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the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.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