Friday, December 20, 2013

Baltika Vena Lager

This 4.6% ABV lager is from the Baltika Breweries of Saint Petersburg, Russia (home of the great Russian writer Dostoyevsky).

The beer pours a clear amber and copper in color. There is about an inch of raggedly foamy off-white head that leaves sedimentary layers of sticky lacing on the glass. The aroma is malty, toasted, some earthy, damp wood. The taste is malty, toasted, caramel, lightly sweet, with the vaguest note of light bitterness on the finish, enough to keep the malty sweetness honest. It has a medium light body, with a crisp, but not obtrusive carbonation. It has a nice malty aftertaste. This is an amber lager that appears designed for slamming at your favorite Russian watering hole. Not complex,but damn drinkable.




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