Imported alcoholic beverages in Russian restaurants can be replaced by tinctures.
In Russia, imported alcohol may soon run out, as foreign companies have stopped working in the country due to sanctions . Russian restaurants will be forced to switch to local liqueurs and serve them in cocktails to their visitors, as stocks of imported spirits may run out in the fall. This was announced by the ombudsman for restaurant business in Moscow Sergei Mironov, write RosZMI.
Without wax and vermouth
In Russia, strong alcohol whiskey, gin) and vermouth were supplied through distributors by large foreign companies that ceased operations in Russia. Among them is the American company Brown-Forman, which produces Jack Daniel's whiskey and Finlandia vodka.
Alcohol is objectively running out, and when it will be new and no one knows where, “said Mironov.
According to Mironov, Russia is a little better off with wine, as there are dozens of companies that supply wine from Europe. He added that they are looking for options to circumvent sanctions through Armenia, China and Kazakhstan.
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Russian hoteliers Igor Bukharov offers restaurants a kind of “import substitution” – to serve visitors a cocktail of tinctures.
In the end, cocktails can be made on the basis of tinctures. There is already a trend of “buy Russian local,” he added.
It will be recalled that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to Western brands leaving the Russian market . Shopping mall owners are sounding the alarm – if no other tenants are found, the malls will be half-empty.
