Near Fireplace January 2005

NEAR THE FIREPLACE

January 2005

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New Year had come. And as I expected New Year brings a lot of pleasure instants for breweriana collectors. In this year New Year holidays in Russian was unusual long. So I had more time for new labels search. New Year labels appear only in January. A few breweries chnged labels design.

In January I visited city Noginsk where located Noginsk brewery and found that brewery renewed not only labels but product line also.

Someone from collectors brought bottle of Egor'evskoy beer on January exchange meeting. I urgently visited Egor'evsk brewery and realised that beer brewing was restarted. Egor'evsk brewery didn't brew beer during almost two last years.

In brackets is shown beer characteristics.

Sample: (0,5 L; 4,5; 11%) -volume 0,5 liter; 4,5 - alcohol content; 11% - original gravity

New Year, (0,5 L; 6,0; 15%), "Yarpivo" brewery, Russia

This is the first New Year label from "Yarpivo". Label are designed in new rectangle style as all other sorts.

Volga New Year, (1,5 L; 6,0; 15%), "Yarpivo" brewery, Russia

"Volga" series is still keeping old shape of labels. This New Year label is also.

Zhigulevskoye, (1,5 L; 4,0; 11%), "Zhigulevskoye pivo" brewery, Russia

"Zhigulevskoye pivo" brewery is issuing New Year labels regularly each year. This year is not exclusion.

Senator, (0,5 L; 6,0; 15%), "Valott" brewery, Russia

"Valott" brewery restarts brewing of "Senator" beer and issued immideately a few variation of labels changing only text in the right upper corner. On this label is written "In the New Year with the new beer!". On the another one - "Merry Christmas!".

Storm, (0,5 L; 6,0; 15%), "Valott" brewery, Russia

This label was printed especially for famous breweriana collector from Moscow Vitaly Lysenko. "Storm" has also labels with text "Merry Christmas!" and "Happy New Year!" in the right upper corner .

Romanovskoe Classic, (0,55 and 1,05 L; 6,0; 15%), "Romanovsky product" brewery, Russia

"Romanovsky product" brewery is bottling beer in PET bottles with strange volume 0,55 and 1,05 liter. Another sort "Romanovskoe Elite" beer is bottling in bottles with 0,53 and 1,55 liter volume.

Porter, (0,33 L; 8,0; 20%), Stepan Razin brewery, Russia

Stepan Razin brewery changed labels shape for all sorts. I'm presenting here some of labels from beers I found.

Kalinkin, (0,33 L; 6,6; 18%), Stepan Razin brewery, Russia

Stepan Razin Petrovskoe, (0,5 L; 4,8; 14%), Stepan Razin brewery, Russia

Stepan Razin Golden, (0,33 L; 5,4; 15%), Stepan Razin brewery, Russia

Tuborg Christmas Brew, (0,33 L; 5,6; 14%), "Vena" brewery, Russia

Tuborg Christmas Brew beer is appearing regularly in Russian market each year. Now beer issued with renewed label: on the truck board is written now "Tubo..." and driver sticked out left hand from the cabin.

Kronenbourg 1664, (0,33 L; 5,0; 11,5%), "Vena" brewery, Russia

One more beer is brewing by "Vena" brewery under the licence. Label repeats fully the French original. Only text is written in Russian.

Carlsberg, (0,33 and 0,5 L; 5,0; 12%), "Baltika" brewery, Russia

I was very surprised when realised that Carlsberg is brewing by "Baltika" brewery under the licence. Beer is bottling in glass bottles with 0,33 and 0,5 liter volume.

On the back label of 0,33 liter bottles is performing lottery dedicated to European Football Championship Euro 2004. In order to win it is necessary to collect all 16 flags of all teams. Flags and lottery conditions are printed on the inner side of back label.

On the back label of 0,5 liter bottles are performing more timely lottery. The winner will go to Italy to Ski World Championship 2005. Prize is hidding under the crown caps.