Baltika Brewery
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Baltika Brewery (Baltic Beverages Holdings) is the largest brewery in Eastern Europe and the second largest brewery in Europe (after Heineken Brewery). It is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [1]
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[edit] Brief details
Baltic Beverage Holdings (BBH), is a joint venture of the Finnish bevarage company Hartwall and its Norwegian partner, Orkla. Baltika began production in 1990.
Baltika has five breweries, in Saint Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Tula, Rostov-na-Donu and Samara. Their combined output totals 24 million hectoliteres per year. Along with the Baltika plants, the BBH consortium operates ten smaller breweries producing its Yarpivo, Pikra and Vena brands.
[edit] Beers
Baltika produce a range of beers under the Baltika, Arsenalnoe and Leningradskoe brand names.
Baltika beers are marketed in 38 countries and have earned the company 207 million dollars in profit in 2004. Baltika (Балтика) beers are especially popular in Russia and the CIS. Their popularity in Britain is on the rise.
[edit] Varieties
- Baltika No. 0 is a non-alcoholic beer made from light barley malt.
- 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 (8-10% alcohol).
