. Light body, medium-high carbonation.ABV well hidden as esters masking hoppiness results in a very pleasant drinkability.Fruty malty finish. Suggested pairing:salty grilled T-bone steaks.