We are on social networks
On my birthday, I gave myself a gift—I organized a trip to my homeland, Baku, which I hadn’t visited in 10 years… On all my trips abroad, I try to include visits to breweries. So, I called Carlsberg Azerbaijan and… unexpectedly received an offer to give a lecture-presentation for bloggers and media representatives. I had […]
Our lives are changing rapidly, and suddenly it turns out that we grew up wrong, eat the wrong food, and what we read is some kind of enemy literature. Then everything goes back to normal, only to be disproved again by the next researcher who has recently written his dissertation. If things were like this […]
Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has been named the best goal scorer of the 21st century, and he has a chance to become number one in NHL history. He moved into third place in NHL history by scoring his 767th goal against the New York Islanders on March 15, 2022, surpassing Jaromir Jagr. For hockey […]
Tomorrow begins the week during which Jews don’t drink beer. And “on the way” I want to publish some reflections… So, here I am now, slowly sipping an IPA from a local craft brewery. It seems like everything is right: the hops smell like citrus, and the bitterness is nice and lingers. But you know […]
I haven’t written anything on the site for a long time. At first, I was busy at work – I had to finish all the projects before my vacation. When I arrived, I couldn’t write anything until I published the story about the Japanese diplomat, as it affected me so much. Then I just didn’t […]
It’s a country I’ve dreamed of since my youth. After reading Vsevolod Ovchinnikov’s The Sakura Branch, I created for myself an image of a magical country so different from our own. In those years, it was one of the few available books about Japan, but we all lived behind the Iron Curtain, and there was […]
Those who know me personally know that I am not a religious person, but I definitely do not deny the existence of any higher powers. I have already expressed my attitude to this holy day, and more than once. As I’ve written before, it’s a time to stop and think about how we live our […]
Do you love Porter as much as I do? It is with this slightly modified phrase that I want to start my article. Usually, when people ask me about my favorite beer, I say that I don’t have one. Because every beer needs its own setting, time, appetizer and mood. That’s all true, but deep […]
I, Rafael Agaev, am a professional brewer. I have been working for an international brewing concern for more than a 30 years. I am developing new brands of beer.
My second specialty is a professional beer taster and judge of beer championships, including international ones. In addition to popular lectures about beer, I regularly conduct tastings and master classes on brewing beer, including abroad.
