Latest reviews from Moscow

“This is mainly a wine and spirits store, but they also have a beer cabinet. When I visited it was a random mix of things from Asia, Europe, and Russia. Not a great selection, but it might be good for the odd random beer (I picked up some bottles and cans from China and South Ossetia). Their website is out of date.“

YantarCoast 113 days ago

“Small bottle shop within walking distance of Voykovskaya metro station. Located in the same place as a bakery store. Big selection of mainly Russian craft, but there are some decent imports too, including some of the rarer things. I think the best thing about this store is the prices - they are comparable to some of the major stores such as Beru Vykhodnoy and RusBeerShop. One of the best beer shops to appear in Moscow in recent years. Menus are regularly updated on UnTappd.“

YantarCoast 258 days ago

“Two-storey bar in one of central Moscow's fashionable neighbourhoods. Mainly Russian beers, but they do have some imports too (not a lot, but this is a trend due to sanctions and the current relationship with the West. The menu can be found on UnTappd. Prices are pretty high. Just another craft bar in my opinion.“

YantarCoast 279 days ago

“This isn't really a beer place, but it looks like the only place in Moscow where you can find Uzbek beers. Having lived in Moscow for almost 15 years, this is the only place I have ever seen Uzbek beers. Besides that, the food is damn tasty and affordable! As of March 2023 they had two UZ beers on tap, a dark lager (Almalykskoe Tyomnoe) and a wheat beer (Pulsar Unfiltered), and two Russian beers. The location is the only bad thing about this place – it's on the side of a motorway and quite a long walk from the nearest metro station.“

YantarCoast 397 days ago

“An upmarket place that rightly calls itself a 'Lambic Embassy & Wine Café'. Judging by the selection, this seems to be the place in Moscow to drink lambics and wild beers. 11 beers on tap and 100 bottles/cans. In terms of prices, I suppose it's tolerable if you opt for Russian beer (around 300 RUB for 400ml). As for exports... expect to pay up to 400 RUB for a 150ml taster. The café itself is very calm, fancy and 'Western European', I must admit that it blew my mind a bit because the place I was at before this was Zagovor's (dive bar-ish) Method Bar. I visited to pick up a couple of rare Norwegian and Swiss ticks. I didn't try the food.“

YantarCoast 404 days ago

“Grungy place in central Moscow. Good beer but high prices. Not the kind of place for a quiet drink - I visited on a Sunday afternoon, it was pretty full and the music was loud. This isn't really a bad thing, just a bit unexpected.“

YantarCoast 406 days ago

“British/Irish pub style place with a good selection of trad beers from Russia, the UK, and Ireland. It seems like this is one of the few places in Moscow that is focused on British and Irish beers. Prices are high, but it's near the city centre, so what do you expect. Next door is a top cider place (The Apple and Perry Shed) run by the same people. Offers pints and half pints (also a unique feature). Go here if you want to try some British styles.“

YantarCoast 579 days ago

“Great place for a real beer geek! The atmosphere of the ruin bar, decoration with humor. Good selection of beer on tap, very good - bottles and cans in the fridge. Great atmosphere, must visit.“

alex_leit 646 days ago

“One store from big network, a lot of regional Russian beer, a bit local craft, a lot of bottles.“

alex_leit 649 days ago

“Fancy-looking bar in a newly developed area of Moscow. Two floors. The selection is pretty decent, with a focus on Russian craft. Not a pub in the traditional sense. Nothing really makes it apart from other craft places. Well except from the fact that they lock the fridge cabinets, i.e. unlike basically all other craft places you can’t just open fridge and browse, first you have to ask the bartender to open the fridge. Strange. Perhaps they had a problem with theft. Prices are quite high. Walking distance from Dmitrovskaya metro. Overall, a pleasant but pricey place.“

YantarCoast 835 days ago

“Review from my visit July 15 - After 10 days in Russia, this is the best place I've found to buy Russian micro brews. It's one counter in a large indoor market. The location is fairly tricky to find, as is everything in Russia. From the Novokuznetskaya metro head north on Platnitskij Nepeynok, the indoor market makes the corner with Bolovchinnikovskiy Per. The 2 guys that staff the counter speak next to no English, just enough to understand what I was after and pick me one or two bottles out. A great range of bottles from Stamm, knightberg, Trigger, Jaws, Saldens and others. Prices were around the 200 roubles per bottle. I wasn't really looking beyond Russia but from overseas I did notice bottles of Norge O, as well as others. They have a number of taps on a wall to fill growlers.“

Jerseyislandbeer 915 days ago

“Unpretentious beershop/bar in north Moscow. Very big selection of craft and classic from Russia and Europe. Two massive wall fridges — one soley for Russian beer (95% craft) and one for European. Around 40 taps, but mostly Russian regional swill, although good if you need some region tickz. It’s possible to drink in store (two tables), and there appears to be a hall in the back for too, but I didn’t have time to check it out. Good, fast service. Cards accepted. Picked up a rare Russian region tick here, too. Lots of beer snacks. On the downside, the place is a fair walk (approximately 1km) from the nearest metro. Also, it would be better if they got rid of the in-store drinking because the clientele are a bit questionable.“

YantarCoast 940 days ago

“One of two dedicated Moscow stores of Zhigulevskoe Pivo, a Samara-based brewery that brewed the first-ever Zhigulevskoe beer back in the Soviet days. This is basically a VERY small beer shop/bar with 10 different bottles (all brewed by Zhigulevskoe Pivo) and 12 taps (11 Zhigulevskoe Pivo and 1 kvass produced by a brewery in Tambov). Other "Na Dne" (literally "At the Bottom") can be found in Samara, Tolyatti, and Saratov. If you want to try beer from Samara/up your Samara Oblast ticks, then this is a decent place to buy from. Otherwise I can't see the attraction. Food (beer snacks) available.“

YantarCoast 986 days ago

“I have to confess I am employed here since recently so I'd just ignore my impressions of the past couple months and write about the shop as iemember it from the times before. It calls itself academy shop - and for a reason: only Pivoluchshe offers educational packs of beer with brochures that explain the beer styles, there are some boxes with top beers according to Ratebeer, etc, some sets represent a particular kind of beer - porters & stouts, barleywines, sours, barrel-aged. Surely not a place to look for a bargain, the shop is a kind of beer boutique, but if you want to combine education with inebration that's the most perfect place for this. “

Alexander Suraev 990 days ago

“Хорошее место, приятные люди“

BaroBro 994 days ago

“Basically a hall in one of Moscow's leafy southern neighbourhoods. It's about 10 minutes on foot from the nearest metro station (Prazhskaya). Big selection of Russian craft (over 200), not much else - something like 30 cans/bottles from other countries. They let you buy 250ml measures from their taps, so good for tickers. Delivery is available as of 2021, but probably impossible if you don't know Russian.“

YantarCoast 1064 days ago

“Bottle shop in the middle of a business centre. You can't just walk right in, unfortunately. In typical Russian style you have to show your passport to the man at the desk, who then gives you a guest pass that you can use to get through the turnstiles. The shop itself is OK. It's rather small, but the selection is good - lots of European craft and classics, and two fridges of Russian craft. Found some rarish beers here, for example stuff from Orkney in Scotland and a couple of Aecht beers that are hard to find elsewhere. Imported beer prices are pretty high. This place would get a higher rating if it wasn't in a business centre. Note that it is only open until 9:00 pm (two hours less than normal bottle shops in Moscow).“

YantarCoast 1181 days ago

“Pokey basement level bottle shop. In keeping with Soviet grocery store traditions almost all the wares are behind the counter, so you can't freely examine the bottles and cans. The place is listed on UnTappd, but the taplist there is completely out of date - I travelled from the other side of the city (2-hour round journey on the metro) to pick up around 12 beers, but I went home with only two of them. You can drink here too, but I'm not sure why you would bother. Basically it's a shop for those who live locally. Do the right thing and visit the more well-established places nearer to the centre.“

YantarCoast 1188 days ago

“This is the best bar in Moscow. Two experimental breweries, cozy atmosphere, top novelties from Russia and around the world.“

ruslansavostin 1243 days ago

“Small basement shop in the north eastern part of Moscow. Good selection of Russian craft plus a number of European beers (craft and macro). You can drink inside if you want, but there are no seats and you’ll probably get in the way of other people. Prices seem to be higher than the Moscow average.“

YantarCoast 1248 days ago