Baltika is a brewery in Russia. They seem to organize their brews by number. Here's the scoop from Wikipedia:
Baltika is the largest brewery in Eastern Europe. It is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
* Baltika No. 0 is a non-alcoholic beer made from light barley marl.
* Baltika 2 (Pale Beer) is a lager brewed from pale barley malt, rice, and "exclusive varieties of hops."
* Baltika 3 is a 4.8% pale lager. This is also known as Klassicheskoe (Classic).
* Baltika 4 is a 5.6% amber coloured lager brewed from caramel and rye malts. Such coloured lagers are often termed Vienna. This is also known as Originalnoe (Original).
* Baltika 5 (Gold Beer) is a lager brewed with both pale and caramel malts.
* Baltika 6 is a bottom fermented 7% abv dark beer that the brewery classes as a porter "brewed according to traditional English recipes." Such strong dark lagers are often termed Baltic porters.
* Baltika 7 (Export Beer) is a pale lager.
* Baltika 8 (Pshenichnoe) is an unfiltered wheat beer.
* Baltika 9 (Krepkoe) is a strong lager (8% alcohol).
Wikipedia Entry: Baltika
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