Please note: considering the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.
Russia had about 800 breweries at the beginning of the 20th century, but the beer industry has been brutaly hurt by the soviet revolution and by the 2 world wars.
The beer consumption per capita being just anectodic with 3 liters per capita, the russian market was never attractive for the world largest companies and only Carlsberg (owner of Baltika) and AB InBev Efes are operating there.
The country has currently about 1000 breweries, most of them being pretty small.
Russia was for a very long time pretty low on my countries ranking list and it is only very recently that this changed.
The fact that I have sampled only 8 breweries with 3 beers or more - and that dubious macro-breweries appear in my top - is showing my very poor coverage of this country. Here are some breweries rumored to be very good and unknown to me: Sergacore, Dieta, Outline, Coma and Double A.
Breweries: 1000 / Consumption per capita: 3 liters
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Total: 112 beers Weighted average: 12.95country rating: | my favourite breweries (min. 3 beers) | ||
| 1. | WILD LAB | 14.92 | |
| 2. | ZAGOVOR | 14.79 | |
| 3. | ALASKA | 14.63 | |
| 4. | AF BREW | 14.34 | |
| 5. | MOSKVA-EFES | 10.07 | |
| 6. | TINKOFF | 9.82 | |
| 7. | BALTIKA | 9.56 | |
| 8. | MOSKOVSKAYA | 9.23 | |
| BREWERY & BEER NAME (Click on the link to see my comments) | collaboration with | contract brewed by | ALC. % | STYLE | RATING | image
| ODNA TONNA HYPERBOREA | | | 14.5 | Stout - Imperial | 15.6 |
| ZAGOVOR ALGORITHM VANILLA | | | 12 | Stout - Imperial | 15.2 |
| BALTIKA 4 ORIGINALNOE | | | 12 | International Dark Lager | 12 |
| ALASKA Phantasmagoria | | | 11 | Barley Wine | 15.2 |
| PLAN B T AND U - BARREL AGED SCOTCH WHISKY | | | 10.6 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| VELKA MOROVA NIGHT WATCH III | | | 10 | Stout - Imperial | 16 |
| AF BREW Popcorn Pimp | | | 10 | Stout - Imperial | 16.8 |
| VELKA MOROVA STEPPENWOLF | | | 9.5 | Porter - Double / Imperial | 14.8 |
| CLIQUE PARTY HARD | ODNA TONNA | | 9 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 13.2 |
| AF BREW REDRUM SPECIAL EDITION | | | 8.8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| ALASKA ????????? ???????? | | | 8.5 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| ALASKA ?????????? | | | 8.3 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| ZAGOVOR The Binge Watching | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| ZAGOVOR Stamp of Approval | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| ZAGOVOR Smalti | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Woomera | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| WILD LAB Thrill Pulse | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| WILD LAB Strata Lights | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Signal Green | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB NelsonNelsonNelson | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Let Your Heart | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| WILD LAB Bodytonic | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| STEPAN RAZIN PORTER | | | 8 | Porter - Baltic | 15.2 |
| ODNA TONNA ALL FOR ONE - SIMCOE & CITRA | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| BALTIKA 9 KREPKOE | | | 8 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 6.8 | 
ALASKA ????????? | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| ALASKA IPATHERAPY | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| ALASKA Eyjafjallajökull | | | 8 | Porter - Double / Imperial | 15.2 |
| AF BREW Kiss the Dust! DDH Citra+Simcoe | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16 |
| AF BREW EAT the DUST! DDH CITRA | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.4 |
| AF BREW EAT the DUST! - DDH AMARILLO | | | 8 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.8 |
| ZAGOVOR STICKER | | | 7.5 | Gose | 12.8 |
| ALASKA CORSAIR | | | 7.5 | Porter - Baltic | 16 |
| BAKUNIN FREE FLOW | | | 7.2 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.4 |
| ZAGOVOR The Charming Man | | | 7 | 19h | 16.4 |
| ZAGOVOR REPEATER II | | | 7 | 19i | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR Pixel IPA | | | 7 | IPA - American | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR HOPS on ACID | | | 7 | 19g | 14 |
| BALTIKA 6 PORTER | | | 7 | Porter - Baltic | 14.4 |
| ALASKA ???? / Gem | | | 7 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16 |
| ALASKA PSYCHIATRIST | | | 7 | Stout - Sweet | 15.6 |
| AF BREW It’s Over 9000! Passion Fruit - Peach - Lime | | | 7 | Gose | 16.8 |
| ZAGOVOR Foggy Notion | | | 6.8 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.6 |
| KALUZHSKAYA 387 OSOBAYA VARKA | | | 6.8 | Amber Lager | 9.2 |
| ZAGOVOR STOP'N'GO | | | 6.7 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.4 |
| Selfmade Edge Slip | | | 6.7 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| ZAGOVOR Soulmate | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.8 |
| ZAGOVOR Sadwave IPA | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16 |
| ZAGOVOR Cloudy Moscow IPA | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.8 |
| WILD LAB Rhythm Test | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Jazzy Walk | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.2 |
| TINKOFF KRASNOE | | | 6.5 | Bock - Dunkel | 12.4 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK KREPKOE | | | 6.5 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 11.2 |
| ALASKA ???????????? | | | 6.3 | Gose | 14 |
| STEPAN RAZIN KREPKOE | | | 6.2 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 11.6 |
| Coma Unfinished Sympathy | | | 6.1 | 19i | 16.8 |
| ZAGOVOR STONER | | | 6 | Stout - Sweet | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR Lost In Fjords | | | 6 | IPA - American | 15.2 |
| WILD LAB Pleasure Update | | | 6 | Gose | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Morning Sandwich | | | 6 | Gose | 16 |
| WILD LAB Lobster On Acid | | | 6 | Gose | 15.6 |
| WILD LAB CARIBBEAN SEDUCTION | | | 6 | 19h | 16.4 |
| TINKOFF ZOLOTOE | | | 6 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 6.8 |
| STAMM SOUR PASSION PARTY | ZAGOVOR | | 6 | 19h | 14.8 |
| STAMM JUICE & JUICE BLOOD ORANGE | | | 6 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.6 |
| ALASKA INQUISITOR | | | 6 | Gose | 12.8 |
| ALASKA Eros | | | 6 | 19i | 15.2 |
| BAKUNIN Fine Line | | | 5.8 | Saison | 14.8 |
| ALASKA SELF-ISOLATION | | | 5.8 | 19g | 15.2 |
| BALTIKA NEVSKOE ORIGINALNOE | | | 5.7 | International Pale Lager | 8.8 |
| ZAGOVOR Komplott: Raspberry & Yuzu | | | 5.5 | 19h | 15.6 |
| ZAGOVOR KOMPLOTT: CASSIS & CITRON | | | 5.5 | 19h | 13.2 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA KHAMOVNIKI MYUNKHENSKOE | | | 5.5 | Oktoberfest / Märzen | 7.2 |
| ALASKA Feijoa | | | 5.5 | 19h | 16.4 |
| BALTIKA 7 EKSPORTNOE | | | 5.4 | International Pale Lager | 9.6 |
| AF BREW PASSION is MY CONFESSION | | | 5.3 | Berliner Weisse | 16.8 |
| AB InBev Efes Sibirskaya Korona Klassicheskoe | | | 5.3 | International Pale Lager | 11.2 |
| TINKOFF BELOE | | | 5.2 | Weizen - Hefeweizen | 11.2 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK ZOLOTOE | | | 5.2 | International Pale Lager | 13.2 | 
IVANOVSKAYA VLADIMIR II MONOMACH | | | 5.2 | International Pale Lager | 11.6 |
| IVANOVSKAYA SLAVJANSKOYE | | | 5.1 | International Pale Lager | 13 |
| TINKOFF PLATINOVOE | | | 5 | Pilsner | 7.2 |
| HAMOVNIKOV ZHIGULJOVSKOYE | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | 8.4 |
| BALTIKA NEVSKOE KLASSITCHESKOE | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | 5.6 |
| BALTIKA 8 PSHENICHNOE | | | 5 | Weizen - Hefeweizen | 15.2 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA ZHIGULI BARNOE | | | 4.9 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 |
| ZAGOVOR SLOW & TRVE | | | 4.8 | Pale Ale - American | 15.6 |
| SHIKO GLADIATOR SVETLOE | | | 4.8 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 4.8 | 
BALTIKA 3 KLASSITCHESKOYE | | | 4.8 | International Pale Lager | 13.2 | 
BALTIKA NEVSKOE ICE BEER | | | 4.7 | International Pale Lager | 6.8 |
| BALTIKA Cooler | | | 4.7 | International Pale Lager | 9.6 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK SVETLOE | | | 4.6 | Pilsner | 11.2 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK OSOBOE | | | 4.6 | International Pale Lager | 6.8 |
| WILD LAB Everyday Is A Miracle | | | 4.5 | Pale Ale - American | 14.4 |
| WILD LAB All Around You | | | 4.5 | Pale Ale - American | 15.6 |
| Vyatich Vyatich Bochkovoe | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | 10.8 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA KHAMOVNIKI VENSKOE | | | 4.5 | Vienna | 8 |
| LASKAYA ? | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| HAMOVNIKOV HAMOVNITCHESKOYE | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| BRAVO INTERNATIONALI OHOTA | | | 4.5 | Pilsner | 12.4 |
| ALASKA ??????????? / Imitators | | | 4.5 | Gose | 15.2 |
| RADONEJ ? | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| KRASNYJ VOSTOK SOLODOV GOLD | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | 5.6 | 
BALTIKA 1 LYOGKOE | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 | 
Panzer Sour Flow | | | 4.2 | 19h | 14.8 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK MYAGKOE | | | 4.2 | International Pale Lager | 5.2 |
| TINKOFF S DYMKOM | | | 4 | Smoked / Rauchbier | 8 |
| ROSSIJANIN ? | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | ** |
| KALUZHSKAYA ZOLOTAYA BOTCHKA SVETLOE | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 |
| BALTIKA Zhigulevskoye | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 11.2 |
| BALTIKA ZHIGULEVSKOE FIRMENNOE | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 8 |
| BALTIKA SANKT-PETERBOURG | | | 3.8 | International Pale Lager | 1.2 |
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