Bar "Pivnoy etiquette" (St. Marata, 14, St. Petersburg): menu, reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Petersburg is famous not only for its architecture and historical places. In all of Russia there is no city so strongly imbued with the spirit of creativity and the modern intelligentsia in all its diversity. In the northern capital, life flows measuredly, unhurriedly, but what they really know how to do here is to have fun and drink.

The latter, by the way, is very good for the townspeople. No wonder, because there are plenty of bars, pubs and other drinking establishments in St. Petersburg. You can even visit a new place every day and still not bypass them all. Perhaps that is why there are so many artists, writers, musicians and representatives of other creative professions, having small talk over a glass of good wine or beer.

It's so easy to get lost in the variety of choices. Don't worry, we'll show you the direction you need to go on a Friday night (and any other day, that's Peter) to have a great time and enjoy the best beer in town. There is one place wherethis intoxicating drink is given special attention, or rather, even to say, the main thing. The Beer Etiquette Bar, located near the Vampuka Concert Theater and the famous Pushkin Square, will teach you everything related to beer in one way or another. Rest assured, your time at this pub will not be wasted.

Institution concept

The founders of the bar, a couple Olga and Anton, conceived it as a place where true connoisseurs of good beer and those who want to get to know this drink better will gather. Bar "Beer etiquette" (Marata, 14) opened its doors to all those interested in brewing, lovers of tasting new, interesting beers. Here they not only drink, but also replenish their knowledge about their favorite intoxicating drink. Beer presentations, theme nights, communication with fellow collectors - all this can be found in "Beer Etiquette".

Picking into the bar is not just for the sake of having a drink or two for an interesting conversation about beer and everything connected with it. In the evenings, fans often gather here to watch sports broadcasts of matches with friends and like-minded people. And every third Sunday of the month, the pub "Beer Etiquette" holds meetings of the St. Petersburg Club of Beer Paraphernalia Collectors. At such meetings, you can learn a lot of interesting things about this intoxicating drink.

What are they pouring?

The founders of the bar did a good job to please their guests with the best beers brewed in small breweries of the Northern capital. Looking into the "Beer Etiquette" for the first time, you can easily get lost in the variety of intoxicating drinks for every taste and color. But don't worry, and don't take the first thing that catches your eye. The bar staff is easy to get in touch with and will be happy to advise you on a drink that meets your preferences, tell you more about the variety you like and even let you taste a couple of options.

Petersburg varieties

As befits a good pub, which undoubtedly includes "Beer Etiquette", the beer menu here is extensive, there is draft, bottled, and craft beer. Some varieties are "regulars of the bar" and are always available, others replace each other from time to time. Let's talk about a few of them.

Draft beer

For example, "Vaclav copper" - amber-brown bottom-fermented beer with a light consistency and airy white foam. The drink is refreshing, with a soft m alt flavor on the palate. "Landskrona ale" - on the contrary, a more complex and thick, but very aromatic beer the color of a ripe apricot. It has a moderate bitterness and a pronounced m alt flavor, and the composition is completed by honey-hoppy notes. Another variety that is always available in the bar - "Kexholm porter" - a dark opaque ale with a pronounced taste of roasted grains and deep m alt filling. Lovers of good dark beer will surely appreciate it.

Guest varieties of intoxicating drink are no less interesting. For example, a beer with a catchycalled Die Another Day. It is also called barley wine, characterized by high density and strength (10%), but at the same time it is sweet, with a multi-layered taste and a discreet spicy aroma. Or wheat beer Wheat house, which is distinguished by fruity notes on the palate with pronounced aromas of banana and spicy cloves. It has a thick dense head made of foam, it is drunk easily and pleasantly.

Bottled beer

The range of bottled beer here is more than rich. What you will not find on the shelves of the bar "Beer etiquette"! Let's focus on a few of the most interesting options.

Beer with the bright name "Doctor House" is bottled with muselet cork. This is an ale brewed in the Belgian blonde style: its aroma is formed by soft notes of yeast and fruit-spices, the taste is m alty, full-bodied, with a bright, long aftertaste. Another interesting variety is the Bluebeard doubbel. This is a double-fermented beer, brewed in the Belgian style with after-fermentation in the bottle. It is characterized by high strength and density, but low bitterness in taste. Brewed from four types of m alt, which can be clearly seen in the taste. Coffee and dark beer lovers will surely love Coffee Staut, which has a deep rich taste with pronounced aromas of chocolate and coffee.

Of course, "Beer Etiquette" will offer you a much more extensive and interesting choice, but we focused on only some of the options we liked.

What's for a snack?

Where there is beer andintimate conversations, there must be food. He did not disappoint with the kitchen "Beer Etiquette", reviews of which are very good. Snacks here, like beer, are varied. Be sure to try the herring and cheese-crab balls with garlic - the dishes already familiar to everyone are so interestingly beaten. Do not refuse Spanish-style snacks - pincho (baguette with filling): with vegetables and anchovies, with tuna, sausages and caramelized onions. Of the snacks, beef, chicken and pork chips are also interesting.

There are burgers, and hot dishes (beef steak with everyone's favorite puree is quite good), and even pancakes. You will not be left hungry here, nor will you be left sober.

Interior and atmosphere of the bar

The nondescript sign at the entrance is offset by a riot of bright colors in the interior of the bar. At first glance, it may seem that this is not a pub at all, but an oriental restaurant. But as soon as you see a long bar crammed with a huge number of beer bottles with bright labels, and on the wall along the tables there are beer coasters carefully assembled by the founders glued in a row, the veil of the East will fall.

Sit back and enjoy - beer, conversation, broadcast of a football match and all the atmosphere that reigns around. Here you can truly relax, forgetting for a while about business in the circle of the same connoisseurs of good beer. By the way, girls like the bar just as much as men. Still, surrounded by men and delicious beer, no beauty will get bored.

Problems"Beer etiquette"

At some point, for the bar, as well as for its visitors, the atmosphere here became not very rosy. The owners of the pub got involved in a real adventure, deciding to take part in the show "On the Knives" with Konstantin Ivlev. From the first minutes of filming, the founders realized what they had gotten themselves into, but it was too late to retreat. Having learned about the filming of the program, the chef of the pub quit, so all the problems and imperfections in the kitchen had to be sorted out by the sous chef. There was a lot of remarks, shouting and stress - although most of it happened while the camera was on. As the owners themselves say, Konstantin is a rather pleasant and even friendly person, but the transmission format requires "passions and obscenities".

During the transfer, a lot of work was done in all areas, from the kitchen to the interior. The latter, by the way, did not quite please both the guests and the founders of the bar (but once they started, it was impossible to retreat). Bright posters in the style of pop art turned out to be especially off topic. Alterations in the menu were more to their liking - in this, Konstantin and his colleagues pleased the public of the bar: both the serving, the quality of the dishes, and the assortment were raised to a higher level. The program "On the Knives" did not go unnoticed, there were many changes. Not all of them were pleasant, but the owners were still satisfied, as they got a good experience from all this "disassembly of the institution".

It cannot be said that after such a project "Beer etiquette" lost respectcitizens, but many did not like the changes at all. Therefore, after the end of filming, Olga and Anton returned some things to their places (including menu items). You can still have a great time in the bar, enjoy a quality intoxicating drink and chat with the bartender on the topic of brewing. This is the most important thing in the atmosphere of the pub, and this is what the owners and staff of the establishment managed to keep.