Baltika 3 Klassicheskoe (Classic)

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

Watery, lame, chemical beer. Not too much to say besides. As bad as a Budweiser or Tsingtao on the blandness front, but because i’m a snob and i like something about the branding, and because it’s not quite as bad as those beers, then it comes slightly above them my list. - similar to poretti.

Poor lager. Nothing distinctive about this. Not much of any kind of taste. Seems like some form of Budweiser Select, yet somehow slightly better.

Bottled. Fizzy yellow. Mild head. Mild flavor. Mild nose. Overall, mild, but clearly drinkable.

Found this one bottled in Belvidere, Illinois. Standard yellow fizz. Sweet and sour nose of canned corn, notes of apple cider and some malty bitterness. Inoffensive, and for my first Russian beer, certainly drinkable.

500 mL bottle. Gold with decent head. To quote the last guy, "faint sweetish grassy aroma with apple notes." An inoffensive lager - no corn! A little sweeter than others, perhaps. Not much finish. A lager that would be welcome on the dock if served icy cold.

Small white head quickly shrinks into thin white ring. Light yellow body with ongoing carbonation. Faint sweetish grassy aroma with apple notes. Taste is grainy apple with strong grassy notes. Some chalk. Dry, papery aftertaste. Unpleasant papery bitterness settles in the mouth. The initial taste is the best thing about this. Not so good. (0.5l bottle.)

Bottle, 500ml, 5.1% ABV. A pale yellow colour with a medium-sized head that diminishes to nothing. Light aroma of hops and honey. A well-balanced taste of hops and malt with some caramel and bread/yeast. A hoppy, citrus finish. Moderate carbonation. Quite pleasant and easy to drink.

Slightly offensive sardine tin-aroma. Smells like a budget tinned lager. Body golden and spritzy, with a generously billowy head. At first. Flavour thin and grassy, with a dash of chemical bitterness. If I’d paid 60cents for this in a Greek supermarket, I’d be disappointed. Quite an unpleasant experience.