Beer in Russia

In Russia, beer (Russian: пиво pivo) is tied with vodka as the most popular alcoholic drink in the country.

The average Russian person drank about 11.7 liters of pure alcohol in 2016, with beer and vodka accounting for 39% each.

[1] Russians categorize beer by color rather than fermentation process: Light, Red or Semi-Dark and Dark.

[5] Beer production in Russia reduced by 5.1% in 2010, to 102.93 mln hl.

[6] In 2010, the five leading companies' beer sales by volume reduced by 5% to 83.6 mln hl.