Russia & Turkey: Baltika Breweries starts exporting to Turkey

The St. Petersburg-based Baltika Breweries has begun delivering beer to Turkey, Interfax reported on May, 19.

The first delivery was of 10,000 litres of Baltika 7 Export.

Beer will go on sale in Ankara, Izmir, on the Antalya coast and in Istanbul and its suburbs.

Baltika, Russia’s leading brewer, intends to expand the number of beers available for delivery to include the non-alcoholic beer Baltika 0 and Baltika No 3 Classic.

Baltika has 11 breweries spread across nine regions in Russia as well as a brewery in Azerbaijan. The majority of the company’s shares (85.6 percent) are owned by Baltic Beverages Holding (BBH) owned by Carlsberg.

25 May, 2011