Bochkarev Klassicheskoe

Brewed by Bochkarev Brewery (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
St. Petersburg, Russia

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

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August 2005: a new beer from Russia-based Heineken. Deep golden colour, strong sweet aroma, malty caramelly palate. Nothing special, as usual.

Drank this for the first time during my amazing trip to St Petersburg in a nice pub in the city centre. It is just an average refreshing beer. That’s all. Don’t try to find anything else with this beer, you won’t! Still, it’s pretty drinkable.

500ml Bottle - Golden in colour with a foamy head. Grassy and malty aroma with a twist of lemon and lime and a light honey element. Quite thin tasting with malt and a little bit of honey abd sweetness in the finish. Mild bitterness. Goes down easy for its strength but not much flavour.

Bottle. High fluffy lasting white head. Clear aamber body. Astonishingly weak aroma. I could smell some perfumed honey, that’s all. Flavor dominated by carbonation but also very mild sweet weak and honeylike. Short aftertaste.

Clear golden with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel and malty notes. Flavor likewise with a sweet finish.

50 cL bottle, thanks to Papsoe. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Medium sweet cornish aroma. Flavour is mild cornish sweet with a light acidic touch. Ends with a mild bitterness.

Bottle. [Courtesy of yespr, thanks buddy] Average bubbly off-white head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Clear flat looking body with a golden colour. Aroma of grass, cardboard, mild toasted malt, hint of corn. Light bodied with a soft carbonation. Light sweet and bitter flavour. Light sweet malty finish.

Bottled. Clear golden, rich but brief airy head. Sweet and fruity,lightly buttery. Light bodied with some papery malt, low hop rate and bitterness.

Bottle. Clear golden beer with a medium white head. Sweetish aroma with malt, grains, some caramel and notes of hops. Quite sweet-flavored with malt, caramel, a bit of metal and a hint of grassy hops. Light-bodied.

Bottle. Pours a light amber colour with a big beige fairly lasting head. Aroma of carmel, grains and malt. The flavour has some caramel, toasted malt, grains and grass. Sweet toasty finish.

Bottled (BB 01/2008)
Golden color, small white head. Wet paper and faint woody hops in the nose. Bready, a bit sweet, not very strong palate. Clean, but just too watery for being anything interesting.