234: Russia's Knightberg Cider | St Petersburg - a podcast by Ria Windcaller: Award winning Cidermaker | Craft Libations Columnist | Podc

from 2020-08-12T07:00

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Elena V. Tyukina is the Brewmaster and co-owner along with her husband of Knightberg Brewery in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located in the historical district of this premier European city of distinction, is not small task. Think small road ways and antiquated systems that need to be revved up to meet the modern demand of brewing and fermenting. Fermenters world wide are not afraid of doing the impossible and Knightberg is a classic example of this fact.  For instance, Knightberg was the first brewery in Russia to brew an India Pale Ale (IPA) and now producing cider!

Elena V. Tyukina, Knightberg Brewery Elena V. Tyukina

Having studied how cider was made in other countries Elena started making cider in 2014 at the brewery.

  • local apples Want to make ciders in a Russian style

The 2017 Force of Gravity, a brut cider aged in oak 4.5%, won a Silver Medal at the 2019 Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition.  This cider was aged for 9 months, which meant she had to hide the barrels in the back so that her brew team would not try to sell it before it was ready.

Force of Gravity 2017 Cider, Knightberg Brewery

Elena likes dry cider with a bit of sparkle (bubbles) and this cider fit the ticket.

Expect more quality ciders from the dynamic team at Knightberg.

Knightberg Brewery Cider

Knightberg's Classic Dry Cider label

Contact Knightberg Brewery

Website: http://www.knightberg.ru/

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