Baltika Breweries

" Baltika redirects here. For the football club, see FC Baltika Kaliningrad"

Baltika Brewery (RTS|PKBA MICEX|PKBA) is the largest brewery in Eastern Europe and the second-largest brewery in Europe (after Heineken Brewery). It is based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. [http://www.cee-foodindustry.com/news/ng.asp?n=56828-baltika-president-leaves]

Infobox Brewery
name = Baltica


caption = Baltica Beer
location = Saint Petersburg, Russia
owner = Baltic Beverages Holding (85% stake)
opened = 1990
production = 45 million U.S. barrels
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Brief details

Baltika Brewery began production in 1990. The majority of the company's shares (85%) are owned by Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH), which is a subsidiary of Carlsberg Group. [http://www.bbh.se/]

Baltika has eighteen breweries, ten of which are located in Russia: two in Saint Petersburg and one each in Khabarovsk, Tula, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Chelyabinsk and Krasnoyarsk. Their combined output totals 24 million hectoliters per year. Along with the Baltika plants, the BBH consortium operates ten smaller breweries producing its "Yarpivo", "Pikra" and "Vena" brands.

Beers

Baltika produce a range of beers under the "Baltika", "Arsenalnoe" and "Leningradskoe" brand names.

Baltika beers are marketed in 38 countries and 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.

Varieties

*Baltika No. 0 is a non-alcoholic beer made from light barley malt.

*Baltika 1 (Light) at 4.4% abv, is characterized by "light colour and…malt and hops taste."

*Baltika 2 (Pale Beer) is a lager brewed from pale barley malt, rice, and "exclusive varieties of hops."

*Baltika 3 is a 5.1% 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 5.0% lager brewed with both pale and caramel malts.

*Baltika 6 is a bottom-fermented 7% 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 5.4% pale lager.

*Baltika 8 (Pshenichnoe) is an unfiltered wheat ale (Alc. 5,0% vol.).

*Baltika 9 (Krepkoe) is a strong lager (8-10% alcohol).

*Baltika 10 (Jubilee) is a 5.2% alcohol beer.

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External links

* [http://eng.baltika.ru The Official Website of Baltika Beer] [http://baltika.ru/ rus]
* [http://www.bbh.se/?deptid=169 Corporate website of the Baltic Beverages Holding]
* [http://www.australiantradepartners.com.au Baltika's Australian Distributor]