{"id":7448,"date":"2022-08-31T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2022-08-31T20:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T18:03:20","slug":"bochkarev-british-amber-beer-in-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/bochkarev-british-amber-beer-in-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bochkarev British Amber Beer in Kaliningrad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mick Hart\u2019s totally biased review of bottled beers* in Kaliningrad (or how to live without British real ale!)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 31 August 2022 ~ Bochkarev British Amber Beer in Kaliningrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 22: Bochkarev British Amber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My wife bought this beer for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat have I done to deserve this?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, when I had drunk it, I asked the same question: \u201cWhat have I done to deserve this?\u201d ~ but in a different tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous articles in this series:<\/strong>
Bottled Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Variety of Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Cedar Wood Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Gold Mine Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Zhigulevskoye Beer Kaliningrad Russia<\/a>
Lidskae Aksamitnae Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Baltika 3 in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Ostmark Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Three Bears Crystal Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Soft Barley Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Oak & Hoop Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Lifting the Bridge on Leningradskoe Beer<\/a>
Czech Recipe Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Zatecky Gus Svetly in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Gyvas Kaunas in Kaliningrad<\/a>
German Recipe Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Amstel Bier in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Cesky Medved Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
OXOTA Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Lidskae Staryi Zamak Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a>
Cesky Kabancek Beer in Kaliningrad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The important thing is that we wouldn\u2019t be allowed to drink it in the UK, at least not unless we wrapped the bottle in a flag of a different country, as the Union Jack has been radicalised by oversensitive ethnics operating under the auspices of liberal-left self-culture loathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recalling how racist it was to fly the national flag during the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee, I wasted no time in removing the cap from the bottle, took a quick whiff, made a couple of notes, decanted it into my beer glass and hid the bottle behind a nearby chair. And then I remembered that I was not in the UK but drinking beer in Russia, where, oddly enough, nobody seemed to mind if my bottle displayed a Union Jack or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must say that whenever I see bottled beers which are flag- or otherwise-affiliated with countries of distant origin, particularly western countries and more specifically England, I tend to avoid them or, failing that, buy them out of curiosity but rarely make the mistake again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, I remind you that it was not I who purchased this \u2018anglicised\u2019 beer, but my wife. Not that I am complaining: Wives who buy husbands beer are why they are wives in the first place, not left on the shelf like Watneys; they exhibit a finely tuned awareness of the status quo and a responsibility to it that makes anything, even anything vaguely feministic, almost acceptable and often excusable. But as redeemable as such commendable actions are, what wives don\u2019t know about beers you couldn’t fit into Biden’s mind, so let that be an end to the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bochkarev<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Relying on the same nose that I was born with, rather than a sex-changed appendage, whilst making allowances for its toxic masculinity, it had me know that the Beer that I was smelling was a hoppy thing overly mixed with blackberries and infused with the essence of Vimto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mixture poured into the glass rapidly. I was thirsty. It gave a froth and then quickly took it back again, like a present I didn\u2019t deserve, and what was left on the sides of the glass couldn\u2019t be bothered to stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first sip was like thrusting your head into a mixed bag of fruit in search of hops ~ \u201cCome out with your hops up, we know you\u2019re in there!\u201d And sure enough, after some coaxing the hops came out, yet not with a white but purple flag. Can you drink a colour? The chemical fruit intensifies as it descends in the gullet, yet although the hue is a faint light amber your mind is fixed on purple. I believe it’s what’s called a trick of the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bochkarev British Amber Beer in Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At a very sensible 4.3% OG, alcohol content can play no part in delivering the firm impression that you are consuming a very sweet energy drink packed with glucose and fructose or that, whilst you were looking the other way in search of a real beer, someone snuck up behind you and stuck a stick of rock in your glass. Similar things can happen, I’m told, if you turn your back in Brighton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this exception noted, I have to say that Bochkarev British Amber is possibly the most unBritish beer that I have ever tasted, and if this is Heineken at its best then thank the lord that they have Fd<\/strong> off from Russia (ie, F<\/strong>inally d<\/strong>ecided to go).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do not pretend to speak for everyone, since your taste is probably different to mine and mine is probably better. Nevertheless, Bochkarev British Amber could explain why certain Russian celebrities took European holidays at the coincidental times that they did and that when Heineken took a similar holiday they returned to the safety of a decent beer. Like the death of Freddie Mills in 1960s\u2019 London, Bochkarev British Amber ~ what it is made of, why they bother to stew it and why they call it British ~ may forever remain a mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\ude01TRAINSPOTTING & ANORAKS<\/strong>
Name of Beer:<\/strong> Bochkarev British Amber
Brewer: <\/strong>Heineken Brewery
Where it is brewed:<\/strong> St Petersburg
Bottle capacity:<\/strong> 1.35 litre
Strength:<\/strong> 4.3%
Price:<\/strong> It cost me about 187 roubles (\u00a32.53 pence) [at time of writing!]
Appearance:<\/strong> A shade amberish
Aroma:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t smell like beer
Taste:<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t taste like beer
Fizz amplitude:<\/strong> 4\/10
Label\/Marketing:<\/strong> Counterfeit British
Would you buy it again? <\/strong>No
Marks out of 10:<\/strong> 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2022 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Note that the beers that feature in this review series only include bottled beer types that are routinely sold through supermarket outlets and in no way reflect the variety of beer and\/or quality available in Kaliningrad from speciality outlets and\/or through bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mick Hart\u2019s totally biased review of bottled beers* in Kaliningrad (or how to live without British real ale!) Published: 31 August 2022 ~ Bochkarev British Amber Beer in Kaliningrad Article 22: Bochkarev British Amber My wife bought this beer for me. \u201cWhat have I done to deserve this?\u201d I asked. 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