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Beer Ochakovo is a standard lager brewed with natural ingredients. It has a harmonious taste and aroma. The fortress is 4,6-5,5%. Producer – Moscow Beer and Non-Alcoholic Plant.
Briefly about the production of Ochakovo beer
Hops are purchased from trusted Russian, Czech, German and American suppliers, and yeast from the Berlin Institute of Brewing. The company independently grows barley and produces malt from it. Its content reaches 80%. One of the most important components is water, which is purified in three stages using equipment from Germany. Beer ferments from 18 days to 3 weeks.
What is important, the high-density brewing technology is not used in the manufacturing process, and the product is not diluted with water. The drink is brewed in specialized containers with a volume of 65 thousand liters and left to mature in tanks. Their depth is 700 thousand liters, and the height is 25 meters. Products are poured into glass containers, cans and plastic bottles. The beer is of high quality, and this is confirmed by certificates.
The history of the plant and beer Ochakovo
The plant started its activity on December 18, 1978. The reason for the opening was the Moscow Olympics in 1980. There was a deficit in the country at that time. There were not enough mineral water, carbonated water, kvass and beer on the store shelves. This was not supposed to affect foreign guests, so they decided to open the most powerful enterprise in all of Europe and the Soviet Union in particular.
First of all, we launched the production of Stolichnoye and Zhigulevskoye beers. After a year, the plant appeared its own line of soft drinks. At the same time, he began working with The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. This is the only time that these two brands were produced by the same company, namely Fanta and Pepsi drinks.
In the 1990s, equipment from Europe was purchased for the plant, and a couple of new lines or workshops were opened annually. Today the production volume is 70 thousand bottles per hour. The largest southern plant “Ochakovo” is located in Krasnodar. Others are located in Moscow, Tyumen and Penza. Exports to 30 countries and even more have been established.
In 1994, the production of the leading brand, Ochakovo beer, began. It was the first to be produced in PET containers, and a year later – the first in cans.
The company is an almost permanent participant in Roscosmos programs. In 1999, she bought out most of the shares of the Saturn enterprise, which was engaged in batteries for spacecraft. “Saturn” was on the verge of bankruptcy, when the president of “Ochakovo” A. Kochetov decided to literally save him.
The Ochakovo firm was among the first to stop buying malt abroad and launched its own production. The malt house was opened in 2003. She also refused imported grain and now owns wheat and rye fields for kvass and barley for beer.
Since 2015, it has become possible to purchase beer and other products in company stores at producer prices. Selling both popular items and rare new items.
2016 was marked by the opening of an experimental brewing laboratory. It is a mini brewery with a capacity of 150 liters. Here the chief professional experiments with recipes and produces craft beer in limited quantities.
Types of beer Ochakovo
Original, 5%
Light beer with a rich and balanced taste. Key Ingredients: Water, pale and caramel malt, corn and hops.
Unfiltered, 4,5%
Beer has a multifaceted taste and bright aroma. Slightly bleached with a delicate texture. Produced using modern technologies and has all the flavors of classic unfiltered beer.
Special, 4,6%
Refined hop aroma and balanced taste. A feature of the recipe is the addition of rice for a soft texture. Fermentation takes at least 18 days.
Non-alcoholic
Refreshing light taste and balanced aroma with bright hop notes. Retains the characteristics of a standard pale lager.
How and with what to drink Ochakovo beer
Before serving, it is recommended to cool the beer to 10-15 ° C so that it reveals all the facets of taste. To him, as to a light lager, it is worth offering seafood, pasta.
Interesting Facts
Beer was recognized as the “Best Product of the Year” at the Prodexpo exhibition in 2005.
Ochakovo won in several categories at the 2006 beer festival in Moscow.
Wins first place in the competition “The Best Domestic Products of 2007”.
The label has been changed twice. First, instead of a fictional character, an actor and jazz musician, W. Brandt, was placed on the bottle. And in 2, the Moscow driver A. Fedorov.
Since 2005, tours have been held at the plant. In the first part they show the process of making kvass in the environment of the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, in the second – the modern production of kvass for children and beer for adults, and in the final part – they are treated to products.
Relevance: 22.03.2020
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