Baltika Brewery (Балтика) 3 Klassicheskoye (Классическое)

3 Klassicheskoye (Классическое)

 

Baltika Brewery (Балтика) in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺

  Lager - Premium Regular Out of Production
Score
4.55
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 167
Retired in 2023 - replaced by the re-launch of the 1992 recipe.

Baltika 3 Classic is a classic lager with a pronounced hop flavor brewed using only 3 ingredients: malt, hops and water. Baltika No. 3 has a well-balanced malt taste with a pleasant hop bitter taste and aroma.

This is an absolute classic with a rich history, high quality and unique taste.

Baltika 3 Classic beer was first launched in 1992 and since the mid-90s, due to its consistently high quality, has been a permanent winner of Russian and international awards. The variety has more than 30 of them. In 2018, Baltika 3 Classic received the silver medal of the prestigious British International Beer Challenge in the «Pilsner» category.
 

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3.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bottle sample at a Baltika tasting. Thanks (or no thanks?) Keren. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is a big sugary with a bit of corn. Sweetish flavor with some sugary cereals, chemicals and a slightly drier finish. Light-bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2011 at 14:05

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Apart from the water tastes Baltika Classic is not necessarily bad, but everything else as well. If we add the water, can of course be penalized. I did not have to choke or the like, but to call the beer-pleasing would be presumptuous. Not my case!
Tried from Can on 12 May 2011 at 10:59

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Pale yellow with a lasting white head. Weak aroma of grainy malt with a hint of DMS. Sweet malty flavour with notable carboard and a touch of fruit
Tried on 20 Apr 2011 at 12:20

3.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Can @ Norweigan Tasting, Odense. Pours clear yellow with a small frothy white head. Paper, plastic and corn. Watery . .
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2011 at 13:01

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
50cl can. Poured pale golden with a thin white head, that quickly disappeared. Aroma is malt and cereals. Sweet flavor, grainy malt and hint of hops. Watery. Very easy to drink, but very tasteless.
Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2011 at 11:15

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle: Pale golden, stable white foamy layer; strawy to pale-malty nose with a tinge of vanilla and some mild grassy hops in the background; fresh mild sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; citrussy hops in the light pale-malty and bitter finish. Pleasant brew, they must have improved the quality recently.....
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2011 at 02:20

4.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 3
50cl bottle from Abcbeers. Pale golden pour. Medium white foamy head. An ok lager.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2010 at 11:27

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
0.5 liter bottle in St. Petersburg, Russia. Very malty and yeasty. Tastes like dough and flour. The palate is thick and slightly fizzy and feels rough with suspended particles. Overall, a simple beer, and very good for the price.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2010 at 13:33

3.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
From tap. 15.Jun.2010, with dinner at Pecheskago restaurant, Odessa. Thanks to Stefan for sharing! This is actually one of the most popular beers in Russia. It pours a light golden colour, with a frothy head. Hoppy aroma and a quite decent flavour, as it is not as sweet as other Russian lagers. I still prefer Baltika 7, though.
Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2010 at 10:43

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Pale yellow pour. Aroma is musty feet. Taste is slight malty hops. Rated 8/14/08
Tried on 03 May 2010 at 21:06