Beer in Ukraine

Obolon beer made in Kiev

A glass of Lvivske

In 2011 Ukrainian beer production grew by 3.3% to 31 mln hl. Basing on the data of the trade balance (production + import - export) the Ukrainian beer market in 2010 grew by 5.5% to 28.3 mln. hl. In value market grew by 18% to 22.4 bln hrn. (or 12% to $2.6 bln).

This is a list of breweries, beer brands from Ukraine, and beer events in Ukraine.

Major breweries and beer brands

Berdychiv Khmilne

Berdychiv Khmilne

Some of the most renowned Ukrainian beers are Chernihivske, Obolon, Lvivske etc.

Leading brewing companies:

• First Private Brewery (local beer brands: Stare Misto, Chorne, Avtorske, Andriivskiy)
• Anheuser-Busch InBev (local beer brands: Chernihivske, Rohan, Yantar, Chezz)
  • Desna Brewery, Chernihiv
  • Rohan Brewery, Kharkiv
  • Yantar Brewery, Mykolaiv
• Obolon CJSC (beer brands: Obolon, Desant, Hike, Zibert, Magnat)
• Carlsberg Group Ukraine (local beer brands: Slavutych, Lvivske, Arsenal, Khmilne)
  • Kyiv Brewery
  • Lviv Brewery
  • Zaporizhia Brewery
• SABMiller→Efes Ukraine (local beer brands: Sarmat from Donetsk)

Berdychiv Khmilne

Local breweries:

• Bredychiv Brewery
• Kalusky Brewery
• Karpatska Brewery
• Kreminsky Brewery
• Krym Brewery
• Lyspy Brewery
• Luhansk Brewery
• Lutsk Brewery
• Melitopol Brewery
• Mikulinetsky Brovar
• Brovar Brewery
• Pavlivsky Brewery
• Mikulychyn Brewery
• Poltavpyvo
• Riven Brewery
• Rovenky Brewery
• Savativsky Brewery
• Slavutsky Brewery
• Opillya Brewery
• Umnpyvo
• Nova Bavaria
• Khmelpyvo
• Shale Brewery

Beer during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

At the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian brewery Pravda Beer Theatre, stopped brewing beer and started making molotov cocktails. Besides of that the brewery shared their recipes and artwork to craft breweries worldwide to start making their beer and asked, if they do so, to make donations to their relief fund efforts.

Many beer breweries worldwide are brewing beer where (a part) of the revenue is donated to Ukraine, as shown on the website brewforukraine.beer. Also Untappd started a campaign to support Ukrainian beers.

See also

• Beer and breweries by region