Baltika Breweries

Baltica

Baltica Baltica Beer
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Opened	1990
Annual production volume	45 million U.S. barrels
Owned by	Baltic Beverages Holding (85% stake)
Active beers
Name Type Baltica №0 Alcohol Free Pale lager Baltica №2 Svetloe Pale lager Baltica №3 Klassicheskoe Pilsner Urquell Baltica №4 Temnoe Dark beer Baltica №6 Porter Porter Baltica №7 Exportnoe Pilsner Urquell Baltica №8 Pshenichnoe Weissbier Baltica №9 Krepkoe

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

Baltika Brewery (MCX: PKBA MCX: 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.[1]

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.[2]

Baltika has eighteen breweries, eleven 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

Varieties of Baltika Beer (from left to right):
Cans (top row): Baltika 0, Baltika 7, Baltika 5, "9", Baltika Kuler, Baltika 3;
Bottles (middle row): Baltika Kuler, Baltika 0, Baltika 7, Baltika 3, "9";
Bottles (bottom row): Baltika 5, Baltika 6, Baltika 4, Baltika 8, Baltika 3, "9"

• 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.

See also

• Category:Beer and breweries by region

External links

• The Official Website of Baltika Beer rus
• Corporate website of the Baltic Beverages Holding
• Baltika's Australian Distributor