Bottle. Amber color, foggy, white foam. Aroma: spicy, cherry jam, a little coriander, lollipops. Taste: sweet, candy, a little jam, salty, a bit bitter.

On tap at Tochca, pours a cloudy red with a medium off-white head. Aroma brings out light cherries, some lacto, and touch of salt. Flavour is more pronounced on the cherry than the salt, with subtly tart red cherries and a touch of lacto. Refreshing and nicely balanced. Solid stuff.

Bottle 375ml. corked @ home on the terrace. [ As Vasileostrovskoe Triple Wheat Ale (Тройной Пшеничный Эль) ].ABV: 6.9%. Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, frothy good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, fruity malt, light caramel, moderate yeasty, belgium yeast, fruity yeast, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, pale malt, yeast, fruity yeast, figs - dates, pale dried fruit, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20180429] 6-3-7-3-14

Bottle 375ml. corked @ home. [ As Vasileostrovskoe Chekhov (Чехов) ].ABV: 6.3%. Sparkling, almost gushing, medium amber orange colour with a huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, moderate yeasty, bubble gum, raspberry, artificial, candy, light cherry - berries. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average duration, tart, sweet raspberry, candy, bubble gum, raspberry, yeast, citric. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is lively to soft. [20180411] 6-3-6-2-8

500ml bottle from Bochka in Moscow. Pours black with a medium-sized tan head. Aroma is dank and not very fresh hops, butterscotch, toffee, light citrus. Taste is medium sweet followed by medium bitter, light roastiness, caramel malt. So-so.

Bottle 0.75 l. Golden, light white foam. Aroma: pears, pear juice. Taste: sweetish, pear, light acidity, ascorbic acid.

Bottle 500ml. @ home. [ As Vasileostrovskoe (Василеостровская Пивоварня) Горьковская IPA ].ABV: 6.0%. Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, dusty, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, dusty hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, caramel, nutty, dusty, fruity hops, dry, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20180119] 7-3-7-3-15