Baltika Medovoe (Honey) Light

1.5l Bottle- Golden/Amber in colour with mild carbonation and a cream white head. Overwhelmingly sweet honey aroma which is a bit off putting. The taste is quite smooth smooth with honey featuring prominently. It is probably not natural honey but the beer is more drinkable than the aroma initially suggested. This bottle size is too big for one though as it just gets too sickly.

This was the first Russian beer I ever tasted, and it also was among the first I ever rated. We were visiting friends, and this bottle was brought on the table. And it was a 1½ litre plastic bottle, and it brought my prejudice out of the closet... It was sweet and sickening to put it short and the honey never was brought in the right context...

1,5 ltr plastic PET-bottle. Pale amber color, small white head. Strong aroma of honey. Light mouthfeel. Malty flavor with honey sweetness. This tastes actually like a light lager with real honey added.

1,5 litre PET bottle. Yes, the rating is right: 0.6! Hazy, light copper color, no head. Smells like dishwater, combined with sweet apples and apple syrup. Ditto flavor. Threw away the whole bottle after a sip. Luckily it was only € 1,25.

A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of honey. The flavor is also sweet with notes of honey, but here the honey is mixed with light notes of flowers and rose hips, leading to a dry end. The body is thin.

Plastic bottle. Orange colour with a small white head. Sweet honey, skunky aroma and a sweet honey taste, light harsh. Medium body with a sweet finish.

Plastic bottle. Clouy amber coloured with a white head. Sweet aroma of honey. Sweet flavour of malts and honey.

Big plastic bottle. Hazy amber coloured. Honey candy aroma. gr5vytvgr6gvt5gft5ft546gft j