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considering the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.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
| ZAGOVOR Soulmate | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.8 |
| ZAGOVOR Cloudy Moscow IPA | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.8 |
| Coma Unfinished Sympathy | | | 6.1 | 19i | 16.8 |
| AF BREW Popcorn Pimp | | | 10 | Stout - Imperial | 16.8 |
| AF BREW PASSION is MY CONFESSION | | | 5.3 | Berliner Weisse | 16.8 |
| AF BREW It’s Over 9000! Passion Fruit - Peach - Lime | | | 7 | Gose | 16.8 |
| ZAGOVOR The Charming Man | | | 7 | 19h | 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 Strata Lights | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Signal Green | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Rhythm Test | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB Pleasure Update | | | 6 | Gose | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB NelsonNelsonNelson | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WILD LAB CARIBBEAN SEDUCTION | | | 6 | 19h | 16.4 |
| PLAN B T AND U - BARREL AGED SCOTCH WHISKY | | | 10.6 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| ODNA TONNA ALL FOR ONE - SIMCOE & CITRA | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| ALASKA ????????? ???????? | | | 8.5 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| ALASKA ?????????? | | | 8.3 | Stout - Imperial | 16.4 |
| ALASKA Feijoa | | | 5.5 | 19h | 16.4 |
| ZAGOVOR Sadwave IPA | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 16 |
| WILD LAB Morning Sandwich | | | 6 | Gose | 16 |
| VELKA MOROVA NIGHT WATCH III | | | 10 | Stout - Imperial | 16 |
| ALASKA ???? / Gem | | | 7 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16 |
| ALASKA CORSAIR | | | 7.5 | Porter - Baltic | 16 |
| AF BREW Kiss the Dust! DDH Citra+Simcoe | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16 |
| ZAGOVOR SLOW & TRVE | | | 4.8 | Pale Ale - American | 15.6 |
| ZAGOVOR Komplott: Raspberry & Yuzu | | | 5.5 | 19h | 15.6 |
| ZAGOVOR Foggy Notion | | | 6.8 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.6 |
| WILD LAB Lobster On Acid | | | 6 | Gose | 15.6 |
| WILD LAB Let Your Heart | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| WILD LAB All Around You | | | 4.5 | Pale Ale - American | 15.6 |
| STAMM JUICE & JUICE BLOOD ORANGE | | | 6 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.6 |
| ODNA TONNA HYPERBOREA | | | 14.5 | Stout - Imperial | 15.6 |
| ALASKA ????????? | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| ALASKA PSYCHIATRIST | | | 7 | Stout - Sweet | 15.6 |
| ZAGOVOR STONER | | | 6 | Stout - Sweet | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR REPEATER II | | | 7 | 19i | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR Pixel IPA | | | 7 | IPA - American | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR Lost In Fjords | | | 6 | IPA - American | 15.2 |
| ZAGOVOR ALGORITHM VANILLA | | | 12 | Stout - Imperial | 15.2 |
| WILD LAB Woomera | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| WILD LAB Jazzy Walk | | | 6.5 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.2 |
| STEPAN RAZIN PORTER | | | 8 | Porter - Baltic | 15.2 |
| BALTIKA 8 PSHENICHNOE | | | 5 | Weizen - Hefeweizen | 15.2 |
| ALASKA ??????????? / Imitators | | | 4.5 | Gose | 15.2 |
| ALASKA SELF-ISOLATION | | | 5.8 | 19g | 15.2 |
| ALASKA Phantasmagoria | | | 11 | Barley Wine | 15.2 |
| ALASKA IPATHERAPY | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| ALASKA Eyjafjallajökull | | | 8 | Porter - Double / Imperial | 15.2 |
| ALASKA Eros | | | 6 | 19i | 15.2 |
| WILD LAB Thrill Pulse | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| WILD LAB Bodytonic | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| VELKA MOROVA STEPPENWOLF | | | 9.5 | Porter - Double / Imperial | 14.8 |
| Selfmade Edge Slip | | | 6.7 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| STAMM SOUR PASSION PARTY | ZAGOVOR | | 6 | 19h | 14.8 |
| Panzer Sour Flow | | | 4.2 | 19h | 14.8 |
| BAKUNIN Fine Line | | | 5.8 | Saison | 14.8 |
| AF BREW REDRUM SPECIAL EDITION | | | 8.8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| AF BREW EAT the DUST! - DDH AMARILLO | | | 8 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.8 |
| ZAGOVOR STOP'N'GO | | | 6.7 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.4 |
| WILD LAB Everyday Is A Miracle | | | 4.5 | Pale Ale - American | 14.4 |
| BALTIKA 6 PORTER | | | 7 | Porter - Baltic | 14.4 |
| BAKUNIN FREE FLOW | | | 7.2 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.4 |
| AF BREW EAT the DUST! DDH CITRA | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.4 |
| ZAGOVOR HOPS on ACID | | | 7 | 19g | 14 |
| ALASKA ???????????? | | | 6.3 | Gose | 14 |
| ZAGOVOR KOMPLOTT: CASSIS & CITRON | | | 5.5 | 19h | 13.2 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK ZOLOTOE | | | 5.2 | International Pale Lager | 13.2 | 
CLIQUE PARTY HARD | ODNA TONNA | | 9 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 13.2 |
| BALTIKA 3 KLASSITCHESKOYE | | | 4.8 | International Pale Lager | 13.2 | 
IVANOVSKAYA SLAVJANSKOYE | | | 5.1 | International Pale Lager | 13 |
| ZAGOVOR STICKER | | | 7.5 | Gose | 12.8 |
| ALASKA INQUISITOR | | | 6 | Gose | 12.8 |
| TINKOFF KRASNOE | | | 6.5 | Bock - Dunkel | 12.4 |
| BRAVO INTERNATIONALI OHOTA | | | 4.5 | Pilsner | 12.4 |
| BALTIKA 4 ORIGINALNOE | | | 12 | International Dark Lager | 12 |
| STEPAN RAZIN KREPKOE | | | 6.2 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 11.6 |
| IVANOVSKAYA VLADIMIR II MONOMACH | | | 5.2 | International Pale Lager | 11.6 |
| TINKOFF BELOE | | | 5.2 | Weizen - Hefeweizen | 11.2 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK SVETLOE | | | 4.6 | Pilsner | 11.2 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK KREPKOE | | | 6.5 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 11.2 |
| BALTIKA Zhigulevskoye | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 11.2 |
| AB InBev Efes Sibirskaya Korona Klassicheskoe | | | 5.3 | International Pale Lager | 11.2 |
| Vyatich Vyatich Bochkovoe | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | 10.8 |
| BALTIKA Cooler | | | 4.7 | International Pale Lager | 9.6 |
| BALTIKA 7 EKSPORTNOE | | | 5.4 | International Pale Lager | 9.6 |
| KALUZHSKAYA 387 OSOBAYA VARKA | | | 6.8 | Amber Lager | 9.2 |
| BALTIKA NEVSKOE ORIGINALNOE | | | 5.7 | International Pale Lager | 8.8 |
| HAMOVNIKOV ZHIGULJOVSKOYE | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | 8.4 |
| TINKOFF S DYMKOM | | | 4 | Smoked / Rauchbier | 8 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA KHAMOVNIKI VENSKOE | | | 4.5 | Vienna | 8 |
| BALTIKA ZHIGULEVSKOE FIRMENNOE | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 8 |
| TINKOFF PLATINOVOE | | | 5 | Pilsner | 7.2 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA ZHIGULI BARNOE | | | 4.9 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 |
| MOSKOVSKAYA KHAMOVNIKI MYUNKHENSKOE | | | 5.5 | Oktoberfest / Märzen | 7.2 |
| KALUZHSKAYA ZOLOTAYA BOTCHKA SVETLOE | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 |
| BALTIKA 1 LYOGKOE | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | 7.2 | 
TINKOFF ZOLOTOE | | | 6 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 6.8 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK OSOBOE | | | 4.6 | International Pale Lager | 6.8 |
| BALTIKA NEVSKOE ICE BEER | | | 4.7 | International Pale Lager | 6.8 |
| BALTIKA 9 KREPKOE | | | 8 | Malt Liquor / European Strong lager | 6.8 | 
KRASNYJ VOSTOK SOLODOV GOLD | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | 5.6 | 
BALTIKA NEVSKOE KLASSITCHESKOE | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | 5.6 |
| MOSKVA-EFES STARY MELNIK MYAGKOE | | | 4.2 | International Pale Lager | 5.2 |
| SHIKO GLADIATOR SVETLOE | | | 4.8 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 4.8 | 
BALTIKA SANKT-PETERBOURG | | | 3.8 | International Pale Lager | 1.2 |
| ROSSIJANIN ? | | | 4 | International Pale Lager | ** |
| RADONEJ ? | | | 4.4 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| LASKAYA ? | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| HAMOVNIKOV HAMOVNITCHESKOYE | | | 4.5 | International Pale Lager | *** |
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