Kvas - Bread Drink

Description: Kvass or kvas sometimes translated into English as bread drink, is a fermented mildly alcoholic beverage made from ... more

Kvas - Bread Drink ... black or rye bread. It is popular in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and other Eastern and Central European countries as well as in all ex-Soviet states, like Uzbekistan.

Newest Review: ... shops in Warsaw seem to stock it, despite never seeing anyone buying it or knowing anyone who drinks it here. I suspect that it may be here for foreign workers from Ukraine and Russia as it doesn't seem to have a particularly large Polish following. Made from rye bread or pumpernickel, it's incredibly sweet - the same sweetness as Coca-Cola yet with a bready down to earth taste. The next ... more

... stage in my relationship with this wonderful cold fizzy beverage is to actually make it myself. Most Kvas contains a little alcohol but normally less than 1%. and as for finding it in the UK, I'm sure it is possible but it's never been obvious to me. Y...more

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Kvas - Bread Drink: A favourite drink of mine (498 words)
by - written on 31/12/08 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Kvas is a favourite drink of mine, first introduced to me about 5 years ago in Lithuania where it is known as Gira. I'm not the only one who likes it - it is generally the no.1 selling non-alcoholic drink in former Soviet countries and has some fans in other Central and Eastern European countries too. The ubiqutious yellow tanks with an old lady or man pouring plastic glasses of the stuff for pedestrians mark many a street corner in Russia or Ukraine. In the Baltic countries, it tends to be sold in bottles by large companies - sales outsell Coca-Cola. Living in Poland, it is harder to get but most shops in Warsaw seem to stock it, despite never seeing anyone ... Read the complete review