Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Hice head with good duration. Color is pale golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt and water.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Light malty and hoppy aroma, slightly bready. Week light bitter flavor. Short finish. Watery palate.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled (BB 03/2008)
Pale yellow color, average white color, some lace. Papery and buttery aroma. Quite light, although cleaner than many other Russians. Slightly buttery, papery, some grassy hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled. Pale yellow colour with mediumsized white head. Aroma is cooked vegetables and grains with some maize. Flavour is maize, sweetness and slight sweet hoppyness. Aftertaste is quite harsh grainy.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Canned. Pale golden, small hwad. Fruity and syropy. Sweet, mushy and papery, fairly light bodued. No bitterness. Cheaply made industrial lager.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled. Clear deep golden, minimal head. Sweet, fruity and quite alcoholic. Medium bodied, but quite low on hops. Some caramel and dired fruits. No bitterness. Boldly malty and quite unrefined.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled. Clear golden, rich but brief airy head. Sweet and fruity,lightly buttery. Light bodied with some papery malt, low hop rate and bitterness.
pilsnerrogge (4763) reviewed Kalinkin from Bochkaryov (Бочкарёв) 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled (6.6 % abv)
Golden colour, ok head. Aroma is cooked vegetables and alcohol. Flavour is alcohol and not much more...but in a somewhat balanced way.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled
Amber colour. Frothy head, good lacing. Brief, buttery toffee aroma. Sweet toffee and marshmallow flavour. Low bitterness. The alcohol gives it a somewhat harsh finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottled
Golden colour, O.K. head. Buttery aroma. Thin and watery with a faint buttery flavour and a lingering grassy bitterness.