Ukraine & Belarus: Ukrainian and Belarusian brewers team up

The Belarusian Brestskoye Pivo brewery has started contract manufacturing of beer for Ukrainian Obolon company, director of the company Oleg Kisel was quoted as saying by Black Sea Grain on April, 28.

According to him, Brestskoye Pivo has made a trial consignment of two sorts of the Desant brand. The plans are to manufacture around 2 thousand hl of this beer on a monthly basis. In the future the output will depend on sales. The beer will be marketed in Belarus by Obolon’s dealer.

At first Brestskoye Pivo will make several brands for Obolon. In the future the company plans to produce a German brand of the premium class. The company is currently in negotiations with one of the German companies.

Oleg Kisel noted that the company is looking for an investor. “So far there are no potential investors. But the oblast authorities have taken a decision that there should be an investor. Whether will it be Obolon? So far no negotiations on this issue have taken place,” Oleg Kisel said.

Brestskoye Pivo is one of Belarus’ biggest beer producers. The company was set up in 1971 as Brest plant of non-alcoholic beverages. In 2001 the company was reorganized into Brestskoye Pivo brewery. In 2009 the company’s output totaled Br59.1 billion (92.6% as against 2008).

28 April, 2010