Vyatich

The Russian brand “Vyatich” belongs to one of the few independent brewing companies with production facilities in the city of Kirov. The peculiarity of the Vyatka brewery is a modern technological process on equipment from Germany, the Czech Republic, Denmark and the traditional beer recipe according to the law of 1516 “Reinheitsgebot”, which prescribed the use of only three components: hops, barley malt and water. Today, the plant produces 27 unique, craft, author’s, licensed varieties of intoxicating drink, supplied to many regions of Russia, neighboring countries, China.

Historical reference. In March 1903, the “Association of the Vyatka Brewery” was founded, which was composed by K. O. Schneider and G. N. Shmeleva. A subject of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen set to work zealously, and the first thing he did was to find the source of the Living Gift water, which is still used today. By 1912, the partnership became the supplier of the Imperial Court, and in 1914 the plant produced 16 beers.

With the outbreak of the First World War, the brewery was stopped, and the founder himself was forced to return to his homeland in 1918. Beer production at the nationalized plant resumed only in 1922, but the traditions of brewing were preserved, since from the day of its foundation and until 1950, Emil Iosifovich Vikingeyzer remained the main brewer.

The modern history of the brand begins in 1993, when OJSC Vyatich was registered. A few years later, a large-scale modernization began. German equipment was installed at the plant:

• bottling in glass and PET bottles Krones;
• Schenk combifilters;
• wort cooling heat exchangers and Alfa laval separators;
• SIP station and 120 t Ziemann tanks;
• blow molding machine for PET bottles SMF;
• Gernep labeller.

The company uses a bottling line and a Nate bottle washing machine (Czech Republic), a Dimac packer (Italy), and other equipment from European manufacturers. In 2002, Vyatich was awarded the main prize “Golden Sadko” at the representative forum “Beer Industry-2002”.

Traditions and interesting facts

In the 2014st century, the plant continues to produce the legendary Soviet brands Zhigulevskoye Export, Velvet, and Rizhskoye beer was awarded the Gold Medal at the XNUMX Grüne Woche agricultural exhibition in Berlin.

A good tradition is the annual release of limited batches of beer for significant dates. “Vyatich Elite Oktoberfest” is bottled for the harvest festival and the opening of the Beer Festival in Bavaria, with which the Russian brewery is connected by the figure of the founder. “Nikolskoye” with a strength of 6% is brewed from this year’s hop and malt harvest, and the drink ripens after 90 days by December 19, the day of St. Nicholas the Winter.

The release of “Bavarian” beer and the licensed variety “Karl Otto Schneider Lager” is a tradition of memory and a living connection between the brewery in Vyatka and its founder, who never lost hope of returning to his plant in Russia.

Types of beer “Vyatich”

Karl Otto Schneider Weissbier, 4,9%

Light beer according to the recipe of Leo Tamm from the Bavarian Freiburg was named after the founder of the brand. The drink is distinguished by thick foam and a weak, but long-lasting taste bitterness. The recipe includes Zhivoy Dar water, a mixture of barley and wheat malt, Brewers Gold hops grown in Hallertau (Bavaria). Unfiltered beer retains all trace elements, vitamins, minerals.

Vyatich Classic, 4,9%

The secret of a light lager with a balanced taste, which is brewed from Tradition hops (Hallertau, Germany) and Pilsener Malz barley malt, is the technology features. To prepare the wort lock, the traditional two-boil method is used, and the malt is dried and roasted in an oven on cedar peat.

IPA Trifon, 5,9%

The composition of craft beer, which was conjured by brewers from the shores of Vyatka and foggy Albion, in addition to water, includes Amarillo hops, as well as caramel (Karamell-Malze) and light (Pilsener Malz) barley malt. The triple hop addition expands the aromatic spectrum from citrus to pine without disturbing the balance between caramel malt and fruity hops.

Czech, 3,8%

Light lager beer is brewed according to the traditional technology used by Karl Schneider. The recipe involves the use of a mix of noble Sladek and Saaz hops from Saaz, as well as Pilsener Malz barley malt. This combination gives the drink a light aroma and a refreshing aftertaste, which is especially valuable in the summer heat. Czech light is just one of the varieties in the line of drinks, represented by Irish and Belgian ales, Bavarian and dark Czech beers.