Baltika
Odd-Tasting Russian Beer
“Baltika” is an extremely popular beer in Russia and Eastern Europe. I tried it out because it was inexpensive, and because it was described as a “dark lager,” which is one of the less common types of beer. I was expecting something similar to Xingu (a Brazilian black lager), but it was nothing like that. Actually, it was like nothing I have ever tasted before in a beer with the exception of some odd and in my opinion unfortunate home brewing experiments, the kind where your buddy hands you a bottle of his very own swill and you take sip, stifle a grimace and describe it as “interesting”.
