Tri Medvedya Svetloe

Brewed by Pivovarnia Ivana Taranova (Heineken)
Style: Pale Lager
Kaliningrad, Russia

A light yellow beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is a combination of sweetness and sourness from corn, combined with notes of straw and cardboard. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of corn, straw, metal, and cardboard, leading to a dry end.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a pale pilsener golden with a creamy, white head. Very vague aroma of malt. Rather light body with - oddly - the alcohol shining through. Discreet bitterness in the finish. 120206

50 cL bottle. Pours clear yellow with a creamy white head. Dry cornish and mild earthy aroma. Flavour is dry cornish and mild metallic. Bitter and somewhat again flat metallic-corn finish. Not really offensive, just terrible boring and an utterly waste of time.

Bottled. Pale yellow, creamy head. Cardboardy nose. Sweet, fruity and caramelly with medium body and mellow mouthfeel. No hops nor bitterness. Lifeless.

Bottled. Pale yellow colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is cooked vegetables and grains with some maize. Flavour is maize, sweetness and slight sweet hoppyness. Aftertaste is quite harsh grainy.

Blond color. Very poor Lager with the usual corn or cereals touch; quite high bitterness. Poor.

Clear golden with a large white head. Aroma had mild malt and phenol notes. Flavour is sweet and malty with caramel notes. Finished sweet.

Bottled (BB 03/2008)
Pale yellow color, average white color, some lace. Papery and buttery aroma. Quite light, although cleaner than many other Russians. Slightly buttery, papery, some grassy hops.