{"id":6821,"date":"2022-06-30T21:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T19:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2022-07-05T21:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T19:46:27","slug":"lidskae-staryi-zamak-beer-in-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/lidskae-staryi-zamak-beer-in-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidskae Staryi Zamak Beer in Kaliningrad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mick Hart\u2019s totally biased review of bottled beers* in Kaliningrad (or how to live without British real ale!)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 30 June 2022 ~ Lidskae Staryi Zamak Beer in Kaliningrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 20: Lidskae Staryi Zamak<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong><\/span> Many thanks to Mr … er, I think his name was Mr Sober, who wrote to inform me that the bottle photographs originally included in this post bore no connection whatsoever to the beer that I was writing about. What better recommendation for Lidskae Staryi Zamak beer could you ask for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needing an excuse to drink beer is not an affliction from which I personally suffer, but with all these articles in the UK media obsessing on the possibility of WWIII and nuclear strikes, I thought it would be prudent of me to take cover in my local shop and dodging incoming sanctions come out with a bottle of beer, or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous articles in this series:<\/strong>
Bottled Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Variety of Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Cedar Wood Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Gold Mine Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Zhigulevskoye Beer Kaliningrad Russia<\/a>
Lidskae Aksamitnae Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Baltika 3 in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Ostmark Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Three Bears Crystal Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Soft Barley Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Oak & Hoop Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Lifting the Bridge on Leningradskoe Beer<\/a>
Czech Recipe Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Zatecky Gus Svetly in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Gyvas Kaunas in Kaliningrad<\/a>
German Recipe Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Amstel Bier in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Cesky Medved Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
OXOTA Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leonard Cohen named his valedictory album, You want it darker<\/a><\/em>. But I didn\u2019t. I was looking for a light beer, which is to say a light-in-colour beer. The strength was of no importance, but I did want something with taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having enjoyed the Belarus-brewed beer Lidskae Aksamitnae, I opted to try the light version, Lidskae Staryi Zamak. If I had wanted a strong beer, I would not have been disappointed, as Staryi Zamak weighs in at an impressive 6.2%, which is higher in alcohol content than its \u2018black as the ace of spades\u2019 brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They tell me that this is a bottom fermenting beer, which could mean different things to different people, but for beer afficionados and brewing types, this information has important implications, which neither you nor I will dwell on because we are far too busy taking off the bottle top and smelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello, is that Nose?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHello, Nose here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell me Nose, what do you detect?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeer!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, well, that\u2019s a good start. Anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pungent \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStill talking about the beer?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes. No, wait a minute, it\u2019s grainy; yes, definitely grainy. No, hold hard, its \u2026 it\u2019s fragrant, a teeny-weeny bit fragrant \u2026 Oh, what a to do! It\u2019s so hard to smell anything with the wokist stench of fear rising from Elon Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s that, Nose. You\u2019re cracking up. Did you say musky or melon?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBottom fermenting \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done that one. I know, what about all three?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPungent, grainy and fragrant?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you like. But he\u2019s still a transphobe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hmm, must be a liberal-left nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We won\u2019t ask liberal-left tongue about taste. It will be far too busy in the coming weeks now that Elon Musk is taking over Twatter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lidskae Staryi Zamak Beer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To recap: here we have a 6.2% pale-straw coloured, bottom-fermenting lager, with a pungent, grainy, fragrant liberal-left nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving on to taste, all these things are present (except the liberal left, thank heavens). Lidskae Staryi Zamak is an interesting blend of flavours, sweet and bitter at one and the same time but rhapsodically blended with no ragged edges. The finish is light and hoppy, although the aftertaste becomes, owing no doubt to the strength, substantial, not heavy exactly but mature and rounded ~ shaped largely like most women after they\u2019ve gone through the menopause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corsets nice to drink with food, but have you noticed how irritating some beer reviewers can be in this respect? It\u2019s all very well to say that this beer or that beer goes well with whole roasted peacock, stuffed venison and absent McDonald’s but unless you are Henry the Eighth such lightweight delicacies may not be at hand (which is especially true of McDonald\u2019s). I\u2019ll settle for saying that you won\u2019t go far wrong with a big bag of nuts, a packet of flavoured crisps and a bowl of olives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lidskae Staryi Zamak, not to be confused with You Big Hairy Wassock, which is a beer that is drunk in the North of England whilst wearing a pigeon and fancying flat caps (latterly scarves more likely), is a good strong and full-bodied beer but not so overpowering that it does not possess the potential to bring out the best in good-flavoured foods and selected piquant snacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lidskae Staryi Zamak Beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I like this beer as much if not more than I liked its black sister (or was that it’s black brother?), Lidskae Aksamitnae. I enjoyed it. It clung to the glass, as I did, and after a couple of bottles I also clung to the stair rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was head over heels, with delight that is, which is a big improvement, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree, on the alternative arse over head. And the overheads are by no means bad at 197 a bottle (we are talking payment in roubles, of course!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\ude01TRAINSPOTTING & ANORAKS<\/strong>
Name of Beer:<\/strong> Lidskae Staryi Zamak
Brewer: <\/strong>Leedska piva
Where it is brewed:<\/strong> Lida, Belarus
Bottle capacity:<\/strong> 1.5 litre
Strength:<\/strong> 6.2%
Price:<\/strong> It cost me about 197 roubles (2.20 pence) [at time of writing!]
Appearance:<\/strong> Pale
Aroma:<\/strong> Subtle mix of grain and herbs
Taste:<\/strong> Full bodied, rounded
Fizz amplitude:<\/strong> 3\/10
Label\/Marketing:<\/strong> Traditional
Would you buy it again? <\/strong>I am quite sure I will
Marks out of 10:<\/strong> 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2022 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Note that the beers that feature in this review series only include bottled beer types that are routinely sold through supermarket outlets and in no way reflect the variety of beer and\/or quality available in Kaliningrad from speciality outlets and\/or through bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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