Tri Medvedya Svetloe

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

Bottled. A light gold, very fizzy looking beer. The aroma has grassy hops and lemon notes together with cold glass. The taste is reasonable with more grassy hops and fairly creamy malts. Pretty decent for a Russian lager.

bottle. Clear yellow colour, small and quikcly diminuishing head. Some sweetish plastic and alcohol aromas. Light- to medium-bottled. Slightly malty with some shy fruit flavours and sharp and spicy hops coming in during the finish. Nearly no malt support in the finish, the hops seem rather sharp, uncontrolled and agressive in the finish. There is a flavour present, that reminds me of how a dusty unventilated room smells. Dry mouthfeel. Interesting, not well-balanced neither highly drinkable, but at least not boring.

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

500ml Bottle- Light golden in colour and a small head. It looks quite flat as there is not much carbonation. Grassy and mildly malty aroma. Smooth and easy to drink with moderate bitterness and a hint of sweetness. Not much to it but quite refreshing all the same.

Bottle. Medium high fluffy white lasting head. Clear golden body. Powerful barley malt aroma, simple but good. Sweet flavor with only a little hops bitterness, Too anonymous. Low carbonation, short aftertaste. Will soon be forgotten.

Bottled 28.01.08. BB 28.07.08. Pours a clear yellow goldenish colour with a nice medium creamish mostly lasting white head. Bit sweet aroma of grains, bitter hops and malt. Fair mouthfeel. The flavour is quite dry with a good hoppy bitterness, grains and some malt. Dry finish. Not bad.

Bottle - 500ml. boring pale gold body with vanishing white foamy head. Thin malty/hoppy aroma with alcoholic and sweet hints. Fair malty taste that lacks complexity. Ends with a short bittersweet finish. Another uninspiring Russian Lager.

Bottled: Light yellow. Clear. White small dense head. Aroma is sweet and very light fruity. Malty and light grassy flavour. Rather grainy. Thin body. Is quite syrupy in the end with a vague bitterness. Oh well.