What associations do arise in the head of Russian citizens when they are asked to tell any fact about the city of Samara? Probably sweets, rockets, Volga? True but the most important celebrity and pride of the city is Zhigulevsky brewery which produces non-alcoholic and alcoholic products since 1881. The founder of the plant is an Austrian citizen Alfred Josef Marie Ritter von Vacano who decided to open a beer production on the picturesque banks of the Volga river.

Yes, Samara has its own brewery! Products of plant are delivered to many cities of Russia.

How can you imagine Russian culture without delicious drinks? That is why the participants of the school Russian Culture will be able to see the preparation of delicious lemonades and tasty beer from the inside. The beer production process consists of several stages: grain preparation, wort preparation, fermentation, filtration and pasteurization. Sounds interesting? Also the enterprise is fully equipped with the European equipment: processes of cooking, filling and packing of drinks are automated, there is the system of intellectual control of quality of production works.

During the tour, students can not only understand how to prepare a foamy drink but also see the equipment that makes beer. A pleasant end of the tour was a tasting of drinks made at the factory.