Baltika Extra Lager Grade 9
(???/20)
Andy and Jim on Dec 19.08

It’s the Winter Break Stag party. Jim’s co-worker informed him of this glorious monster and we simply could not deny. It only hurts us because it loves us.

Brewery Hometown: Russia

Appearance: Looks like fox piss. Clean and light golden yellow. Large white head. Glass of water with a bartenders revenge in it.

Aroma: Alleys in between bars. Stale and homeless. Like pure fermented hopelessness.

Taste: Rough as hell. Woah. A horrendous sneak attack, comparable to torture. How did they put Saw V in a bottle? Lingers around like an STD. The only way it could taste better is by plugging your nose and surrendering your dignity. Couple of notes on the bottle: fully plastic, big and fake brown. 51oz of Mike Tyson biting your tongue off. The top is a bright red plastic twist on cap. Wow. Dank: “In Russia we drink four of these a day to kill the radiation.” It feels so degrading untwisting the cap to suck down more. And yet…somehow its still so right. Jim: “Edward 40 hands? Pussies. Time for Edward 51 hands.” Dan: “after each sip I have to put the cap back on to make sure hell does not escape”

Alcohol: 8%

Drink one or all?: Two would kill Chuck Norris.

Cost: $5/3

Overall: This can’t even be properly graded. We give it an F…as in this will (F)uck you up (F)ast. Yeeouch.


COMMENTS / 9 COMMENTS

[...] 9. God or whoever…please have mercy on us; it takes the plastic bottle and taste shitstorm of Grade 9 – plastic screw on cap included! – and supersizes it. Brewery Hometown: [...]

beertastic » Blog Archive » Baltika Arsenalnoye yelled this on Mar 22 09 at 6:50 pm

I can put my stamp of (dis)approval on this brew.. Holy crap.

Chris yelled this on Dec 20 08 at 12:55 pm

haha this sounds brutal. i don’t know if i should be sorry or happy that i missed out on this one. the bottle alone would probably keep me away…

Brian yelled this on Dec 21 08 at 1:31 am

jim and i cannot stop making this mistake. 3/$5!!!

Andy yelled this on Dec 22 08 at 6:48 pm

you realize that the three bottles alone is almost 13 beers right? plus the factor that its 8%… that’s worth almost a 33ish pack of the regular light beer… sounds like this mistake might be the best option for our shit economy!

Cannon yelled this on Dec 23 08 at 7:06 pm

I love the review. I could not stop laughing. I work at a package store and our Ukrainian population loves this stuff. Yumm!!!

Bob yelled this on Feb 06 09 at 1:23 pm

I’ve just bought a create of this stuff here in the United Arab Emirates at a knock down price. Thought I would give it a go. And actually it’s not bad. Comes in 500ml bottles, has a kick like a camel on heat, and for sure beats Red Horse (another beer I tried recently which comes from the Philippines, but is brewed in Indonesia). With a gold foil over the cap I feel I could easily take it to parties and not be thought of as cheap, whilst I would serve it without hesitation to my friends from Saudi Arabia who might then try to emulate the concoction by adding home brewed spirit alcohol to camel pee. (And to think in Britain we used to complain about Watney’s Red Barrel)

brian yelled this on Mar 15 09 at 7:18 am

Oh my god I love this stuff so much.

Andy yelled this on Apr 16 09 at 11:11 pm

Having one right now, $3.50 at the local liquor store. Had to try it. Will regret it later.

Katrus yelled this on Aug 09 09 at 4:18 pm

SPEAK


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