As well as the majority of collectors, I started to collect labels only from those grades of beer which has drunk itself. All this began in the beginning the eighties when I was the student. Special in collecting I then did not show activity. The design and absence of a variety of then labels too not especially had to activity.

      So proceeded up to middle of 2000. In the nineties a huge variety of labels has appeared. The increased competition has forced breweries to approach to packing production much more seriously. So has developed, that since 1997 I began to go in business trips much. In result all became more difficult to try all that beer, labels from which are to be received in a collection.

      But last straw which has transferred me in the category of active collectors, was Belgium. On affairs of business I frequently began to be in this country. By my opinion, in Belgium are able to produce two products perfectly: chocolate and beer. The last make infinite amount of grades. And labels have, it especially concerns to microbreweries, differ interesting design. Having tried huge quantity of grades (with washing up of labels) I was convinced what to drink all was impossible, as the majority of the Belgian grades of beer have the high contents of alcohol.

      The bell has rung out. I get acquainted with collectors in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kiev, Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, in other cities and, certainly, in Belgium. The active exchange and collection begins starts to develop both quantitatively, and is qualitative. You can estimate it.