Baltika Brewery (Балтика)

Commercial Brewery in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺

Established in 1990

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6-й Верхний переулок, 3, Saint Petersburg, 194292, Russia
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Baltika Brewery (Балтика) owns 10 breweries/brands:
Description
Балтика — Санкт-Петербург.

Former breweries of Vena, Pikra and Yarpivo merged to Baltika in 2006.

Temporarily nationalised by the Russian government from summer 2023 until winter 2024. Carlsberg Group sold all its assets in Russia at the end of 2024. Current owner is VG Invest LLC.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled(500ml). -pale yellow coloured, nice malt taste, hoppy aroma, bland finish
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2003 at 15:50

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle. Very light looking beer with a cheap pilsner smell to it. There’s a malty sweetness with a strong alcohol taste which finishes with just enough hops (slightly bitter aftertaste). It’s smooth for the first few sips and not as bad as people make it out to be, but that doesn’t mean I’ll get it again..
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2003 at 18:23

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottled(500ml). -great beer, probably my favorite wheat, honey yellow coloured, big foamy head, nice banana notes, slighty spicy, the most drinkable wheat beer I've ever tried
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2003 at 02:25

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Caramel malt aromas. Red brown, low head. Bland and ordinary dunkel. Medium bodied napkin aftertaste.
Tried on 07 Jun 2003 at 10:18

3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Metallic bitterhop aroma. Very pale, virtually no carbonation, bad head retention. Bland malt and sawdust taste. Medium bodied. Bland and boring.
Tried on 07 Jun 2003 at 09:10

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark amber color. Nice mix of roasted barley and malt; quite good caramel and malt, a bit sweet.
Tried on 15 May 2003 at 23:47

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Blond color. Spicy and candy aroma (and something more that reminds me the smell of a plastic Christmas tree). Smooth, spicy enough. Well brewed, but I'm not a big fan of wheat beers.
Tried from Can on 15 May 2003 at 23:46

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottled. Pale golden with very slight haze. Some estery raspberries detected in the aroma. Sweet and mellow with notes of banana. Feels syrupy, plasticand on the whole not very refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2003 at 09:53

1.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
Bottled (1.5l PET). The worst beer to be had in Minsk when I last visited. Pale yellow and fizzy. Sweet, no bitterness. Awful finish (rotten peas?). Utterly revolting, luckily there was plenty of cheap vodka to get rid of the flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2003 at 03:41

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Just some sweetness, nothing else to remark; would be better with improved hop character.
Tried on 01 Mar 2003 at 06:00