Baltika #7 Export - Baltika Breweries

flagmantho

Washington

3.43/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from 500mL bottle into a pint glass. Best-by date of 4/13/2011, so we're good there. Bottle is capped with a weird pull-tab cap; pretty interesting.

Appearance: medium straw-colored body with a touch of haze. Head is two fingers of pillowy white foam without a lot of retention.

Smell: light, sweet malt with a hint of grain to prevent this from becoming cloying. Actually pretty decent.

Taste: light, sweet malt with less grain than the aroma but still a hint of its light astringency (this is a good thing). Hops are light and earthy and bitterness is low but relatively balanced. A decent, but not spectacular, Dortmunder.

Mouthfeel: light-medium body with almost no carbonation. It's not watery, which is good, but it really needs some fizz to be interesting.

Drinkability: a decently drinkable little lager. This would make a good summer beer and probably a good tailgating beer. I'd like to see it around here in cans.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2010 17:53:04 | More by flagmantho

Sturmthis

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

05-17-2013 21:31:33 | More by Sturmthis

Ciocanelu

Romania

2.5/5  rDev -17.8%

05-09-2013 12:06:24 | More by Ciocanelu

spoonhawk

Iowa

1/5  rDev -67.1%

05-04-2013 14:57:39 | More by spoonhawk

FLima

Brazil

2.91/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75

Bright golden color with lots of thick head with good retention.
Aroma of malt and grassy hops.
Sweet malt flavor balanced by its grassy hops. Mildly dry but bitter aftertaste. Some buttery notes.
Full body with strong carbonation.
On the lower range of drinkability among Pilsners. I found it a bit too heavy given its buttery notes on a sweet malty base. Number 4 is still their best bet.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 14:14:51 | More by FLima

Whatup14

Quebec (Canada)

2.5/5  rDev -17.8%

04-17-2013 13:33:18 | More by Whatup14

abcdefghijkyle

New Jersey

3/5  rDev -1.3%

04-11-2013 00:14:14 | More by abcdefghijkyle

puboflyons

New Hampshire

2.99/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

From the 25 fl. oz. green bottle with the screwy flip top. No. 13.08.12-15:10/13.08.13-5W. Sampled on March 31, 2013.

The pour is yellow with a longer lasting head than Baltika's #2 and #5 pale lagers. Good clarity.

The nose is fairly weak with some grains, grass, and a slight hop note but they all meld together in a blase fashion and do not make the beer all that enticing.

The body is light.

The flavor has a little more character with grainy malts, astringency, and a slightly lingering clean hop finale. Heineken, Carlsberg, St Pauli Girl - take your pick. It is very much like those but I think it is meant to be. Baltika #2 is better.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2013 17:01:05 | More by puboflyons

DMB

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -1.3%

03-31-2013 02:37:21 | More by DMB

ThinkAgain

Ontario (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

03-28-2013 03:45:43 | More by ThinkAgain

dertyd

California

3.95/5  rDev +29.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A:golden apple cider with lots of carbonation little head and light lace

S:dank,straight up green bud with a little bit of grains in there I love theese kind of lagers with a nice skunkyness to them

T:taste like a hineken,realy skunky like the smell it also taste danky like green bud realy nice beer

M:verry crisp and refreshing this might be my new summertime session beer

O:I was impresed with this beer a lot the best baltika I have had yet

Cheers!!!!

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 17:40:19 | More by dertyd

crobinso

Colorado

3/5  rDev -1.3%

03-23-2013 01:51:40 | More by crobinso

Theheroguy

Maryland

3.13/5  rDev +3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

My first Russian, this was purchased out of sheer curiosity.
Taste wise it is malty with a very minor hop presence
Cereal notes, no unpleasant after taste that would accompany lesser lagers
Very Crisp and somewhat dry, In my opinion its a little too carbonated.
Overall it is sweet and drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 22:10:45 | More by Theheroguy

L_E_X

Arizona

3/5  rDev -1.3%

02-24-2013 19:16:45 | More by L_E_X

djrn2

New Jersey

2.5/5  rDev -17.8%

02-24-2013 16:08:20 | More by djrn2

rorjets

Connecticut

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

02-10-2013 15:06:28 | More by rorjets

craiglcook

Texas

4/5  rDev +31.6%

01-29-2013 04:15:21 | More by craiglcook

DmanGTR

New York

1.75/5  rDev -42.4%

01-28-2013 18:02:40 | More by DmanGTR

matjack85

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

01-28-2013 07:24:17 | More by matjack85

KarlMcGowan

Ireland

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%

01-26-2013 00:37:43 | More by KarlMcGowan

phishbone23

New York

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

01-23-2013 19:26:35 | More by phishbone23

Pegasus

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Clear medium golden body with a large white head, thin, fine-beaded lacing coats the glass wall. A few fat bubbles drift lazily to the surface.

Aroma: Lots of clean pale malt with a mildly earthy yeast note, clean and understated.

Taste: Opens with an abundance of pale malt, very mildly sweet, somewhat like freshly -baked white bread, as well as grassy hops. There seems to be a faint alcohol presence as well. AS the taste progresses, a very mild hop presence presents itself, which brings the taste to a graceful close.

Mouth feel: Smooth, soft, very pleasant.

Drinkability/notes: Very drinkable, in a pleasant, understated sort of way, a quality beer, which speaks softly.

Presentation: Packaged in a custom 500ml (16.9 oz) green glass bottle with a pry-off crown, served in a New Belgium Brewing chalice.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2013 15:06:44 | More by Pegasus

BILF

Israel

2.75/5  rDev -9.5%

01-14-2013 19:35:00 | More by BILF

sumpjh

California

2/5  rDev -34.2%

01-02-2013 13:24:56 | More by sumpjh

JHendu

Florida

3/5  rDev -1.3%

12-31-2012 02:22:22 | More by JHendu