Zhiguli Brewery

Zhigulevskoye is an eminent brand of Soviet Russian lager. The first distillery was established in Samara in 1881 by Austrian business person Alfred von Vacano. The first brand was named "Viennese Beer" as in lager from Vienna, be that as it may, as indicated by legend, in 1934 it was renamed "Zhigulevskoye Beer" to dispose of its "middle class" name. Amid the Soviet time, now and again it was for all intents and purposes the main lager mark you could discover anyplace in the nation.

At the pinnacle of its prominence it was made in excess of 700 bottling works around the nation, and it for all intents and purposes turned into a non specific name for lager. Generation was controlled by a GOST standard since 1938. Zhigulevskoye needed to contain no under 2.8% liquor by mass and was permitted to have up to 15% of assistants.