Posts Tagged: Russia
Russia's Lawmakers Now Treat Beer As Booze
Posted by on Sunday, July 24, 2011 in - leave a comment
As I noted last summer, the Russian male's public drinking habits are something to behold. But the law classifying beer as booze and not a food passed into law this week and may bring an end to all that - for apparently good reason: • Since coming into office three years ago Medvedev has …
Book Review: Punched Drunk by Thompson and Genosko
Posted by on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in - 4 comments
Again, with the exhibits for your consideration: • Russia: "Normalising the beer production market and classifying it as alcohol is totally the right thing to do and will boost the health of our population," Yevgeny Bryun, the ministry of health's chief specialist on alcohol and drug abuse, said …
Oh, To Be In Moscow...
Posted by on Thursday, August 5, 2010 in - 1 comment
...now that the heat wave's in full bloom: • I walked outside this morning to find a gang of bare-chested fellows, with shaved heads, sweaty snouts, and stretchmarked potbellies, sitting on the guardrail near our doorway, guzzling beer and smoking, and for good measure, belching and swearing …
Question: What Beer For Canada Against Russia?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 in - 3 comments
There are few phrases more evocative for a Canadian of my early middle age than "Canada Russia". • When I was nine I heard the final game of the 1972 series broadcast from Moscow on the car radio sitting in a parking lot in Middleton, NS. We won. We were not always successful in the … read more »
Is A Ban On Beer Marketing Bad Taste Coming in Russia?
Posted by on Monday, July 20, 2009 in - leave a comment
Apparently there is a lot of pop culture cracking down going on under the direction of the Kremlin. And it is not restricted to music as beer ads are coming under the careful if sub-totalitarian eye according to the Moscow News: • TV campaigns like "Tri Medvedi" - which depicts a racy picnic …
Russian Bar Snacks Are My Bar Snacks!
Posted by on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in - 12 comments
When I lived in Poland back in 1991, I loved the food. I was warned that the post-Soviet economy would mean line ups, inflated prices and scarcity. Nothing could be further from the truth for the experience I had in my Baltic resort city of Kolobrzeg. But even with the zap-shacks, bigos domovi … read more »
Porter Season: 6, Baltika, St. Petersburg, Russia
Posted by on Monday, November 12, 2007 in - 4 comments
What do I think about drinking Russian beer? I suppose, having lived in Poland on the Baltic, I really should accept that whatever could have been done likely was done some time ago. Whatever is in the water, however, the rest of it is pretty tasty. A thick cream head resolves to a rim of beige …
Russia v. Green Bay
Posted by on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 in - leave a comment
Beer teaches. At least in the sense that you learn a few things when hunting for beer stories. Consider this latest decree from Vlad Putin: • “A ban on consumption of beer in public places came into effect in Russia this month, but no one knows how effectively it can be enforced. • President …
