Ukrainian Beer

[EARL]

... in response to Ukrainian Beer, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

Ukrainian beer and also wine for that matter don't have preservatives. They are both superior to anything you can get here for that matter, unless you buy the minikegs that some large supermarkets carry. Those are draft beers that contain no preservatives.
I noticed last week that there is now a lot more imported beers being imported in the USA with the change of the container law. For instance you can now get Baltica Beer (brewed in St Pete's) both in the bottle and also the mini kegs.
As for wines, to my taste you can't beat the wines (mostly white wines) from both the Crimea and also Odessa-Nikolaev-Kherson region. I would rate Georgian wines a close second. They are all made naturally without preservatives or sulfites and I will take them over any of the imports we can buy here in the USA. They don't have the complexities of a good French wine but they are a lot lighter and hangover-free   :-)

[tfcrew]

... in response to Ukrainian Beer, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

.....OK, bring me back a case of Obolon Also....
Did you see my post about Nemiroff Ukraine vodka?
Karl

[mdante99]

... in response to Mark......, posted by tfcrew on Dec 9, 2001

Obolon will be a real mail order shipped. Unlike my wife, I had to go get her :-).

No I did not see your post about the Vodka.

Mark

[tfcrew]

... in response to Re: Mark......, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

..but to my amazement, Svetlana had finished that bottle. I looked for her birthday toast and it was empty!!
She polished off the last 3/4 of it!! So I deserve some Ukraine beer next time.
She brought my Mom back some other Ukie vodka. The bottle is shaped like a lighthouse. Mom has that bottle encased like the shroud of Turin.

[DE]

... in response to Mark......, posted by tfcrew on Dec 9, 2001

Also there is Hetman vodka which is really good!  Interesting bottles with matching shot glasses!  Brought 5 bottles back with several boxed 6 packs of the matching shot glasses and gave 'em to friends as gifts.  Big hit.

[DE]

... in response to Ukrainian Beer, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

I really like it because it is very fresh and they don't put preservatives in at least the brand that I drank (Obelong? had like a picture of a monk on the label holding a mug of beer?).  Most of the bottles had a date of 5 days or less from the time it was bottled.  Now I wonder if all their beers are bottled without preservatives?  And if so, do you plan to ship them via ship?  Might not be so good by the time they arrived?  Don't know what the shelf life is without preservatives in them.  Maybe other brands do have the preservatives.

[mdante99]

... in response to Re: Ukrainian Beer, posted by DE on Dec 9, 2001

The beer is called " Obolon "; it is very good; I will suggest everyone going to Ukraine to try it.

For the local market it is made without preservatives; for export they make it with preservatives for a shelf life of six months.

Mark

P.S. Its alcohol content is somewhat higher than American beers, so be careful.

[DE]

... in response to Re: Re: Ukrainian Beer, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

Yeah, not only higher ETOH content, but also bigger bottles

[Bobby Orr]

... in response to Ukrainian Beer, posted by mdante99 on Dec 9, 2001

Slavutich is an excellent beer.

[tfcrew]

... in response to Re: Ukrainian Beer, posted by Bobby Orr on Dec 9, 2001

...I'm writing these down.
I did not drink any Ukie beer!? I was too  naturally "upper" over there. (smile)..
 However, I managed to get my share of Austrian and Polish beers. Silly me ..I forgot their brands