It is 100 days to the beginning of our annual International Conference “Equipment Facilities and Raw Material Base for Malting and Brewing Production” that will be held from 6 to 8 September in Moscow. For detailed information, please refer to the website of the Conference: www.barley-malt-conference.ru We remind you that the members of the Barley […]

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, A little over one year ago the Barley and Malt Union (BMU) was established. As you remember the establishment of the Barley and Malt Union was no coincidence. It was preceded by the increase of excise taxes on beer products with growth prospects up to 18 rubles per 1 litre, they […]

BMU will solicit the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Fedorov N. V., as well as the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy Gorbunov G. A., for awarding of the best and most worthy representatives of the production chain “malting barley–beer” of diplomas and letters of acknowledgment of the […]

The Barley and Malt Union has started collecting and publishing statistical information on the market, prices, varieties and sowing areas of malting barley. At the moment we have posted information on seeds of foreign selection varieties sown in 2011, on availability of malting barley varieties and planned areas under crop 2012 in Russian regions, as […]

We invite you to take part in the contest for the best photo of any representative of the political, sport and business community with beer under the motto “Russian malting barley is the main reason to love our beer”. Russian as well as foreign participants are welcome to take part in the contest. Photos, pictures […]

From May 14, 2012 we are glad to see the members of the Barley and Malt Union at our new office in the house of the Ministry of Agriculture on the eighth floor, room No. 821a. We will be happy to issue a let pass to the house of the MA as well as to […]

Due to preparation of the “Government hour” at the Federation Council (April 27, 2012) on the topic “On measures for State regulation of alcohol and spirit product market in the Russian Federation”, the enlarged meeting of the special purpose Committee of the Federation Council – the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and […]

On April 25, 2012 at the initiative of the Council of the Federation Committee for Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management, the representatives of professional unions (the Barley and Malt Union and the Union of Russian Brewers) met with the representatives of the Executive Office of the Russian Federation, responsible for legislative and technical […]

From 16th to 19th of May 2012 the XXI International forum BEER-2012 will be held in Sochi. The organizer of the Forum: ZAO SOUD – Sochi Exhibitions. The venue: hotel complex Zhemchuzhina.

The participants of the round table “Current State and Development Prospects of Brewing Industry of the Customs Union Countries” have discussed the current state of brewing industry in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and reviewed the drafting and potential consequences of the adoption of the Customs Union Technical regulation.