afanasy dark beer

Happily, I stumbled across this beer earlier this week at Liquor Barn.

It's packaged in a unique bottle - cylindrical at the bottom, then a 16-sided cone up to the neck. And the label on the back has a temperature-sensitive logo that turns blue when the beer is chilled.

Molded into the side of the bottle is the brewery's name (in Cyrillic) plus its logo.

There's no doubt that some of my homebrew will find its way into these interesting bottles.

Oh, and what's inside the bottles, you may ask? A rich, malty brown beer (can't tell for sure if it's a lager or an ale; my guess is the former) with a full head - it could give any English brown ale a run for its money.

I haven't seen it anywhere else, but it's $10.99/case at Liquor Barn.

Liquor Barn
8170 W Golf Rd
Niles, IL 60714
(847) 581-0060

Yeah, Coors light does this, too.

Yeah, but Coors Light has no flavor and is much more expensive.

The Coors Light like cold activated thing is rather humorous. What is the country of origin of this beer? I've definitiley never seen it and from my days in Westmont I have encountered quite a few eastern european brews at the local markets.

it's from Russia