Ochakovo Zhigulevskoe

Pale beer with a creamy white head and a malty sweet-salty aroma. Flavor is cereal and flowers. It seems a bit watered down, though flavor is still present. Finish has a bit of hop bitterness--a very small bit. Not bad. Not good. But interesting. I’ll likely not buy it again, but I’m glad I tried it.

Pale lager colour.I’m not sure what cat urin smells like at the moment, but I think this might be pretty close, especially at this temperature. The taste is... vanilla and hay.

500ml bottle.
Pale gold, small white head. Smells like a cheap and nasty pilsner. Fizzy in the mouth. Harsh metallic hop extract taste. Slightly papery, and perhaps dusty, too. Even though its only 4%, it still had an alcoholic edge to it. Theres some rotten fruit to it too. Has a few occasional nice tastes, but theyre dwarfed by the less pleasant ones. Hardcored the whole bottle though, in case I became inured to the nastier aspects. Hmmm - I did. The taste softens once you can ignore the metallic hops, and becomes creamier, more vanilla-like, and almost buttery in places. Still not what Id call tasty though.

Bottle from BevMo, a completely random purchase solely out of curiosity. This might be the first authentic Russian lager I’ve tried. Label is in English, Ochakovo Zhiguliovskoye Golden Beer. Unpleasant aroma of sweet corn porridge, rice and spoiled green apples. Taste is rather sweet, and it really could have been much much worse. It is actually somewhat refreshing. Floral juniper and grass stands out. Heavy cardboard and cereal note on the palate. Watered down and extremely simple. Blecch.

I actually quite enjoyed this. This was very good for a pale lager. Beautiful gold color, foamy head, very light and nice taste . I thoroughly enjoyed this after a hot day at the marina. My only complaing was that it was a little over carbonated. Would definitely buy again.