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
4.56
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 168
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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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from Waitrose - "Imported by Scottish & Newcastle" Pale straw with a thick white head, looks like a typical eurolager; tastes better than most though - fairly full in the mouth with a slightly sweet malty flavour, and a crisp finish. Not bad!
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2007 at 12:59

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
pale golden yellow, with a hoppy nose , light and refreshing mellow tones but too much bitterness in linger for me
Tried on 02 Mar 2007 at 09:14

1.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 1
Canned. Pale yellow colour, almost no head. Aroma of maize and alcohol. Flavour is paper, grass and is quite horrible. Typical canned chemical waste.
Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2006 at 13:25

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
bottle - Pours pale yellow and fizzy... yep, it looks like a typical macro lager. The mild aroma has light malt and a hint of hops. The flavor is grainy and light and the body is watery, though not as thin and flavorless as some beers of this style. At least it’s better than Baltika 9.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2006 at 20:46

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Small white head quickly shrinks into thin white ring. Light yellow body with ongoing carbonation. Faint sweetish grassy aroma with apple notes. Taste is grainy apple with strong grassy notes. Some chalk. Dry, papery aftertaste. Unpleasant papery bitterness settles in the mouth. The initial taste is the best thing about this. Not so good. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2006 at 05:31

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 4
Light gold,large off white head.Grainy nose.Faintly sweet watery palate, not much else.
Tried on 11 Jul 2006 at 19:37

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Notizen: -süffig -bitter-herber Wechsel -vollmundig -malziger Abgang Test vom 6.6.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,12,11,12,12,12 - 11,45
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2006 at 14:17

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle, Tesco have started stocking this regularly but prior to this my regular source for the last few years in Oxford has been the small Russian Supermarket on the Cowley Road, plus one or two Lithuanian and other East European beers can be picked up here. Golden colour with a large frothy white head, bit highly carbonated for my liking. Clean and crisp come to mind but lacking somewhat in the flavour department, some bitterness otherwise a bit drab.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2006 at 01:36

2.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Canned. Clear golden, fizzy head. Papery nose. Sweet and medium bodied with fairly soft mouthfeel. Not much happens flavourwise, except for some vegetables and blod cutting in towards the finish.
Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2006 at 11:06

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Not much head, nor ’effervescence, straw color; nose; a bit of malt; mouth: a bit of malt, a little more carbonation, a bit sweet as a finale; definitely not a great beer but what I needed after painting
Tried on 29 Jan 2006 at 15:57