Thread 213788306

>go to ukranian market
>buy can of something that looks like beer
>open it and it smells kinda like beer
>it tastes kind of like a mild beer and almost tastes like drinking bread
>lady behind the counter swears it's not alcoholic
>as it turns out it's called kvass and it's a pretty common beverage in slavic countries
Any slav anons have experience with this?

>>213788306 (OP)
there's a store not far from me that sells kvass it's not that obscure

>>213788306 (OP)
it's a common beverage in russia, the ex/soviet states and i think might be found in the balkans

here it's kalled kali

>>213788306 (OP)
I drank it for the first time on Vladivostok and it was so good

You can also make it at home with rye bread and yeast

>>213788306 (OP)
not slavic myself but I did buy the bottle in pic from a russian shop.
It's nice, if I had easier access to it I would buy it more often.

>>213788306 (OP)
>Any slav anons have experience with this?
every east slavx has, it's a very common drink

>>213788306 (OP)
It's alright. Similar story for monks brewing beer. They needed a way to fast and also not die so they made this stuff. I drink it every now and then. It's more from Russia and everything east of Bulgaria. Orthodox people around here didn't give a fuck though they drank distilled spirits and actual beer, still do actually.

>>213788306 (OP)
A Russian immigrant family runs a shop nearby that sells kvass and I used to go there all the time to pick up a few bottles. I can't get enough of this shit, I used to drink soda a lot but this tastes so much better.

>>213788306 (OP)
I tried this first time this year, introduced to me by an ukkie. I really thought it was beer too. We had the same experience.

>>213788306 (OP)
This is my favorite brand

Does it really taste like beer?

>>213788887
It tastes like cereal left in milk for a long time

It's russian coka cola.

i always thought it was like 30% alcohol

>>213788306 (OP)
This is the only brand of kvass I've ever been able to find in the UK. I really like it, despite the fact that I've been told by Lithuanians that it's mass produced slop.

>>213788306 (OP)
Kvass is GOATed, I buy mine from a Russian owned store in Vitacura. It's homemade so not identical to the commercial stuff

>>213788306 (OP)
Is this what that little goblin guy is drinking in that one picture?

>>213788306 (OP)
Does it taste similar to this???

Can anyone that has had both attest?

>>213789790
I've had both and it depends on the brand. Some are sweeter than others but generally yes. Malta Goya is also pretty similar.

>>213789790
>>213789790
Actually yes. It's not exactly the same but quite close.
Have had both.
t. sunny isles

>>213789718
yeah he's thirsty after a long day

>>213789790
Thank you for buying Puerto Rican drinks.
>>213790086
>Malta Goya
Avoid that slop.

>>213791432
I didn't know puerto rico had it's own flag here

>>213789298
I'm sorry, anon, but that is not kvass. They aren't even allowed to call it "Kvass", so they call it "kvasa dzēriens" ("kvass drink"), think "cheese product" in America.
I hope you find real kvass.

>>213791590
newfag

>>213788306 (OP)
Kvass is liquid bread. But most of the kvass you can buy in a supermarket is almost nothing like home made.

>>213788326
Russian "Jews" are like 20% of Israeli Jews at this point.

>>213788306 (OP)
>in slavx countries
In eastern europe actually. It’s virtually unknown in Czechia

>>213793311
here it exists and you can buy in it bigger supermarkets and people know what it is but it's rare to drink it for Poles, unless in very eastern Poland. Probably 90% of kvass consumers here are Ukrainian immigrants

i guess popularity of kvass in your country correlates with how shitty your domestic beer is, the better your beer is, the less popular kvass is

>>213793311
>It’s virtually unknown in Czechia
This is where Central Europe ends
>>213793350
>here it exists and you can buy in it bigger supermarkets and people know what it is but it's rare to drink it for Poles, unless in very eastern Poland.
This is where Eastern Europe starts.

>>213793350
>i guess popularity of kvass in your country correlates with how shitty your domestic beer is, the better your beer is, the less popular kvass is
Kvass and beer are completely different drinks. Kvass is just good to drink in summer, or just drink it like a soda.
Beer is beer, you drink beer when you want beer.

>>213788306 (OP)
Belarusian kvas is da best. We produce and consume the most kvas on the planet per capita.

>>213788306 (OP)
Yeah, I drink it on rare occasions. There is also zbyten', which is halfway between kvas and beer. But it's a very niche drink.

>>213793478
But it's made of honey, herbs and spices

>>213788306 (OP)
I make it at home sometimes, can't find it anywhere here so I don't really know if I'm making it right, but it's ok

>>213788887
>Does it really taste like beer?
it's more like drinkable rye bread

>>213793445
>Kvass is just good to drink in summer,
wow, so just like beer?

Does it taste like root beer? Cause that shit's nasty

>>213789208
Not that's Baikal. Love that stuff as well as Tarhun (soviet sprite). Can't get the OG stuff due to sanctions unfortunately.

>>213794083
Only the Baikal mind you can get Tarhun easily but the good stuff from Georgi costs a fortune.

>>213788887
no, it's much less bitter and typically quite sweet.
>>213789298
this shit is just flavored sugarwater, like coke or pepsi or whatever. actual kvass is a fermented drink.
>>213793311
you are germanx

>>213794083
I don't like Baikal.

>>213793742
Beer isn't as good for that purpose.

>>213794619
that's because Russian beer is famously shitty, no offense
in Central European states beer is literally the beverage you drink in hot summers to feel colder

>>213794634
You have never even been here, tard.

>>213793906
yes, kvass tastes terribly, i have no idea how one can drink it
i bought it once just because Russians made a big fuss about how good that is and after trying to drink one cup i just poured it out, it's undrinkable to me, it's extremely bitter

>>213794642
пeтyшoк, я пo poccии пyтeшecтвoвaл бoльшe чeм ты, в тoм я yвepeн. A и poccийcкoe пивo я пpoвepял - пoлнoe гoвнo пo cpaвнeню хoтя бы c пoльcкoм, пpo чecкoe дaжe и гoвopить нe cтoит. Пeй тoт cвoй квac ecли тeбe нpaвитcя, нo этo тoлькo пoтoмy чтo вы ничeгo нe знaeтe o нacтoящeм пивe

>>213794742
Yeah, anon. New fantasy movie "Ухилянт - пyтeшecтвия пo Poccи"

>>213794796
we were talking about Russian beer, im not going to bring politics here so we can end this discussion now.
Your beer is piss. Period.

>>213794824
So you're not denying what I called you. Nice. Seems like you really travelled across Russia mhm.

this is made out of bread? how does it work?

>>213794853
I said I won't talk about politics because you get immediately banned here for that. It doesn't mean I endorse or agree with anything you say.

>>213794856
Dried rye bread pieces, water, sugar (you can make with no sugar too) and a bit of yeast or you can use raisin instead of yeast. That's like the base. You can add many different things for different flavours and all.
One of the last kvass I drank was with horseradish, it's quite interesting.

>>213789609
>foreign troons drinking gira
very grim timeline

>>213794853
The pole is right I've been to puccia myself. Your beer is fermented cat piss.

>>213794965
What beer did you try? Cheap shit Baltika? No one aside factory workers drink that.

>>213794977
Just stick to spirits vlady boy you do those well.

>>213794893
>because you get immediately banned
Do you live under a rock? We have zero to none moderation for over a year now. You only get banned if you talk smack about Israel.

>>213795067
i got banned for mentioning something distantly related to war not so long time ago + threads about Ukraine/war are quickly removed

>>213795098
Only the Romanian is allowed to shit up the board with those threads.

>>213795118
he's probably a pass user so he has special rights
as they say "who pays, orders music".

>>213795098
Damn, seems like jannies started to work at least. I hope there will be less of shitting from any side on the board.

>>213795154
As if lmao

>>213794996
russia has the best craft beer scene in eastern yurop tho
or had, before sanctions

>go to america
>everything tastes like corn syrup or fluoride

how do you do it?
wait, don't tell me, let me guess..
you add it to everything?

>>213789298
>the yookay

>>213796234
>citation needed

>>213788306 (OP)
never found it in the stores here but tried to make it myself, unsuccessfull obviously. nothing is ever as simple as tiktok say.

>>213788306 (OP)
Svagdricka (weak drink) is what we call it. It's hops, rye and sweetend with xylitol (birch sugar) to not ferment into beer.
Add a quarter of milk to it for a smooth creaminess.

>>213796841
It can be made from mulled wine (glögg) I've heard.

>>213795098
Probably threads weren't removed as fast when the outcome wasn't as obvious to midwits lmao

>>213794965
>he doesn't remember pre-chimpout days of great russian beer sold at Norfa

>>213796304
Do white britishers call it england or something

>>213788306 (OP)
an authentic kvas is usually homemade, most of commercial kvas are filled with refined sugars unfortunately

>>213788306 (OP)
>Any slav anons have experience with this?

No, plus I hate ukraine

>>213799270
England or Britain, 'yookay' was rarely used until the last 5-10 years

>>213793473
Black one is too heavy.