Near Fireplace June 2004

NEAR THE FIREPLACE

June 2004

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June was rich in new beer and labels. There are few reasons. First is Football championship in Portugal and upcoming Olympic games in Greece. Then some of breweries changed label design. And new beer grades appeared recently. So lets go orderly.

In brackets is shown beer characteristics.

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

Stary Melnik Light, (0,5 L; 4,6; 11%), "Moscow-Efes" Brewery, Russia

Euro-2004 has been started and "Efes" issued special label for this event. In irony I drunk this beer and watched by TV how Russian team was loosing.

Golden Barrel Classic, (0,5 L; 5,0; 12%), Kaluga Brewery, Russia

Kaluga Brewery is official partner of Russian Olympic team. So they issued special series of labels dedicated to Olympic games.

Golden Barrel Light, (0,5 L; 4,0; 11%), Kaluga Brewery, Russia

Tri Bogatyrya Draught (Tree Giants Draught), (0,5 L; 4,7; 11%), Kaluga Brewery, Russia

"Tri Bogatyrya" changed "dress" fully. Labels of this grade had shield shape in the past. By my mind, shield shape is more proper to Three Giants theme.

Tri Bogatyrya Light (Tree Giants Light), (0,5 L; 4,5; 11%), Kaluga Brewery, Russia

Ordinar, (0,5 L; 4,5; 11%), Stepan Razin Brewery, Russia

Name of brewery was changed on label "Ordinar" from "AO Stepan Razin Brewery" to "OAO Stepan Razin Brewery" . That's all.

Tinkoff Weissbier, (0,33 L; 5,2; 13%), Tinkoff Brewery, Russia

"Tinkoff" started to use paper labels for bottles only year ago. Weissbier label has already third variation. Text on the left side changed and increased alcohol content from 4,7 to 5,2%. Brewery address was chenged also.

Baltika Classic №3, (0,5 L; 4,8; 12%), Baltika Brewery, Russia

"Baltika" changed label only for Classic №3. Other sorts have the same design still.

Baltika Strong №9, (0,5 L; 8,0; 16,5%), Baltika Brewery, Russia

At the same time on some other Baltika's labels appeared typographic marks on the right edge.

Baltika Original №4, (0,5 L; 5,6; 15%), Baltika Brewery, Russia

Bochkarev Nonalcoholic, (0,5 L; 0,5; 6,5%), Heineken Brewery, Russia

Heineken changed labels dramatically for all grades "Bochkarev" and "Okhota". Shape of the labels remains the same.

Bochkarev Draught, (0,5 L; 4,0; 10%), Heineken Brewery, Russia

New "Bochkarev Draught" label.

Bochkarev Draught, (0,5 L; 4,0; 10%), Heineken Brewery, Russia

At the same time it is easy to find old versions of "Bochkarev" labels with small graphic differencies. It seems that different typographie are printing labels.