Don Klassicheskoe (Classic Lager)

Brewed by Baltika-Rostov (Baltika - Baltic Beverages Holding)
Style: Pale Lager
Rostov-Na-Donu, Russia

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

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is clear medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, husks), lightly hoppy (herbs, flowers), with light notes of DMS and chemicals. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, slightly husky/unclean. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. As plain Russian lagers go, it’s actually pretty respectable...you can smell hops in the nose, the balance is decent, and the unpleasant aspects are not so strong as to make you cringe. Drinkable for the genre.

500ml green bottle. Sweaty and skunky but pleasent (yes) nose of stewed grains and sweaty dried hops. Flavor is light pale malts and some witbier like coriander and wheat notes, not from any actual ingredients but a byproduct of the pale malt and yeast. Good for what it is, simple international lager thankfully not ruined by too much time in the bottle. I like.

Clear light golden color with a fluffy off-white head. Some decent lacing. Big skunky aroma. Hints of grain, malt, herbs and grass as well. Light flavors from the start with chalky malt. Grain and mild wintergreen middle and finish. Finish has light minerals and again a bit of mint. Me thinkest a touch too much maltose syrup.

Bottle 500 ml
Appearance: Clear gold with bright, medium white top.
Nose : easily noticeable aroma of oxidized notion , sweet citric hints with pale grainy base.5-
Flavor/Palate : Soft bodied , malty lager placed on sweet side. Slightly metallic as well not as cleanly brewed as one might wish for. Fair

Grassy nose, malt and a smidge of hops, golden, tiny white head. Tastes of malt, light bodied, sweet, mildly bitter. Average. Thanks Radek Kliber.

Bottle @ Bistro Europa, Buffalo NY. Light golden color. clean light lager. Easy to drink & better than the American counterparts

Bottle: Gold, nice head and light lacing. Nose of light hops and super sweet malt. Some pale malt in the flavor, very light but clean, some hops. Decent average lager. A bit too metallic though.

Aroma of a light struck green bottle euro lager. light palate with enough hops to cover the sweet flavor that mixed with a not so pleasant citrusy thing. hops were a bit grassy. Given that it was $1.80/50cl and was 5 months past its expiration date, I guess it wasn’t too bad.

Skunky aroma, hoppy taste with slight sweetness. Slightly bitter finish. Fairly straight forward lager, much better than the Don southern lager.

bottle ahhh, smells like a skunk just died. it was reeking havoc on my nose before i got the bottle poured. a honey color with a rather decent lasting white head. but wow, is this rank. very thin texture. light earthy, well waterery hop flavor is detectavle with the honey sweetness. a very watery beer. a lingering sweetness. surprisingly less bad than anticipated.

Pale golden with a foamy white head that left behind a little lace. Green-bottle skunkiness opens up to German noble hops and a hit of corn syrup. Flavor approaches the persona of a malt liquor with sweet corn syrup atop low gasohol notes. Not too bad. Finishes with a hint of bitterness.

<font size=-4>Purchased at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Liquors, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, shared at the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/events-detail.asp?eve "Monthly" Chicagoland Ratebeer Gathering</font>