Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Golden light brown. Little bit of off-white head. Aroma: Alcohol. Sweet malt. Maybe some fruit. Taste: Sweet, lots of malt. Some alcohol.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly deminishing head. Bad bready aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. watery palate.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled (same as Mosbrew Zhiguli Beer Barnoe?). Golden colour, small head. Aroma is mild bread, sweet malts, grains and some herbs. Flavour is hay, grass, bread and some mild grains. Mild bitterness.
Earlier Rating: 12/17/2011 Total Score: 1.5
Bottled (thanks omhper!). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready malts, grain and mild rubbery notes. Flavour is bread, grains, rubbery and quite dull dusty earth as well.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled 500ml (Stockmann Tallinn, bottled 181111)
Golden color, small white head. Skunky grassy aroma and sweet maltyness.Light bodied. Normal cardboardish, sweet malty bulk lager with Russian zhiguli twist. Light apple notes, Low bitterness.
Earlier Rating: 12/17/2011 Total Score: 1.9
Bottled 330ml (BB 06/2012)
Golden color, small white head. Grainy-sticky, cardboardish aroma. Light bodied. Very sweet malty, a bit fruity flavor. Green apples. Another poor Zhiguli, why they export this to Sweden?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled 500ml (Stockmann Tallinn, bottled 12/2011)
Golden-amber color, small white head. Harsh, grainy, nasty aroma. Light-bodied. Sweet and harsh flavor: caramel and fusels. Typical low quality Russian industrial lager.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
clear yellow, small white head. Aroma is mild, flowery. Flavor is macro hoppy, slightly sweet, slightly flowery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. A dark golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of straw and minerals. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, and minerals, leading to a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is grassy and cornish. Sweet caramelish and light toasted malty. Light cornish and crisp hoppy fruity flavoured.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Pours a clear golden with a tiny white head. Sweet syrupy nose. Medium body, a little low in carbonation, sweet pale malts but predominantly brewing cereal and syrup. Hardly any hops but a whiff of cardboard. 230212
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity grainy weak bready aroma. Fruity malty grainy bitter flavor with weak bready hints. Fruity malty grainy finish with some berry hints in the aftertaste.