Opillya Brewery

Opillya Brewery

1672
The inventory of 1672 in Ternopil mentions five breweries: Polyanchyna, Berka, Novitsky, Leiba and Nestaichyshyn, Mosya and Fedor Divychka. The townspeople could brew beer for themselves in the lord's brewery, paying 4 money. Other breweries were not allowed to do so. Somewhat later, the brewery owned by the Dominican monastery is mentioned and did not last long. The breweries were small. They served several or even one inn.

1851
The founding of the Opillya brewery, located at that time far outside the city, near Bila, in an area called "Provalikha".
It was the FIRST large brewery in Ternopil, became one of the places of rest, beer was released here directly from the brewery at a cheaper price and immediately took the bottles back

1906
Beer from "Provalikha" successfully competed at that time with Pilsen and Okontsi in 19 restaurants (restaurants) and numerous pubs in Ternopil.

1913
The new owner of the brewery is Julium Boar, who leased "Failure" 7 years ago from the previous owner - Amalia Goldberg. Production of beer brands begins: tank (mostly dark), (March, March) and sunbed. "Deckchair" was mostly in barrels. Some of the beer produced was even sent abroad.

1925
During the interwar period, the Provalikha brewery continued to operate. Julium Boar is still the owner of the brewery. There is a steam engine with a capacity of 60 - 70 pairs. forces, which is served by 5 workers.

1931-1932
The new owners of "Provalikha" are Lezar Kirchner and Marek Blumendfeld. In addition to the brewery, they also owned a wholesale grain warehouse and sold their own beer. In 1932, 7 workers were engaged in brewing.

1931
"Failure" boiled 6786 hectoliters and 40 liters of intoxicating drink.

1939
Provalikha changes its name to Ternopil Brewery №1.
Nationalization of the brewery. The territory where the old one still operates is a renovated brewery that has long been part of the city of Ternopil.

1944
The brewery produces 100,000 decalitres of beer a year.
In all shops manual work prevailed. Two-vessel fire brewery, wooden fermentation vats and camping cups (oak barrels), cooling beer with ice, hand washing bottles, manual labor at all other stages of bottling beer and transporting containers and finished products.

1950-1958
Major reconstruction of the brewery. Wooden vats and caskets are replaced by modern ones at the time, metal vats and tanks, beer cooling with artificial cold is introduced, brewery and malt drying are converted to gas fuel, which significantly improved the sanitary conditions of the plant, product quality and plant conditions. and working conditions of workers. A number of processes are mechanized in the bottling plant. The capacity of the plant increases to 350 thousand dal / year.

1965-1966
The second reconstruction of the plant as a result of which the appearance of all shops of the plant changes dramatically. The two-vessel fire order was replaced by four-vessel steam ones, which allowed to increase the plant's capacity three times, mechanized locking vats were installed and an air-barley lock was introduced, the fermentation department was expanded, seven new fermentation vats of 14,500 liters each were installed. and installed 38 aluminum tanks with a capacity of 90 hectoliters. A new automatic power line has been installed in the bottling plant
6,000 bottles.

1970-1972
The third reconstruction to expand the existing shops. Another fermentation compartment is being built for 5 vats of 14,500 liters, a camp compartment for 21 aluminum tanks with a capacity of 145 -150 hectoliters each. A new refrigeration and compressor shop was built, where two imported refrigeration units KZA - 440, two air compressors VU 3/8 were installed. A transformer substation was built and a 400 KVA transformer was installed. In the bottling plant, instead of an automatic line with a capacity of 3,000 bottles per hour, another line for 6,000 bottles per hour has been installed. Two new powerful steam boilers DKVR 2,5 / 13 are installed in the boiler room. A 26-meter-high chimney was built, and a new medium-pressure gas pipeline was laid. New warehouses for storage of malt and barley were built. The new administrative building is equipped with a locker room for workers and a dining room for 40 people.

1990-1995
The brewery operated in the form of a leased enterprise. The difficult economic situation also affected production. The range of products produced by the company has decreased. The privatized plant changes its form of ownership to an open joint-stock company.

2005
A new team of managers is coming to the plant, including the current honorary president of Opillya Corporation, Yaroslav Dzhodzhik. At that time, more than 68 small breweries went bankrupt in 2005. As Yaroslav Dzhodzhik himself wrote in an interview: "Many respected entrepreneurs did not recommend us to contact Opillya, because, in their opinion, this project was hopeless and" economic laws are relentless. " The strategy was based on the idea of ​​reviving the production of "live beer" according to ancient traditions. It was decided to rely on Ukrainian specialists, Ukrainian brewing traditions, the use of quality natural raw materials from the ecologically clean region of Podillya and to implement the principles of European quality, which is based on respect for consumer health. The modern production facilities of the enterprise are designed and assembled by Ukrainian engineers.

2011
A new stage in the history of the revival of "Opillia" has begun. During January-May 2011, the volume of basic production was almost doubled, which laid a good foundation for further economic success. The company has become a construction site. The work involved not only specialists directly involved in brewing, but also in high technologies of the aerospace industry and nuclear energy. After all, the design of modern production requires such knowledge. Ukrainian intellect allows the best adaptation of production to Ukrainian realities. Opillya resumed production of well-known Zhyhulivske and Kniazhe beers.

2013
The company begins the next planned stage of expansion of production capacity. A new lime kiln with much higher capacity was put into operation. At the same time, the technological modes of brewing wort, from the classic traditional raw materials, were recreated, according to recipes developed by many years of experience. An automated washing system for cooking equipment has been put into operation, which minimizes human impact on the process and significantly improves working conditions. Simultaneously with the increase in the capacity of the brewery, work began on the launch of new cellars for fermentation and fermentation with the reproduction of the traditional classical technology of fermentation, fermentation and maturation of beer.

2015
The production of Opillia Corporation is growing by 50% every year. The company's products have appeared on the marketx Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson regions. Sales in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Volyn oblasts have significantly expanded.

2016
Reconstruction of refrigeration equipment was carried out, which allowed to completely abandon obsolete ammonia cooling systems. Work has begun on the introduction of equipment for processing pellets and other waste. For the first time, Opillia became the largest taxpayer in the Ternopil region.

Modernity...
The idea of ​​restoring natural production, multiplied by experience, hard work and Ukrainian intellect, revived a large enterprise, which today is one of the hallmarks not only of Ternopil region, but also of Ukraine. The company's shareholders are confident that a return to everything natural will be the main trend of the 21st century economy, and those who seek mutual benefit for producers, consumers and society in general will lead Ukraine to a common benefit.