Baltika #5 Gold - Baltika Breweries

RoyalT

Ohio

2.23/5  rDev -19.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

Appearance - This is a nice, straw-colored yellow in color with a wonderful head that was pure white and showed above-average retention.

Smell - The singular grain has a nice crispness to it although this is not a high-quality nose.

Taste - This beer falls to pieces at the taste. The grain is stale, almost rotten, with some cheap sugar at the finish.

Mouthfeel - This light-bodied lager had some nice carbonation and a touch of leafy bitterness.

Sinkability - I couldn't get past that rotten grain flavor to save my life. This was the hardest of the series for me to find and unfortunately the most disappointing.

PS: This beer was all over the place. I think this is only the second time in almost 2,000 reviews that I have five scores in which no two are the same.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2011 04:07:28 | More by RoyalT

kvnstfrd

Missouri

1.25/5  rDev -54.9%

05-23-2013 14:10:56 | More by kvnstfrd

richkrull

Wisconsin

2.5/5  rDev -9.7%

05-02-2013 00:32:30 | More by richkrull

kjkinsey

Texas

2.75/5  rDev -0.7%

04-06-2013 22:13:58 | More by kjkinsey

puboflyons

New Hampshire

3.08/5  rDev +11.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

From the 25 ounce clear bottle marked 03.09.12-01:34, 03.09 9.13 0-W. Sampled on March 31, 2013.

The color is pale yellow with a white fizzy head that disappears almost on contact. It looks the way it should.

The aroma is a multitude of grains and malts with a syrupy sugar feel and a clean, crisp hop background. Not offensive.

The body is light and the texture is creamy.

The taste brings out the barley malts a bit more with a standard clean lager hop finish. Drinkable but nothing that a hundred different pale lagers don't have.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2013 15:30:34 | More by puboflyons

craiglcook

Texas

4/5  rDev +44.4%

01-29-2013 04:14:48 | More by craiglcook

DmanGTR

New York

2/5  rDev -27.8%

01-28-2013 18:03:16 | More by DmanGTR

matjack85

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +35.4%

01-28-2013 07:22:09 | More by matjack85

pkalix

California

2.88/5  rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

not even a straw yellow pour; looks and smells like a pathetic attempt of trying to emulate a corona (which is really going in the wrong direction, in my opinion).
taste is . . . . oh crap, do i have to drink this? oh well, here goes... is it corn? the OFFICIAL WEBSITE even leaves #5 OFF ITS WEBSITE!!! oh my horrid god. well, maybe it's not that bad...
overall, uh... dont bother. if you're trying new beers to sample- dont bother. if you're financially challenged, but some miller lite.

Serving type: bottle

12-14-2012 01:19:26 | More by pkalix

JohnK17

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +8.3%

12-11-2012 19:32:39 | More by JohnK17

UCLABrewN84

California

2.73/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottled 6/13/12. Best before 6/13/13.

Pours a slightly hazy yellow with a foamy white head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt and grain. Taste is much the same with a slight metallic flavor on the finish. There is a very mild bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor beer and I think it may have something to do with the clear bottle it comes in.

Serving type: bottle

10-31-2012 03:31:34 | More by UCLABrewN84

ShakaShakaShaka

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -27.8%

10-18-2012 20:59:33 | More by ShakaShakaShaka

AdamBear

Pennsylvania

2.73/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A-hazy golden with a sticky white head

S-smells like an adjunct lager. Creamy grains, not too great.

T-comes in with a taste of clean adjunct grains. It's tastes much like any adjunct lager. It's creamy.

M-medium creamy almost watery carbonation. Matching finish

O-even for the style, it's pretty bad. So far from this brewery, this has been my least favorite by a long shot. It's just not even easy difficult to finish.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2012 18:27:40 | More by AdamBear

Kopfmeister60

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +53.4%

09-17-2012 22:08:04 | More by Kopfmeister60

WritersBlock

Texas

3/5  rDev +8.3%

09-09-2012 21:40:40 | More by WritersBlock

alankwak

Florida

2.13/5  rDev -23.1%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

A: Light golden, clear lager. Low /medium head retention and lacing.

S: Little to none.

T: Tastes a bit like lager beer. Not much in the way of hop flavor at all but a grainy backbone is there. Weak overall.

M: None to speak of. Very thin.

O: Lame. And they would like to be part or Europe???!!! They obviously are still commies.

Serving type: bottle

09-08-2012 02:00:40 | More by alankwak

djura

Serbia

3/5  rDev +8.3%

08-19-2012 08:57:11 | More by djura

Zakk

2/5  rDev -27.8%

08-14-2012 01:35:02 | More by Zakk

chel29

Brazil

2.5/5  rDev -9.7%

08-04-2012 04:24:53 | More by chel29

rangerred

Tennessee

3.48/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

500ml clear bottle into a pint glass.

Pours a crystal clear medium gold with a half finger head. Tons of carbonation bubbles rising through the beer help to hold the head for a long time. Really a pretty beer.

A very light skunkyness in the aroma but much less than what I was expecting with a clear bottle. Lots of grain and grassy hops and a slight hint of lemon.

A nice breadyness in the taste quickly followed by hay and grass from the hops. Bitterness is on the light side and really the taste kind of falls apart about halfway through. The crispness I was expecting just didn't come with the beer finishing up a little bit sweet.

Overall, this is very similar to Baltika #3. I haven't done a side by side tasting but the similarities are remarkable. This one may be a little less sweet but not much. Really it isn't a bad beer just completely unremarkable. I would pick up again, though.

Serving type: bottle

07-12-2012 01:02:44 | More by rangerred

morfius85

2.25/5  rDev -18.8%

07-11-2012 13:40:40 | More by morfius85

chinchill

South Carolina

2.78/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Poured from a 16.9 oz clear bottle into a snifter.

A: a rather ordinary looking lager: Golden color; clear; largish, white soapy head. The head was surprisingly durable and capable of coating most of the glass with lacing on the way down.

Aroma: light malt and hops with hints of hay and white bread.

T: slightly sweet and floral, with low but balanced levels of hops and malt. Some corn and butter here too.

M: light and rather watery body; carbonation is good; smooth.

Overall: Despite clear glass, this sample showed no skunkiness or others signs of deterioration. It was quite drinkable but lacking in character, richness and complexity ... I.e., nothing to support a recommendation or lead me to buy it again.

Serving type: bottle

06-12-2012 03:05:41 | More by chinchill

fionn13

Ireland

2.75/5  rDev -0.7%

06-04-2012 13:56:43 | More by fionn13

TonyT013

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +26.4%

05-25-2012 01:53:00 | More by TonyT013

petluo

Finland

2.25/5  rDev -18.8%

05-08-2012 12:14:56 | More by petluo