Baltika (brewery)

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Baltika

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legal form Corporation
founding 1990
Seat Saint Petersburg , Russia
management Jacek Pastuszka
Number of employees approx. 9,000
sales EUR 2.15 billion (2012)
Branch brewery
Website eng.baltika.ru

Baltika ( Russian Балтика (пивоваренная компания) / Baltika (piwowarennaja kompanija) ) is the largest brewery group in the Russian Federation . It was founded in 1990 in Leningrad ( Saint Petersburg ) and has quickly developed into an important economic factor for the city.

Companies

Baltika was originally a joint venture between the Finnish beverage company Hartwall and its Norwegian partner Orkla . Baltika started production in 1990 . The majority shareholder of the company is now Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH), which in turn has been owned by the Danish Carlsberg brewery since 2012 .

Breweries are located in

In 2005 they produced a total of 22.7 million hectoliters of beer under the brand names Baltika, Arsenalnoje and Leningradskoje. Baltika beers are marketed in 38 countries. The main market remains Russia and the CIS countries . Baltika owns a malt factory in Tula.

In 2006, Baltika had sales of 1.49 billion euros and a pre-tax profit of 260 million euros.

At the end of 2006, Baltika merged with the companies “Wena”, “Pikra” and “Jarpiwo”. Since then, Baltika has 10 breweries and 4 malt houses in 9 Russian regions and employs more than 11,000 people.

In 2007, Baltika had a market share of 37.6% in Russia.

Baltika Aktiengesellschaft is advised by KPMG .

Jacek Pastuszka from Poland has been President of Baltika Aktiengesellschaft since January 2015 . He is the successor to Isaak Scheps, who headed Baltika AG from December 2011 to December 2014.

Due to the declining Russian beer market, Baltika closed its breweries in Krasnoyarsk and Chelyabinsk in 2015.

Products

Shelf with a selection of Baltika beers (from left to right):
Cans (upper shelf): Baltika 0, Baltika 7, Baltika 5, Baltika 9, Baltika Cooler, Baltika 3
bottles (middle shelf): Baltika Cooler, Baltika 0, Baltika 7, Baltika 3, Baltika 9
bottles (lower shelf): Baltika 5, Baltika 6, Baltika 4, Baltika 8, Baltika 3, Baltika 9

Most Baltika beers are distinguished by numbers (selection):

  • Baltika 0 Besalkogolnoje ( non- alcoholic) is a non-alcoholic beer, brewed from light barley malt
  • Baltika 1 Ljogkoje (light) is a light beer with a physiological calorific value of only 163  kJ (= 39  kcal ) per 100 g and an alcohol content of no more than 4.4 percent by volume (is no longer sold in Russia, but exported to Finland ; replaced in Russia by Baltika Lite )
  • Baltika 2 Ossoboje (special) is a light lager beer , brewed from light barley malt, rice and "selected hops" (min. 4.7% alcohol content); Until mid-2010, Baltika was called 2 Swetloje (Helles)
  • Baltika 3 Klassitscheskoje (Classic) is a light lager with 4.8% alcohol content
  • Baltika 4 Originalnoje (Originales) is a 5.6 percent amber-colored lager beer, brewed from dark barley malt and rye malt
  • Baltika 5 Solotoje (Goldenes) is a lager beer brewed from light malt
  • Baltika 6 Porter is a bottom-fermented 7 percent dark beer that the brewery sells as " Porter brewed according to traditional English recipes "
  • Baltika 7 Eksportnoje (Export) is a light lager beer
  • Baltika 8 Pschenitschnoje (wheat) is an unfiltered wheat beer
  • Baltika 9 Krepkoje (Strong) is a strong lager with 8.0%
  • Baltika Kuler (Cooler) is a light beer with a light taste that is based on Baltika 5. The alcohol content is not less than 4.7 percent by volume
  • Baltika Kuler Laim (Cooler Lime) is Baltika Cooler with a lime flavor
  • Baltika 20 Jubileinoje (anniversary beer ) is the beer that has been produced since June 2010 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Baltika brewery
  • Baltika Rasliwnoje is a light draft beer that was added to the product range in 2010
  • Baltika Rasliwnoje Nefiltrowannoje is a light, unfiltered draft beer that has been produced since 2011
  • Baltika München is a light, unfiltered Bavarian- style beer that was launched in May 2013
  • Baltika Praha is a light brewed based on the Prague model that has been available since March 2015

The following Baltika beers are no longer produced and can therefore only be found as collector's items:

  • Baltika 12 Nowogodneje (New Year's Beer ) was a beer that used to be bought in the winter months. It was a semi-dark beer with 5.5% vol.
  • Baltika Leningradskoje (Leningrader) was a light beer produced in 2003 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the city of Saint Petersburg .
  • Baltika Medowoje Ljogkoje (light honey beer) was a light, 4.1 percent honey-flavored beer that was only available in 1.5-liter PET bottles.
  • Baltika Medowoje Krepkoje (Strong Honey Beer ) was a strong, 7.6 percent honey-flavored beer, also in 1.5 liter PET bottles. The honey beers were removed from the range due to poor sales.

The range also includes other products such as a cherry beer. The Baltika brewery is consistently successful in European beer competitions, such as the 2015 European Beer Star with gold for Baltika No. 3.

Distribution and production in Germany

Baltika is also available in Germany and can usually be found in Russian supermarkets or beverage stores. Baltika Deutschland GmbH is based in Hamburg . Since August 2011, the Baltika 3 variety has also been produced, bottled and sold in Germany.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Яцек Пастушка сменит Исаака Шепса на посту президента пивоваренной About company "Балтика» и старшего вице-президента Carlsberg Group по региону Восточная Европа. In: corporate.baltika.ru. November 27, 2014, accessed February 14, 2016 (Russian).
  2. ^ The History of Baltika Breweries , accessed July 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ Аудиторы компании (Russian), accessed July 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ Baltika announces closure of breweries in Chelyabinsk and Krasnoyarsk, at www.baltika.ru , accessed on February 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of May 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Made in Königshof: Russian beer for half the world in the Westdeutsche Zeitung on July 12, 2012

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