Baltika Zhigulevskoe (Zhiguljovskoje)

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

Hm...I must be honest. The only reason I purchased this beer is because it came in a plastic "2-liter" bottle, with a plastic cap... While i don’t condone the unnecessary use of plastic containers, I like that it really stands out in a freezer...The taste is really quite interesting! Nice and flat, bland even, though lively enough to resonate with the beer drinker. I like this one!!

Bottle. Pale blonde. Faint grain and apple aroma, becoming stronger in the flavor. Hardly any hopbitterness. Just about drinkable, but cheap and bland.

Zhiguljovskoje is a very clear light copper lager with a small white head that fades to a film. It has OK lacing. It has a sweet aroma, like brown sugar, maple syrup and honey. It’s light bodied and pretty watery. It has a very sweet flavor! There are notes of maple, honey, caramel and sorghum, but not really any hops. Hey, kids would appreciate this! It’s not too bad, actually. I bet it’d make good cooking beer. I got a big plastic 1.5 liter bottle for $1.98!

pours a clear golden yellow with a medium size white head that goes away quickly, lively carbonation, some lacing. smell of roasted grain, malt, some citrus. taste is somewhat sweet, grain, malt, lemon, ends oily and a slight tart bite to it, leaves a thick film on the tongue.

(bottle - 1.5 L) Pale gold in color with a very thin white head. Aroma is sweet and flowery with hints of wine, grass, corn, and very light hops. Flavor is light and sweet with a bit of a wine taste and a slightly bitter finish. A bit watery but very crisp. I was actually surprised at how good it was coming from a giant plastic bottle.

Plastic bottle of 51 ounces (1.5 liters). Bottled March 5th to drink by Sept. 5th. Is this the same beer as Ochakovo Zhigulevskoe? Slightly brownish, very clear, dying head. This is more no-taste than bad-taste. Light, corny sweet with the tiniest hop presence. Grainy malts as well. Not as bad as I thought, but you don’t want to drink too much (cloying) or too warm.

Pours a pale yellow with a big white fluffy long lasting head. Aroma is corn and pennies, a little skunky, very thin flavor. As far as pale lagers go, this one is pretty average. Might as well drink just about anything domestic.

light yellow color smallish white head canned corn aroma stale, with a slightly metallic taste thin and watery