As a Ukrainian, it's a very popular drink here, especially in summer, when it's cold and very refreshing. It's popular mostly among children since it's not considered as an alcoholic beverage, but if you drink a lot of it, you may feel a little kick. Even I in my 20s like it more than cola, pepsi and other drinks, and I'm happy to see other people trying it too and saying that it's really good)
Most of Ukrainian (I can guess in other countries as well) mainstream kvas is now with artificial flavoring, which is sad. On the other hand kvas does not last long, so for longer storage manufacturers do it. The best one I recently tried was from Silpo supermarket chain. Basically they take bread that was not sold, make kvas of it, can it with 5-7 days expiration and sell it in supermarkets. That was some awesome natural kvas
@@polshepherd Le Kvas isn't a true kwas like Arseniivskyi is, it is pasturized, which makes it a kwas flavored soda like most of the other "kwasses" we have in stores
I am from Estonia, close to Lithuania. We drink it mostly in summer as a cold drink and a kind of sub for a beer. Children can drink it and you can buy it from a supermarket in 10 to 20 different producers in various flavors. It does not have a occasion to drink it. Its just a sweet fermented drink for hot summer days. They even sell malt base mixtures to make kvass at home yourself. All you need is a beer anchor (device that holds up to 10 atmosphere of pressure) to make the fermentation bubbles.
KWAS in Polish means ACID. KWAŚNY means SOUR. The drink isn't sour by itself not more than regular Coca-Cola. It has nice taste, but it depends on what kind of KWAS you drink (dark, light etc.). I prefer to buy russian one wich is very dark and more sweet than the others. You can make it by yourself too, I tried once to make it but I couldn't find the right bread - it needs to be very dark like pumpernickel or something. Have you ever had Vita Malz? It's german Malzbier (Malt beer or I thinks it might be SLADNO PIVO or SLEDNI NAPITEK in serbian/croatian or smth.)?? It's similar in taste. Cheers mate.
@vinniepooh5083 In Russian, "KVAS" refers to a sour drink. There is also the verb "kvasit'" (to make sour). For example, in Russia there is a dish called "kvashenaya kapusta" (sauerkraut), which in Polish seems to be called "kapusta kiszona." People also say "kvasit' kapustu" (to make cabbage sour). As you can see all these words has common "KVAS" core: KVAS, KVASit, KVAShenaya. There are many recipes for kvas, but in Russia, two main types are distinguished: the first one is for drinking, and the second one is for okroshka (similar to Polish żurek).
@vinniepooh5083 Yea, Kvass can be quite different. I am from Latvia, and I dislike Rigas Kvass, it's basically a lemonade, and that's not a Kvass, it's just a lemonade with Kvass name. I personally consider one of the best off the shelf available to be Ilģuciema (Ilguciema) Kvass. Of course the draft/pourable kvass is the best, but also depends who makes it. But the real Kvass that has been made from rye without excessive sugar if at all, is a different thing to drink.
@@7DaysChanel_VandenReich kvas in slavic languages may refer to fermantation or yeast not only sourness, depends on language. Keep in mind that between languages of same family there are many "false friends" so word kvas may have different meanings
Ukrainian here. Kvass Taras is very popular as far as artificial kvasses go. I personally like the black one the most, but it also exists in White and FlowerPollen variants. Those unfamiliar with kvasses tend to enjoy the white one the most, for some reason. However, the thing about Kvas is that it is usually best when it's natural and flavour depends on how long it has been fermented for. It's why it's popular in the summer - because there are ton of providers across the streets selling straight from a barrel tap. And it is alive and fermenting while being in a barrel. Literally the best drink ever in such cases. There's also "naturaly alive" kvasses at some retailers, most popular one being Arseniivsky Kvass, it is quite pricy and you definitely won't find one imported as it doesn't last long. The main selling point of those is that they're being fermented straight in the bottle and you can decide when's the best moment to drink it as flavour changes with time. Bottle even has a color grading scale telling you what to expect at different stages of fermentations. I prefer lighter ones that didn't ferment for over a week, as aftertaste gets more punchier with every day.
Fun Fact - Kwas Wileński is Polish Kvass done on a Lithuanian recipe cause long time ago in galaxy far away both Poland and Lithuania (also Belarus, lot of Ukraine and even some Baltics) were "one entity" know as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth :) Cheers to all my brothers and sisters from old Commonwealth!
Well, if we proceed from the fact that the word Kvass is borrowed from the Lithuanian language, and Lithuanians were called Belarusians, then Vilnius kvass is most likely of Belarusian origin)) Kvass is a Slavic word. Of course, I do not exclude that the mutual penetration of cultures made kvass a popular drink for Lithuanians.
@@РоманР.Ж Lithuanians are Lithuanians, Belorussians are Belorussians, check out genetics. And Lithuanian word for kwass is gira and that is how we call it for centuries.
@@aivarasdarulis There are many written sources from the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Russia in which the Russians who lived in this principality are called Литвин (Litvin) and the official language was Old Belarusian or Western Russian. Lithuanian metrics are written in Old Belarusian.And kvass is mentioned in ancient Russian chronicles from the 11th century. just like now. The Samogitians borrowed this drink from the Slavs. No offense, my friend.
The black one is Kvas Taras, the biggest Kvas brand in Ukraine. They have 3 main types of Kvas: normal, black and white. While it isn't too artificial and has a decent taste, the best Kvas you can have should preferably be even more natural in flavour. You should really be able to taste the bread. I suggest you try the regular Kvas Taras (more of a brownish, slightly lighter color; depicting a farmer in a field on the bottle/can)
Наврядчи їм сподобається білий квас, хоч мені він і подобається більше, але там дуже мало цукру. А хто бував у США знає що там цукор кладуть у все у надзвичайних кількостях, і це діло звички. Потрібно не вживати цукор місяць, щоб знову відчувати смак без нього. Тарас отримав на 0,5 бала більше тому, що перший квас з Латвії був кисліший.
You do not shake this! As Lithuanian we drink it whenever we crave it 😅 kids like it too. You can pair it great with different snacks - cheese, meat, deep fried bread (our amazing snack). It is popular here as we have dark rye bread which is awesome! Try it if you can. It tastes amazing. The home made one can taste different as well and you may add raisins for example for more flavours. Smetoniška lid is actualy for cleanliness so you can drink from the can. Funnily polish one is called kwas wileński which means kwas from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.
Keep in mind Vilnius / Wilno was an important cultural center for Polish culture for centuries, too. I don't want to raise an argument (history of that region is known to be contentious in some circles...) here - just pointing out it was seen that way. Kvass in Poland tends to be more associated with Eastern regions (though in recent years it became widely available across Poland. I can't tell how popular it is, but then it wouldn't be on the store shelves if people weren't buying it), so perhaps naming it "Vilnius kvass" is also trying to piggyback on that association ;)
We got him boys - to my rye loving Baltics + Poland Besides that - there are sweetened versions of Kvass (mostly for kids) but if you want you can look up - Senču Kvass As a Latvian potatoe myself, I recommend those Kvasses: * Ulmaņlaiku Kvass * Rēzeknis Bryuvers/Latgales Kvass * Iļģuciema Kvass + Senču Kvass Fellow neighbours can recommend kvasses from their countries in the comments. :)
Best kvass never comes in a bottle from a supermarket shelf. Best one is in a bottle filled in your presence upon request. I get mine from a shop in K-Senukai Ozols
I live in Suwałki Poland near Lithuanian border. All your kvas are better, so is the black rye bread. We Poles made it into sugary drink, I don't reccomend it. I remember drinking kvas in 1988 in Vilnius fresh bought from a big kvas-cart/kvas-wagon - the best drink i my life. I still go shopping to Marijampolė with my brother 2-3 times a year.
Greetings from Lithuania, I live in the city of Šiauliai, where the Gira you tried first is made. We drink it a lot. You can even buy homemade ones in cafes and they are much tastier.
Lithuanian here, so basically if you're out with friends but driving, that's what you usually drink instead of beer. Far superior to any cola, healthier aswell. Big selection in any shop and deep traditions of making and drinking. At 12 yo, unintentionally got first time real tipsy from home brewed witch had up to 2-3% of alcohol 😂 P.S. if you're lucky to find "Butautu Dvaro Gira" in 1l glass bottle, buy it, won't regret it
Hi there! Ukraine is here😊 I would pick kvas over any soft drink any day. Yes, we do have it here a lot, but mostly on hot summer days - it’s so refreshing! Many families makes it at home, cuz it’s pretty simple process and easy to get ingredients. Cheers!
Latvian here, and I gotta say kvass is a staple of my childhood. Also every countries, and sometimes even regions, kvass tastes differently. So most people will tell you theirs is the best. Plus if you're looking for another fermented drink kefir is generally very popular, both as an ingredient and as a drink in Europe.
I remember growing up in the soviet Ukraine in the 80s, Kvas would be one of the most popular drinks however also rare and only available in the summer. Here is the curious part - you would rarely find it in the department stores, instead a truck with a 8'000 liter water tank filled with kvas would arrive in your neighborhood regularly. The driver would have different size glasses, he would fill up for you directly from the tank and you could drink at the spot or you could bring your own container. People would come with their 3 liter mason jars, which everybody in the soviet union had, to fill them up with kvas. You had to be quick, because the truck stopped for a maximum of 20 minutes.
It is also drunk in the Nordic countries, e.g. in Norway under the name "vørterøl", in Sweden "svagdricka", in Finland "kotikalja" (home beer), in Estonia "kali". A traditional thirst quencher and food drink. In ancient times, for example, a popular thirst quencher during haymaking on hot summer days, it was made in every farmhouse. Nowadays, it is bought from the store, although it is not as good as homemade.
I wouldn't say Kvass and Vørterøl is related. Kvass is made by soaking bread in water and fermenting it slightly, making a low-alcoholic drink. Vørterøl (english translation: wort beer) is simply carbonated wort, so it's not fermented. For those unfamiliar with brewing: you grind the malt and then mix it with warm water to extract the sugars and other flavors (mashing). You then take out the "spent" grain, leaving you with wort. This is then (usually) boiled, you add hops, then cool it down and add yeast to ferment it into beer. By stopping the process before fermentation, you're left with just a sweet malt drink. As it's usually the fermentation giving it carbonation, most vørterøl is carbonated using gas.
“Your face is a poem” is an expression that others say when they see someone’s surprise and admiration at something that gives them great pleasure for the first time. This is the face that any host would like to see on their guests. I hope that one day some of your followers in Europe can see that same expression firsthand when you and your family visit one of their cities for the first time, try their beers, wines or typical local foods.
Kvass is not too common in germany, but some supermarkets sell it. I like that stuff, different brands taste pretty different. Usually i buy a lithuanian brand.
Agree, weird how basically same thing can taste so different. But overall i like that stuff also, to me i dont think of it like some special thing, just different taste soda or something 😃
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I think Germany is the last frontier of Kvass, I've never seen it in France, ever !
I'm from Latvia, and I've been watching Your videos for some time. This is the closest thing to our region national thing. We have this drink all year long. Basicly local coca-cola.
Kvass is significantly healthier than Coca-Cola or any other soda for that mater, so I wouldn't really compare those two. But yes Kvass is indeed a very popular drink here in Latvia. Iļģuciema Dzeltenā Muca (''Iļģu'' village Yellow Barrel) is a one of my favorites.
Ukrainian here. Best kvas is sold in summer and its light-alcohol bewerage (2-3% - like a german Radler), and its supposed to be cold. The ones that you taste are "children-kvas" (0-alcohol). And the word for heavy-drinking in ukrainian (and russian) is "kvasyty" - literally - consuming a lot of kvas))
Homemade kvass (gira) is very different from the kind you find in supermarkets. Some restaurants in Lithuania serve their own homemade versions. It's actually quite easy to make at home.
Gubernija is made literally in my town Siauliai, I go there sometimes to get fresh kvass and beer. Crazy seeing Lithuanian stuff on your channel... I might send a huge package from their brewery one day!
GIRA is very popular in Lithuania. It's like national drink. We have diferent recepies. Same cans in Lithuania. Have a nice drink! Greatings from Lithuania!
Smetoniška (Lit. "Smetonian") is a brand name made from last name of first official Lithuanian president Antanas Smetona. You can see his pic on a can.
Hey man, another Estonian tuning in. I have tried the same brands as you do, and also like Lithunian product. In my childhood (during the soviet time), this was made 100% natural and that meant it would go bad, if you leave it sitting in a cup. Also it was a lot more sour. But good. Originally it has alcohol in it too, because of the fermenting process. There are brands that still make it with alcohol, but it is like 1.5-2% only, so nothing to worry about when driving. :) In Estonia, most kvass on sale, still has a warning "can be 0.5% alcohol in it". Also, old Estonians had another popular drink - mead - fermented honey drink. I guess that is also a matter of taste, i prefer the one with 5% alcohol in it. Perfect for sauna. Since they implemented the filtering process to the products - beer, soft drinks, milk, etc, the things have been less harmful and this is why kids can drink it too. Also they make ginger ale without the alcohol and was also my favorite childhood soft drink. But yeah, you should book a whole month and visit the Baltics and you'll be surprised. :) Glad you liked these drinks! All the best!
As a Lithuanian I'm happy you tried it and even liked it. Kvass would fall under the category as Root Beer in Amerika (not really but close enough) which is you either love it or hate it, grew up drinking it since childhood or didn't. Also it can be made from either bread or raisins.
Lithuanian here. Gira (AKA kvass) used to be our #1 non-alcoholic drink before the fall of the Soviet Union. It has lost some of its popularity after introduction of Western soft drinks such as coke, but it's still quite popular. Every bar serves it, there are dozens of brands, it's a go-to non-alcoholic alternative to beer, it's sold in every grocery shop, people still make it at home. Sadly, over the past decade most popular brands have changed the production process, introduced syrups and other sweeteners, so most of them (including those you've tried) are nor really kvass anymore. Genuine kvass tastes so much better than the ones you've tried.
kvas is not used in cooking widely, but there is a special summer recipe for soup called ackroshka. It's cooked basically as salad and then some liquid added into it. One of the standart picks is fermented milk (like kefir), sparkling water or kvas. And liquid added right before meal. This soup is served cold. Usually different people in same family can have different preferences on filling, so it's pretty convinient in this sense. It's have this sour taste and super refreshing at summer.
I drink it all year round. It's better cold, but room temperature is fine too. Tried making some myself, ended up with 3 liters of beer. Tried making it with a store-bought kit and it worked really well.
I make it myself, love it. Always a bit different. Roast bread in oven 20 min till crunchy. Put bread in water, add a spoon of honey and wait 2-3 days. Maybe feed with honey a second time. Take out the bread and shortly cool it in the fridge. Perfect. ❤
Kinda funny this drink when you consider that in Germany, regular beer oftentimes colloquially is called "Flüssiges Brot" = "Liquid Bread"....and there we have it, LITERAL liquid bread....😂
Kwas is a medieval refreshing drink made throughout Europe but now forgotten in West Europe. it is a hot day drink, made from bread. Most common East from Poland. In Poland we have something slightly different known as podpiwek or półpiwek (small beer or half beer). It's similar in taste to kwas. It is classified as a soft drink, even though it contains a small amount of alcohol. It is made by pouring hot water over malt flour, adding yeast and storing it for fermentation in a tightly closed vessel. It is usually made at home from roasted cereal coffee, dried hops, yeast, water and sugar. It is commonly drank on a hot day as a refreshing drink, it's served to children as it contains lots of proteins and vitamins. Great with sweets and fruits, can be also paired with sandwiches or light lunch.
Kvass is a Russian national drink! Russian Russian kvass is not presented, but suragates from the former Soviet bloc countries are presented, all these countries were part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Eastern bloc, so this Russian drink has spread in these countries!!!!
For the German import label, here is the translation from top to bottom: Fermented beverage Kwass (you can say the Kwa like the begining in Quantum so literally Quass) Taras Black based on rye-barley malt extract Ingredients: Water, glucose-fructose syrup, base concentrate 2.9% (rye flour 31.5%, rye malt 21%, barley malt 17.5%, water), rye malt extract 0.75%, yeast, colorant, caramelized sugar, acidity regulator (citric acid, carbon dioxide). Produced and bottled in the Ukraine. Best before: see bottom of can 2nd row. Storage at temperatures up to max. 25 degrees Celsius Protect from direct sunlight! Tastes best chilled. Average nutritional information per: 100 ml Calorific value: 146kJ / 34 kcal Fat: 0 grams of which saturated fatty acids: 0 grams Carbohydrates: 8.1 grams of which sugar: 6.3 grams Protein: 0.5 grams Salt: 0 grams And under the e0.5 L is the deposit mark from Germany for the deposit machine in the grocerie store best regards from Germany
German and English pronunciation of QU is different. German QU is identical to Polish KW and is pronounced [KF], e.g. Polish word "kwant" (meaning "a quantum") is pronounced [kfant]. Voiced consonant W becomes voiceless F because it follows voiceless K, after voiced G it would remain W (equal to English V), e.g. Polish word "gwiazda" (meaning "a star") is pronounced [gvjazda] (j=y in May, say, hay, or yellow).
I have it first time in Lithuania and I am from Poland... So it is not very popular drink in Poland. I don't know anybody who drinks it even occasionally. So yup Poland is not so big on it but propably some regions and some people still drink it from time to time in Poland. We mostly drink beer, radlers or cydr. Cydr is the best for hot summer days in my opinion.
This stuff is super refreshing and not too sweet, so we in Ukraine drink it mostly in Summer. That black Kvas Taras that you got there is probably the most widespread but we have way more brands here. There are ones that are presented as "live", which means more fermented. Those tend to remind beer a bit more. And if you open it and leave for a day, the alcohol levels are really rising)
Kvass was a drink made at home by some households during Soviet era. My grandmother did so in a big 10L glass jars. Currently we have quite a selection of kvass in our shops in Latvia, my favorite brand being Iļģuciema Porter due to it strong rye bread taste. Besides drinking kvass as it is - I like to create a "float" by adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of 0.5L of kvass. There is also a cold soup named "okroshka" that is made using kvass and is served during summer.
Not only in USSR, i drank it from such barrels in 2012, not all regions had it. Kvas also differs in regions, in my native town we prefered normal kvas, light-brown, little sweet, but here in Ekaterinburg dark brown variant is prefered.
The kvass-es may vary in taste and color a lot. I have tried many, some are lighter in color, closer to kombucha in taste and higher in alcohol (cafes/restaurants in Lithuania sometimes serve those), others are on the sweet side or a bit beer-y, and, lastly, there are sodas imitating kvass (the least interesting IMO). Aside from the two Lithuanian ones you've bought I'd recommend trying Tauras also from Lithuania. In Belarus, as far as I remember, top kvass-es are Lidski and Khatni (the former is beer-y and the latter is on the sweet side).
Yes, this is a seasonal drink in Ukraine we drink it cold in a hot summer. For those who have not tried kvas, I will describe it like this: it’s like taking a sip of wheat beer that you eat with bread) My favorite is dark kvas with honey. With Love from Ukraine
Czech here. We don´t make kvas but it is possible to buy stuff to make beer at home. One of the best beers I have had :D. When I went to Russia some 30 years ago, Moscow and Petersburg, they had machines in the streets, similar to coffee machines where you could buy kvas.
The one thing that made me LOL and also all the USSR films were of drunk drivers - all the gas stations had 9% beer on demand, and it was considered by Russian law a "soft drink". Only Vodka was considered a problem. As a former 9% (Carlsberg Special Brew. Tennents Super) afficionado, aka "Tramp Juice" even I knew this was BS. What is also extreme is that in most of the Western world there is a cut-off of 0.80. Yet in Russia it is 0.01. Even a baby can have that level naturally. Communism allow terrible crimes but can just bang you up for the bare minimum. Two Tier Starmer (aka Kier Stalin) is doing the hymn book in UK
"Kvass Taras Chorny" is a dark kvass with the aroma of rye bread, in a modern design. Saturated dark color of the liquid is achieved through the use of rye malt, which is part of the main raw material. Complements the taste of fried meat dishes well.
I must say, these videos get more interesting with each new one. Here in Poland "Kvass" is called "Kwas Chlebowy", which roughly translates to "Bread Acid" :D. I wouldn't say it's super popular here. Or maybe it is but in different regions than I live (central Poland). I don't think I've ever seen a branded one in a shop. I know that some of the older folks like it but they usually make their own. It's supposedly pretty healthy for you. When I was a kid my friend's grandpa made loads of the stuff in his basement. I vaguely remember not liking the smell. I don't think I ever actually had it. I need to buy one if I see it :). Cheers.
It translates to Bread Sour, as in polish we have one word for sour and acid, in english Bread Sour is both the bread starter and the drink, which is also confusing. Szukaj w większych supermarketach i sklepach online. Polskie (kwas litewski, kwas ostrobramski), ukraińskie (Obolon) i litewskie (Gubernija i inne) zwykle czasem stoją przy piwie, czasem przy napojach gazowanych.
From what I've seen it's more popular in eastern (and especially northeastern) Poland, but I've seen it multiple times in the shops in the north, center and southwest - as the other person said, just search for a little bit in some bigger stores, you should probably find it near beers or sodas.
Kvass is essentially the same beer, but without hops and based on bread, which is drunk at the stage of the beginning of fermentation. Therefore, the original drink has a certain amount of alcohol, 0.5-1%. You drank dark kvass to which roasted malt is added, similarly to how dark beer is brewed, which gives it a caramel taste.
"Smetoniška" is one of my favourite brands, other one is "Rugilė". We call it "Gira" here in Lithuania. Pronounciation is as follows "G-EE-RAH", G is pronounced as in ground, not in as George. As I heard closest approximation in North America could be root beer (which actually sounds weird to me, haha) but I never tasted it so cannot compare. I drink it all year round, although more in summer than in winter. It is extremely common here. It is drank by both kids and grown ups alike. It is not a party drink, everyone would laugh if you brought gira to a party.
As a Lithuanian who tried root beer believe me it's very different. I thought it would be similar to gira but I was so wrong. Root beer tastes like toothpaste for some reason and it's very sweet I couldn't drink a cup of it.
I was born in Latvia and lived there for 11 years. We had grandma's homemade kwass every day. I was drinking it like water 😂 Live in Germany now and didn't even know that you can buy it here 🤔 Nice video like always Ian 😊 And yes, I want some kwass now too 🤤
Before it was made in Lithuania by Gubernijos Gira just old design ... Now it's called Kwass Russian style completely made in Germany... Complete garbage powder... Kwass Taras comes from Ukraine
This Kvass is actually slavic term for that. In Estonian Finnish it is Kali/Kalja. In Lithuanian it is Gyra. It is done similarily to beer, and has very-very low alcohol content. It is what root-beer should taste like! You can imagine my surprise when I tasted your root-beers, which is like artificial too sweet soda.
My wife is English and I have Latvian Heritage so I have family in Latvia we visit from time to time. My wife sort of avoided some of the more traditional Latvian foods and drinks until last year when she finally got up the nerve to try more things. She loves the Tervetes and Bauska Alus brands version of Kvass. You can actually have dark rye bread with or in every meal as well as the Kvass drink. Latvian Garlic bread is a rye bread but they also have Bread soup which is not actually a soup and is a desert with whipped cream topping and my wife's favourite ice cream she had in Latvia was a cranberry and rye bread ice cream which has small crumbs of rye bread in the ice cream too. Rye bread is life in most of Eastern Europe..
You can try the white kvass variety. It's used to make a cold summer vegetable soup (in Ukraine and russia they call it okrosgka). The raste us more sour then sweet.
its not common in the netherlands at all. but its absolutely delicious in summertime. When the drink is very cold on a hot summerday. when you can get it homemade its even better most of the time. :)
Nice, some lithuanian drinks at last (Gira). Its just used like any other soda. You know, sometimes you get a can of coke, sometimes a can of Gira. Well minus being mixed in coctails.
Hi from Estonia. I am glad you liked the kvass, and answering your question, I personally drink kvass more in the summers.. and that pretty often too :D Kvass is pretty popular here, we have all sorts of different tastes, even cherry. Some kvass are light and some darker, preferring the stronger ones myself
Since I din´t see it in the comment section yet, the import can with the german label on it is from a super market chain called Mix Markt that specialises on food and beverage products from all over the former warsaw pact and soviet union states. You can buy all kinds of things from cookies, tea, cakes, sausages, meats, vodka, brandy, kwas from Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics and so on, also some items from Russia that do not fall under sanctions (yet). They have their own import company, Monolit GmbH, based in Germany. So your can was first imported from Ukraine to Germany, and then send from Germany to you in the US. My wife and I like to treat ourselfs with shopping there. Their kwas selection is unmatched!
Getting 50 years old in Germany and never heard about that drink ever! I know Kambucha an the relative Brorttrunk from bakeries around. Never expected to learn about european drinks in Your channel, but I obviously did! Keep on!!
I'm from Ukraine and I love home-made kvass. My mother makes it from a special preparation made from rye flour, without adding any yeast. This is a delicious refreshing drink.
Russia here. Drink kvas throughout year, be it summer or winter. Best thing if you can't drink alcohol - you can drink kvas. And good kvas tastes like low alcohol beer.
When we were students in Russia, we used to drink kvas whenever we couldn't have a beer for whatever reason (like, if we found ourselves in an area where we knew the cops were usually active looking for public drinkers). Its solid body doesn't let you drink it too fast, so it gives you the feeleing of "drinking" like no other non-alcoholic beverage.
@@LiveGameDriveChannel I know, I'm from Russia) And it always puzzles me why kids can buy and drink kvass. And Baltika 0(non-alcoholic beer) for example they can't buy.
@IWrocker: Kvass is a drink of Eastern Europe, in most Slavic countries, has a tonic effect and therefore quenches thirst very well in the heat. It has a very ancient history, mentioned in records of the 13th-14th centuries. It is usually made by fermentation on the basis of bread (dark or black kvass - rye bread, and white - wheat bread) with the addition of sugar or honey, in addition, during modern production, other berries or fruits can be added to create a variety of flavors. There is the so-called "live kvass" - which does not go through the pasteurization stage - it contains live yeast and an alcohol content like beer up to 3-5 units (you feel a slight intoxication when drinking), and a shelf life of only 5-7 days, or light pasteurization with the preservation of alcohol 2-3 units and a shelf life of up to 30 days. I drank a very tasty white kvass with the addition of apples during fermentation. You drank pasteurized kvass with a long shelf life.
Estonian: Homemade kwass (we call it "kali") is like 10 times better than any supermarket kwass! Making it is easy. You need maltose, water, sugar and yeast. I do it in a 2l softdrink bottle. Just mix all together, add a little dry yeast on top. Now put the cap on and leave it to room temperature for 12 ours. If it is full of gass and you can feel the preassure when pressing the bottle, then put it into the refrigerator for a fiew ours. The yeast needs to set in the bttom and the colour must go clear/dark. Then it is good to drink. You can also do it with honey.
Lithuanian here. Gira in Lithuanian means kvass. It is as popular as cola and probably the best way to describe the taste would be as "sweet beer". Most popular time to drink it is on hot day and of course gira is served called. On colder days it might be room temperature. In supermarkets it is possible to find 10-30 different flavours. Personally, I drink Smetoniša gira only, then it is on sale, because flavour is sort of meh. And Gubernijos gira is more prefer for me and agree with 7.5 rating. Some restaurants have their own house brand gira, and it is not sold massively. If it is brewed localy, most likely it will have small amount of alcohol in it.
*Kvass from stores is BAD.* It would be more correct to call it *soda with kvass flavor.* Real kvass, which is made for themselves in villages - it is different. I lived in the north of Russia, where kvass and mors were common drinks that were prepared and taken with you to the hayfield and forests. It has nothing in common with store-bought kvass, only the name and a slight hint of the taste of kvass.
The slavonic word "Kvas" means "acid". In eastern-slavonic languages it's not used in this sence any more, but there are some related words like "zakvaska" (sourdough) or "kvasits" (to ferment).
I am Lithuanian, and I always pick kvass when I’m driving, but I still want to hang out with friends who are drinking beer. It’s the perfect replacement for beer. Also, in many Lithuanian restaurants, they have freshly fermented kvass, which tastes much better than the one from cans.
Weirdest thing about it is the name - in polish "kwas" means "acid" (as short for bread acid). It always weirded me out. It's available and known in Poland but not popular. I associate it with childhood - i reminded me of something in-between sugar-less coke and beer. I kind of like it, but it's weird. as far as fermented drinks go - you don't have yogurts in US? : )
Lithuanian here. So you can find gira (kvass) basically in any restaurant (can and/or bottle) in the soft drinks section, on tap if it's a bar, or homemade if the restraurant is the ethnic type, and all of them cold. Since coca-cola was a rarity back in the days and kvass is a much older drink, people are more prone to go for kvass as refreshment. Offcourse it's a bit different now than in my childhood. Kombucha is quite popular now in Lithuania as well. You can also sometimes find special tents with barrels of kvass on tap during festivals or fairs.
In Western Europe we don't have it, maybe import. It looks to me like Malt, that I came across in Africa. They use it also as a meal, mostly lunch. Amstel Malt 0.0% Alc. was the best to me. In Germany they also sell it as Malz beer, but is a little bit sweeter. Btw, Belgium doesn't have a language. The have Flemish (Old Dutch, but not as old as Suid Afrikaans) and French! 😅
In Belgium we indeed don't have a language. We have three (Dutch, French, and German) and tons of dialects. Flemish has been around since the 14th century, Afrikaans is younger and formed somewhere in the 17th century. Did you know that Afrikaans and Flemish have more in common than Afrikaans and Dutch? All so fascinating.
@@michaeldejode473 Interesting, I din't know that Afrikaans and Flemish have more in common than Afrikaans and Dutch. One of the few words I know in Afrikaans is "Kameelperd" for "giraffe". 🙂 Best regards from Austria!
@@tubekulose That's a word I would have to ask about if I didn't know it as it would translate into "camelhorse" (English) or "kameelpaard" (Dutch/Flemish). We call a "giraffe" a "giraf" :). Also if I'm not mistaken some of the settlers where Afrikaans originated were Flemish speaking (Most were Dutch speaking), my memory is a bit hazy since I learned this like a decade or more ago. But because it's such a young language it's very interesting and well documented, so if you are interested in learning about it then it's a good rabbit hole to fall into.
@@michaeldejode473 Yes, the reason I memorized this word is that it almost exactly sounds as if you put the German words for "camel" ("Kamel") and "horse" ("Pferd") together. I immediately got at least the literal meaning of it when I heard it for the first time due to this resemblence. Interesting though that the Afrikaans word "perd" is even closer to the German "Pferd" than the Dutch/Flemish "paard". For someone like me who is interested in languages in general these differences between Flemish, Dutch and Afrikaans you mentioned are intriguing indeed. 🙂
@@tubekuloseIn some dialects in Flemish we also write it as perd or peird but Flemish isn't seen as a language (mostly due to the amount of Flemish dialects) so it would be seen as incorrect. And if I'm not mistaken and remember correctly Dutch used to be a German dialect, I think it was called Duytsch. How language changes over time is what fascinates me.
Hi From Russia. For me Kvas is a summer drink. when you work in a garden for a while and come back tired and sweaty - Cold refreshing Kvas just hits the spot. Also not a fan of store bought Kvas - it often leave bad aftertaste. Better to make it yourself, either from Concentrated Kvas base, or just from rye bread.
English is on products in all the Baltic countries. 😌☺️🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻 There is a summer soup people use it in. I haven't had it. We enjoy keefir or fermented milk with other ingredients. ☺️
Gubernijos gira (gira means kvass in Lithuanian) is best kvass(in my oppinion). But ofcourse homemade is even better, it has an even better quality taste and a more unique one. Kvass is a drink made ussually from rye dark bread and yeast fermmenting (there are many versions in which the ingredients can differ a lot) (As of watching this video a few minutes i just got some homemade kvass, so this is a very nice coincidence) And yes you might feel honey in kvass, many use it as an ingridient. I dont know about other people, but I drink it quite often
In Ukraine we drink a lot, but usually in summer, in the heat, cold and on draught, it is brought to the points in kegs directly from the factory nearby, and in cans and plastic bottles are taken in the rest of the year, but rarely, this is a summer drink. The second drink - Ukrainian, black kvass of “Kvas Taras” brand, made at “Lvivska brewery” (belongs to Carlsberg Ukraine), composition: drinking water, glucose-fructose syrup, kvass wort concentrate (rye flour, rye malt, barley malt), rye-malt extract (rye malt, barley malt light), yeast, coloring agent sugar bark III, acidity regulator lemon acid.
In Russia kvass is often drunk, especially in summer. There is a very tasty and interesting recipe from kvass: take sausage, doctarskaya or milk, boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, cucumbers, and you can also add radish, season it all with kvass, add dill and sour turns out to be a delicious refreshing summer salad
Hello from Poland. You can easily make kwas at home. Here's a basic recipe: Ingredients: • 1.5 kg of whole grain bread (preferably homemade or from a local bakery) • 5 liters of water • 0.5 dag of yeast (or 1 dag in winter) • A few tablespoons of sugar • Raisins etc. to taste - experiment! Preparation: 1. Bread: Slice the bread and toast it in the oven. Then crumble it into smaller pieces. 2. Water: Pour 5 liters of warm (but not hot) boiled water over the bread. 3. Yeast and sugar: Add the yeast and sugar, and mix well. 4. Fermentation: Cover the container and leave it in a warm place for 3 days. 5. Straining: After 3 days, strain the liquid through a fine sieve. 6. Bottling: Pour the was/kvass into bottles, add a few raisins to each bottle, seal, and store in the refrigerator (up to 10 days). Homemade kwas is delicious, healthy and natural. Enjoy! BTW, "kwas" is just the generic Polish word for "acid'. It sounds nearly the same in some other Slavic languages. And it's a one-syllable word, with no vowel between 'k' and 'w'.
Back home in Russia we have kvas sellers, that are out in the street and sell it by the cup or plastic bottle that they fill from a huge refrigerated barrel. Really good on hot summer days.
I am from Latvia, and Kvass is like a very loved drink here in summers... we have a tradition called ''Jāņi'' like a Holiday in Summer - where we sing and dance and jump over fire, we drink kvass and eat or national cheese & stay up until the next day, Its Mostly Drank here in Hot Summers as a Refreshing Non Alcoholic Drink to replace beer, Non-Alcoholic Beer is Disgusting so people who are the ''Chauffeurs'' for their friends when they drive to festivals or parties or holidays in summer can enjoy a Nice Cold Refreshing Can or Glass of Kvass and not get Intoxicated, This is a drink that became very popular in the Soviet Times of Soviet Union... Basically when Eastern Europe was Sanctioned from the whole world - you guys had American cars and import cars... we had soviet cars, you had cool foods... we had back-end foods... You Had Coca-Cola & We Had Kvass - Everything was invented from scratch, Kvass was one of the drinks that was favorited in these times... Along Side like what we call ''Tarhūns'' maybe ''Tarhun'' or ''Tarhoon'' in other languages - basically a very sweet drink in a bright green color made of Estragon Plant, Here we have a lot of Variety of Kvass from different brands & Theres one for kids which is like a Fizzy Kvass like a Soda named ''Senču Kvas'' Its one of most popular ones because of childrens choice, and I'm Ready to Drop pure facts.... I think Latvia has the best Kvass in all Eastern Europe... Call Me Crazy but IMO ''Ulmaņlaiku Kvass'' is best kvass ever made in mass production at least... Life Of Borris came to Latvia.. a Estonian Slav Figure & Said We have best kvass, Next Time You do a Kvass Taste Test video... Try to get every best kvass from every eastern europe country and be the judge of which is best, Ulmaņlaiku kvass is Very Refreshing and Foamy its like a good beer texture... comes in a pint, Very nice kvass taste - not sweet or sour or bitter.
...as a German, I never heard of this, The only liquid bread I'm aware of is beer Edit: 9:28 A German import label? Wow. It even has Pfand! ...not that I expect that to work where you bought it... But yes, it says "produced and canned in Ukraine".
For me as Czech, it was also unknown when I visited Latvia for the first time. But older people know it becuase of russian influence during communism, for us younger, we neverheard about it. And I didn't like it, but I am no really a beer person, I don't like alcohol generally, so it's hard to judge it, but if I wanted something that reminds beer and has close to 0% alcohol, I would probably just buy normal non alcoholic beer.
Medieval coca-cola.
I think this is quite accurate description.
Exactly
I had the same impression, but much healthier :)
Actually, its name can be transleted as pickled... Or acided...
I am so stealing this.
As a Ukrainian, it's a very popular drink here, especially in summer, when it's cold and very refreshing. It's popular mostly among children since it's not considered as an alcoholic beverage, but if you drink a lot of it, you may feel a little kick. Even I in my 20s like it more than cola, pepsi and other drinks, and I'm happy to see other people trying it too and saying that it's really good)
In Slovakia we drink radler.
Most of Ukrainian (I can guess in other countries as well) mainstream kvas is now with artificial flavoring, which is sad. On the other hand kvas does not last long, so for longer storage manufacturers do it. The best one I recently tried was from Silpo supermarket chain. Basically they take bread that was not sold, make kvas of it, can it with 5-7 days expiration and sell it in supermarkets. That was some awesome natural kvas
@@EugeneRudyyLe Kvas from Obolon with apples or kvas Arseniivskyi
SLAVA UKRAINA!!
@@polshepherd Le Kvas isn't a true kwas like Arseniivskyi is, it is pasturized, which makes it a kwas flavored soda like most of the other "kwasses" we have in stores
I am from Estonia, close to Lithuania. We drink it mostly in summer as a cold drink and a kind of sub for a beer. Children can drink it and you can buy it from a supermarket in 10 to 20 different producers in various flavors. It does not have a occasion to drink it. Its just a sweet fermented drink for hot summer days. They even sell malt base mixtures to make kvass at home yourself. All you need is a beer anchor (device that holds up to 10 atmosphere of pressure) to make the fermentation bubbles.
Ei see kõlba juua 😅
and we call it "kali"
We also drink it in sauna (though many people prefer beer for that).
I’m from Sweden and had my first Kvass on Vormsi this summer.
We can get that first one here in Estonia as well. It's pretty good compared to the average 'kali'.
Kvass - very common everyday drink. You can buy it in every store along with other soft drinks in Baltics.
KWAS in Polish means ACID. KWAŚNY means SOUR. The drink isn't sour by itself not more than regular Coca-Cola. It has nice taste, but it depends on what kind of KWAS you drink (dark, light etc.). I prefer to buy russian one wich is very dark and more sweet than the others. You can make it by yourself too, I tried once to make it but I couldn't find the right bread - it needs to be very dark like pumpernickel or something. Have you ever had Vita Malz? It's german Malzbier (Malt beer or I thinks it might be SLADNO PIVO or SLEDNI NAPITEK in serbian/croatian or smth.)?? It's similar in taste. Cheers mate.
As mid-Baltic person myself, can confirm - for me it is definitely most consumed "soft" drink overall.
@vinniepooh5083 In Russian, "KVAS" refers to a sour drink. There is also the verb "kvasit'" (to make sour). For example, in Russia there is a dish called "kvashenaya kapusta" (sauerkraut), which in Polish seems to be called "kapusta kiszona." People also say "kvasit' kapustu" (to make cabbage sour). As you can see all these words has common "KVAS" core: KVAS, KVASit, KVAShenaya.
There are many recipes for kvas, but in Russia, two main types are distinguished: the first one is for drinking, and the second one is for okroshka (similar to Polish żurek).
@vinniepooh5083 Yea, Kvass can be quite different. I am from Latvia, and I dislike Rigas Kvass, it's basically a lemonade, and that's not a Kvass, it's just a lemonade with Kvass name. I personally consider one of the best off the shelf available to be Ilģuciema (Ilguciema) Kvass. Of course the draft/pourable kvass is the best, but also depends who makes it.
But the real Kvass that has been made from rye without excessive sugar if at all, is a different thing to drink.
@@7DaysChanel_VandenReich kvas in slavic languages may refer to fermantation or yeast not only sourness, depends on language. Keep in mind that between languages of same family there are many "false friends" so word kvas may have different meanings
Ukrainian here. Kvass Taras is very popular as far as artificial kvasses go. I personally like the black one the most, but it also exists in White and FlowerPollen variants. Those unfamiliar with kvasses tend to enjoy the white one the most, for some reason.
However, the thing about Kvas is that it is usually best when it's natural and flavour depends on how long it has been fermented for. It's why it's popular in the summer - because there are ton of providers across the streets selling straight from a barrel tap. And it is alive and fermenting while being in a barrel. Literally the best drink ever in such cases.
There's also "naturaly alive" kvasses at some retailers, most popular one being Arseniivsky Kvass, it is quite pricy and you definitely won't find one imported as it doesn't last long. The main selling point of those is that they're being fermented straight in the bottle and you can decide when's the best moment to drink it as flavour changes with time. Bottle even has a color grading scale telling you what to expect at different stages of fermentations. I prefer lighter ones that didn't ferment for over a week, as aftertaste gets more punchier with every day.
Fun Fact - Kwas Wileński is Polish Kvass done on a Lithuanian recipe cause long time ago in galaxy far away both Poland and Lithuania (also Belarus, lot of Ukraine and even some Baltics) were "one entity" know as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth :) Cheers to all my brothers and sisters from old Commonwealth!
One love from Vilnius! 🇱🇹🫡🇵🇱
wow didn't know this. Is it a popular drink? Can I get it canned from Poland?
Well, if we proceed from the fact that the word Kvass is borrowed from the Lithuanian language, and Lithuanians were called Belarusians, then Vilnius kvass is most likely of Belarusian origin)) Kvass is a Slavic word. Of course, I do not exclude that the mutual penetration of cultures made kvass a popular drink for Lithuanians.
@@РоманР.Ж Lithuanians are Lithuanians, Belorussians are Belorussians, check out genetics. And Lithuanian word for kwass is gira and that is how we call it for centuries.
@@aivarasdarulis There are many written sources from the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Russia in which the Russians who lived in this principality are called Литвин (Litvin) and the official language was Old Belarusian or Western Russian. Lithuanian metrics are written in Old Belarusian.And kvass is mentioned in ancient Russian chronicles from the 11th century. just like now. The Samogitians borrowed this drink from the Slavs. No offense, my friend.
I see Lithuanian gira, I click 😂
I her about braliukas in youtube video I click
The black one is Kvas Taras, the biggest Kvas brand in Ukraine. They have 3 main types of Kvas: normal, black and white. While it isn't too artificial and has a decent taste, the best Kvas you can have should preferably be even more natural in flavour. You should really be able to taste the bread.
I suggest you try the regular Kvas Taras (more of a brownish, slightly lighter color; depicting a farmer in a field on the bottle/can)
Наврядчи їм сподобається білий квас, хоч мені він і подобається більше, але там дуже мало цукру. А хто бував у США знає що там цукор кладуть у все у надзвичайних кількостях, і це діло звички. Потрібно не вживати цукор місяць, щоб знову відчувати смак без нього. Тарас отримав на 0,5 бала більше тому, що перший квас з Латвії був кисліший.
I've tried white Kvas Taras and it tasted so much like beer
@@wiktorveber нє білий вообще квасом не відчувається. Цей чорний тоже не найкращий представник.
Я білий квас не люблю, тільки класичний
Тарас не дуже, ярило для мене смакує краще.
You do not shake this! As Lithuanian we drink it whenever we crave it 😅 kids like it too. You can pair it great with different snacks - cheese, meat, deep fried bread (our amazing snack). It is popular here as we have dark rye bread which is awesome! Try it if you can. It tastes amazing.
The home made one can taste different as well and you may add raisins for example for more flavours. Smetoniška lid is actualy for cleanliness so you can drink from the can.
Funnily polish one is called kwas wileński which means kwas from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.
Keep in mind Vilnius / Wilno was an important cultural center for Polish culture for centuries, too. I don't want to raise an argument (history of that region is known to be contentious in some circles...) here - just pointing out it was seen that way.
Kvass in Poland tends to be more associated with Eastern regions (though in recent years it became widely available across Poland. I can't tell how popular it is, but then it wouldn't be on the store shelves if people weren't buying it), so perhaps naming it "Vilnius kvass" is also trying to piggyback on that association ;)
We got him boys - to my rye loving Baltics + Poland
Besides that - there are sweetened versions of Kvass (mostly for kids) but if you want you can look up - Senču Kvass
As a Latvian potatoe myself, I recommend those Kvasses:
* Ulmaņlaiku Kvass
* Rēzeknis Bryuvers/Latgales Kvass
* Iļģuciema Kvass
+ Senču Kvass
Fellow neighbours can recommend kvasses from their countries in the comments. :)
As a fellow Lithuanian i recommend the most
+Gubernijos gira( the one mentioned in the video )
Sadly I can't find any of those in my region. Taras will have to for me, but I have been a fan for a while. Thanks for the recommendation, though.
Imagine, pal, if Wrocker taste Iļğuciema Veselības))
Best kvass never comes in a bottle from a supermarket shelf. Best one is in a bottle filled in your presence upon request.
I get mine from a shop in K-Senukai Ozols
I live in Suwałki Poland near Lithuanian border. All your kvas are better, so is the black rye bread. We Poles made it into sugary drink, I don't reccomend it. I remember drinking kvas in 1988 in Vilnius fresh bought from a big kvas-cart/kvas-wagon - the best drink i my life. I still go shopping to Marijampolė with my brother 2-3 times a year.
Greetings from Lithuania, I live in the city of Šiauliai, where the Gira you tried first is made. We drink it a lot. You can even buy homemade ones in cafes and they are much tastier.
Haven't had a home made one in a while. usually in restaurants i find only similar to the ones they showed. That's in Kaunas though.
I need ti get my hands on some of these. I am Czech and never had one.
Sveikas, aš taip pat iš Šiaulių 😊
@bloodtypena 👋
Меня за сухой гира чуть не приняли в аэропорту берлина однажды ) думали там кокаинум ) я уж напрягся когда в комнатку отвели )))
Lithuanian here, so basically if you're out with friends but driving, that's what you usually drink instead of beer.
Far superior to any cola, healthier aswell.
Big selection in any shop and deep traditions of making and drinking.
At 12 yo, unintentionally got first time real tipsy from home brewed witch had up to 2-3% of alcohol 😂
P.S. if you're lucky to find "Butautu Dvaro Gira" in 1l glass bottle, buy it, won't regret it
Hi there! Ukraine is here😊
I would pick kvas over any soft drink any day. Yes, we do have it here a lot, but mostly on hot summer days - it’s so refreshing! Many families makes it at home, cuz it’s pretty simple process and easy to get ingredients.
Cheers!
Belgian is not a language. In Belgium they speak dutch, french and german
Many still think American and Mexican are languages 😂
Same can be said for Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian/Montenegrin.
You can buy it in Serbia but not that popular at all.
@101steel4 Well technically there is "Mexican" though half a million native speakers of Nahuwatl isnt that many.
And Flemish. Flemish is spoken by about 55% of the population of Belgium.
Latvian here, and I gotta say kvass is a staple of my childhood. Also every countries, and sometimes even regions, kvass tastes differently. So most people will tell you theirs is the best. Plus if you're looking for another fermented drink kefir is generally very popular, both as an ingredient and as a drink in Europe.
Kefir being fermented cultured milk similar to Yoghurt makes a great fruit or vegetable smoothie. Great for gut health.
А нихуя вы кефир пьете? А творг, сметана, и другий блюда с пост-советского пространства есть ?
I remember growing up in the soviet Ukraine in the 80s, Kvas would be one of the most popular drinks however also rare and only available in the summer. Here is the curious part - you would rarely find it in the department stores, instead a truck with a 8'000 liter water tank filled with kvas would arrive in your neighborhood regularly. The driver would have different size glasses, he would fill up for you directly from the tank and you could drink at the spot or you could bring your own container. People would come with their 3 liter mason jars, which everybody in the soviet union had, to fill them up with kvas. You had to be quick, because the truck stopped for a maximum of 20 minutes.
Very popular in Lithuania. When you don't feel like cola and can't drink beer - you take kvass
It is also drunk in the Nordic countries, e.g. in Norway under the name "vørterøl", in Sweden "svagdricka", in Finland "kotikalja" (home beer), in Estonia "kali". A traditional thirst quencher and food drink. In ancient times, for example, a popular thirst quencher during haymaking on hot summer days, it was made in every farmhouse. Nowadays, it is bought from the store, although it is not as good as homemade.
There is a slight difference between kalja and kvass, in that kvass is made of bread while kalja is made from malt.
I grew up in Sweden, but never tried it. "Weak drink" is the worst name ever. 🤣
Gotlandsdricka is also a similar drink.
Svagdricka because the alcohol content is low, despite being fermented. A primitive soda 😊
I wouldn't say Kvass and Vørterøl is related. Kvass is made by soaking bread in water and fermenting it slightly, making a low-alcoholic drink.
Vørterøl (english translation: wort beer) is simply carbonated wort, so it's not fermented.
For those unfamiliar with brewing: you grind the malt and then mix it with warm water to extract the sugars and other flavors (mashing). You then take out the "spent" grain, leaving you with wort. This is then (usually) boiled, you add hops, then cool it down and add yeast to ferment it into beer.
By stopping the process before fermentation, you're left with just a sweet malt drink. As it's usually the fermentation giving it carbonation, most vørterøl is carbonated using gas.
I'm from Lithuania, usualy we drink gira (kvass) in the summer as a refreshing drink
“Your face is a poem” is an expression that others say when they see someone’s surprise and admiration at something that gives them great pleasure for the first time. This is the face that any host would like to see on their guests. I hope that one day some of your followers in Europe can see that same expression firsthand when you and your family visit one of their cities for the first time, try their beers, wines or typical local foods.
Kvass is not too common in germany, but some supermarkets sell it. I like that stuff, different brands taste pretty different. Usually i buy a lithuanian brand.
Agree, weird how basically same thing can taste so different. But overall i like that stuff also, to me i dont think of it like some special thing, just different taste soda or something 😃
I think Germany is the last frontier of Kvass, I've never seen it in France, ever !
so how close is it to malt beer like Karamalz?
@@mairis4579lol, you're not surprised that beer can taste differently, but kvass for some reason surprises you still 😅
Chicago are has the biggest Lithuanian community in the US. So there you can find a lot Lithuanian products that export packages in English
I'm from Latvia, and I've been watching Your videos for some time. This is the closest thing to our region national thing. We have this drink all year long. Basicly local coca-cola.
Kvass is significantly healthier than Coca-Cola or any other soda for that mater, so I wouldn't really compare those two. But yes Kvass is indeed a very popular drink here in Latvia.
Iļģuciema Dzeltenā Muca (''Iļģu'' village Yellow Barrel) is a one of my favorites.
So you are saying I should have bought this instead of Riga Balzams?
So you are saying I should have bought this instead of Riga Balzams?
@dsludge8217 Riga balsam is different drink😏 , but Kvass is great. I love Sencu Kvass here in Latvia.
@@dsludge8217 get both. Balzāms to get drunk or get rid of cold. And kvass for day after
Ukrainian here. Best kvas is sold in summer and its light-alcohol bewerage (2-3% - like a german Radler), and its supposed to be cold. The ones that you taste are "children-kvas" (0-alcohol). And the word for heavy-drinking in ukrainian (and russian) is "kvasyty" - literally - consuming a lot of kvas))
Homemade kvass (gira) is very different from the kind you find in supermarkets. Some restaurants in Lithuania serve their own homemade versions. It's actually quite easy to make at home.
Gubernija is made literally in my town Siauliai, I go there sometimes to get fresh kvass and beer. Crazy seeing Lithuanian stuff on your channel...
I might send a huge package from their brewery one day!
GIRA is very popular in Lithuania. It's like national drink. We have diferent recepies. Same cans in Lithuania. Have a nice drink! Greatings from Lithuania!
Smetoniška (Lit. "Smetonian") is a brand name made from last name of first official Lithuanian president Antanas Smetona. You can see his pic on a can.
Hey man, another Estonian tuning in. I have tried the same brands as you do, and also like Lithunian product. In my childhood (during the soviet time), this was made 100% natural and that meant it would go bad, if you leave it sitting in a cup. Also it was a lot more sour. But good. Originally it has alcohol in it too, because of the fermenting process. There are brands that still make it with alcohol, but it is like 1.5-2% only, so nothing to worry about when driving. :) In Estonia, most kvass on sale, still has a warning "can be 0.5% alcohol in it". Also, old Estonians had another popular drink - mead - fermented honey drink. I guess that is also a matter of taste, i prefer the one with 5% alcohol in it. Perfect for sauna.
Since they implemented the filtering process to the products - beer, soft drinks, milk, etc, the things have been less harmful and this is why kids can drink it too. Also they make ginger ale without the alcohol and was also my favorite childhood soft drink.
But yeah, you should book a whole month and visit the Baltics and you'll be surprised. :) Glad you liked these drinks! All the best!
Hey there! Really enjoy your videos. I just love that you are so curious about Europe and I appreciate your comparison a lot! Love from Germany
As a Lithuanian I'm happy you tried it and even liked it. Kvass would fall under the category as Root Beer in Amerika (not really but close enough) which is you either love it or hate it, grew up drinking it since childhood or didn't. Also it can be made from either bread or raisins.
Lithuanian here. Gira (AKA kvass) used to be our #1 non-alcoholic drink before the fall of the Soviet Union. It has lost some of its popularity after introduction of Western soft drinks such as coke, but it's still quite popular. Every bar serves it, there are dozens of brands, it's a go-to non-alcoholic alternative to beer, it's sold in every grocery shop, people still make it at home.
Sadly, over the past decade most popular brands have changed the production process, introduced syrups and other sweeteners, so most of them (including those you've tried) are nor really kvass anymore. Genuine kvass tastes so much better than the ones you've tried.
In Russia it stayed popular and gained even more buyers who were trying to drink less sugared drinks.
thats why some restaurants has home made ones
@@vytautassulcas6494I remember Bernelių užeiga used to have it. But i haven't visited it in so long
@ervinaspetrauskas1716 actually many of them has. Especially goog is at Žilvino restoranas
@@SasquatchTheMighty It is still very popular today as well. I drink it a few times a week. One of my go to fizzy beverages
kvas is not used in cooking widely, but there is a special summer recipe for soup called ackroshka. It's cooked basically as salad and then some liquid added into it. One of the standart picks is fermented milk (like kefir), sparkling water or kvas. And liquid added right before meal. This soup is served cold.
Usually different people in same family can have different preferences on filling, so it's pretty convinient in this sense.
It's have this sour taste and super refreshing at summer.
I drink it all year round. It's better cold, but room temperature is fine too. Tried making some myself, ended up with 3 liters of beer. Tried making it with a store-bought kit and it worked really well.
myself regularly make at hame. its a way better than u can buy at store
I make it myself, love it. Always a bit different. Roast bread in oven 20 min till crunchy. Put bread in water, add a spoon of honey and wait 2-3 days. Maybe feed with honey a second time. Take out the bread and shortly cool it in the fridge. Perfect. ❤
almost the same in Lithuania. Never waste a dry bread
Mix in yeast. It will get boozy. The best home made drink ever.
Just one key point! DARK bread. The best taste. Also add some raisings. Helps it ferment.
Kinda funny this drink when you consider that in Germany, regular beer oftentimes colloquially is called "Flüssiges Brot" = "Liquid Bread"....and there we have it, LITERAL liquid bread....😂
Kwas is a medieval refreshing drink made throughout Europe but now forgotten in West Europe. it is a hot day drink, made from bread. Most common East from Poland. In Poland we have something slightly different known as podpiwek or półpiwek (small beer or half beer). It's similar in taste to kwas. It is classified as a soft drink, even though it contains a small amount of alcohol. It is made by pouring hot water over malt flour, adding yeast and storing it for fermentation in a tightly closed vessel. It is usually made at home from roasted cereal coffee, dried hops, yeast, water and sugar. It is commonly drank on a hot day as a refreshing drink, it's served to children as it contains lots of proteins and vitamins. Great with sweets and fruits, can be also paired with sandwiches or light lunch.
Podpiwek - Underbeer (same as Underdark is Podmrok)
You could say Semi beer.
Something that is not beer yet, product of an early stage of brewing.
Kvass is a Russian national drink! Russian Russian kvass is not presented, but suragates from the former Soviet bloc countries are presented, all these countries were part of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Eastern bloc, so this Russian drink has spread in these countries!!!!
@@smaikzorin4492 I don't think that it came from Russia, more like from Rzeczpospolita (Medieval Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine)
For the German import label, here is the translation from top to bottom:
Fermented beverage Kwass (you can say the Kwa like the begining in Quantum so literally Quass) Taras Black based on rye-barley malt extract
Ingredients: Water, glucose-fructose syrup, base concentrate 2.9% (rye flour 31.5%, rye malt 21%, barley malt 17.5%, water), rye malt extract 0.75%, yeast, colorant, caramelized sugar, acidity regulator (citric acid, carbon dioxide). Produced and bottled in the Ukraine.
Best before: see bottom of can 2nd row.
Storage at temperatures up to max. 25 degrees Celsius
Protect from direct sunlight!
Tastes best chilled.
Average nutritional information per: 100 ml
Calorific value: 146kJ / 34 kcal
Fat: 0 grams
of which saturated fatty acids: 0 grams
Carbohydrates: 8.1 grams
of which sugar: 6.3 grams
Protein: 0.5 grams
Salt: 0 grams
And under the e0.5 L is the deposit mark from Germany for the deposit machine in the grocerie store
best regards from Germany
German and English pronunciation of QU is different. German QU is identical to Polish KW and is pronounced [KF], e.g. Polish word "kwant" (meaning "a quantum") is pronounced [kfant]. Voiced consonant W becomes voiceless F because it follows voiceless K, after voiced G it would remain W (equal to English V), e.g. Polish word "gwiazda" (meaning "a star") is pronounced [gvjazda] (j=y in May, say, hay, or yellow).
Greetings from Poland! We here drink kwas chlebowy from time to time.
Literally nobody drinks it. Most people don't even know how it tastes.
@@youlol7331substantial amount of people drink it
I have it first time in Lithuania and I am from Poland... So it is not very popular drink in Poland. I don't know anybody who drinks it even occasionally. So yup Poland is not so big on it but propably some regions and some people still drink it from time to time in Poland. We mostly drink beer, radlers or cydr. Cydr is the best for hot summer days in my opinion.
@@youlol7331 Older people drink Kwas Chlebowy, as they were raised on it practically. I on other hand prefer Podpiwek myself.
kwas chlebowy ... called Zubrowka 🤣
You can drink kvas any season, but in a hot weather cold kvass is so refreshing
Gira (kwass) from a shop is one thing, gira made by a granma is another space dimension
This stuff is super refreshing and not too sweet, so we in Ukraine drink it mostly in Summer.
That black Kvas Taras that you got there is probably the most widespread but we have way more brands here.
There are ones that are presented as "live", which means more fermented. Those tend to remind beer a bit more. And if you open it and leave for a day, the alcohol levels are really rising)
Kvass was a drink made at home by some households during Soviet era. My grandmother did so in a big 10L glass jars. Currently we have quite a selection of kvass in our shops in Latvia, my favorite brand being Iļģuciema Porter due to it strong rye bread taste. Besides drinking kvass as it is - I like to create a "float" by adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of 0.5L of kvass. There is also a cold soup named "okroshka" that is made using kvass and is served during summer.
Yep, okroshka is lit
During soviet times we had those big yellow barels on wheels with fresh kvass sold on street corners
those are the only thing i miss from the USSR.
@@trololo_zhirnota same
Not only in USSR, i drank it from such barrels in 2012, not all regions had it. Kvas also differs in regions, in my native town we prefered normal kvas, light-brown, little sweet, but here in Ekaterinburg dark brown variant is prefered.
Haven't seen one in a while here in Moscow, don't remember for how long exactly, but they definitely were around until at least mid-2010s.
@@TheBurzhuy I have some in crimea even later, but it's only some individuals who do this, it's not a common business nowdays
The kvass-es may vary in taste and color a lot. I have tried many, some are lighter in color, closer to kombucha in taste and higher in alcohol (cafes/restaurants in Lithuania sometimes serve those), others are on the sweet side or a bit beer-y, and, lastly, there are sodas imitating kvass (the least interesting IMO). Aside from the two Lithuanian ones you've bought I'd recommend trying Tauras also from Lithuania. In Belarus, as far as I remember, top kvass-es are Lidski and Khatni (the former is beer-y and the latter is on the sweet side).
Yes, this is a seasonal drink in Ukraine we drink it cold in a hot summer. For those who have not tried kvas, I will describe it like this: it’s like taking a sip of wheat beer that you eat with bread) My favorite is dark kvas with honey.
With Love from Ukraine
Czech here. We don´t make kvas but it is possible to buy stuff to make beer at home. One of the best beers I have had :D. When I went to Russia some 30 years ago, Moscow and Petersburg, they had machines in the streets, similar to coffee machines where you could buy kvas.
The one thing that made me LOL and also all the USSR films were of drunk drivers - all the gas stations had 9% beer on demand, and it was considered by Russian law a "soft drink". Only Vodka was considered a problem.
As a former 9% (Carlsberg Special Brew. Tennents Super) afficionado, aka "Tramp Juice" even I knew this was BS.
What is also extreme is that in most of the Western world there is a cut-off of 0.80. Yet in Russia it is 0.01. Even a baby can have that level naturally.
Communism allow terrible crimes but can just bang you up for the bare minimum. Two Tier Starmer (aka Kier Stalin) is doing the hymn book in UK
"Kvass Taras Chorny" is a dark kvass with the aroma of rye bread, in a modern design. Saturated dark color of the liquid is achieved through the use of rye malt, which is part of the main raw material. Complements the taste of fried meat dishes well.
I must say, these videos get more interesting with each new one. Here in Poland "Kvass" is called "Kwas Chlebowy", which roughly translates to "Bread Acid" :D. I wouldn't say it's super popular here. Or maybe it is but in different regions than I live (central Poland). I don't think I've ever seen a branded one in a shop. I know that some of the older folks like it but they usually make their own. It's supposedly pretty healthy for you. When I was a kid my friend's grandpa made loads of the stuff in his basement. I vaguely remember not liking the smell. I don't think I ever actually had it. I need to buy one if I see it :). Cheers.
It translates to Bread Sour, as in polish we have one word for sour and acid, in english Bread Sour is both the bread starter and the drink, which is also confusing.
Szukaj w większych supermarketach i sklepach online. Polskie (kwas litewski, kwas ostrobramski), ukraińskie (Obolon) i litewskie (Gubernija i inne) zwykle czasem stoją przy piwie, czasem przy napojach gazowanych.
From what I've seen it's more popular in eastern (and especially northeastern) Poland, but I've seen it multiple times in the shops in the north, center and southwest - as the other person said, just search for a little bit in some bigger stores, you should probably find it near beers or sodas.
Може дідусь робив брагу? Для вигону самогону) тому й запах не сподобався. А ще у вас є podpiwek і я не розумію що це. Дякую
We drink kvas in the summer, cooled. We even cook it ourselves by fermenting bread. Very refreshing drink!
Aaaay! Ukraine in da house
P.S. the black one - Kvas Taras is from Ukraine
❤🇺🇦
@@Klosteinigung clown
Kvass is essentially the same beer, but without hops and based on bread, which is drunk at the stage of the beginning of fermentation. Therefore, the original drink has a certain amount of alcohol, 0.5-1%. You drank dark kvass to which roasted malt is added, similarly to how dark beer is brewed, which gives it a caramel taste.
"Smetoniška" is one of my favourite brands, other one is "Rugilė". We call it "Gira" here in Lithuania. Pronounciation is as follows "G-EE-RAH", G is pronounced as in ground, not in as George. As I heard closest approximation in North America could be root beer (which actually sounds weird to me, haha) but I never tasted it so cannot compare.
I drink it all year round, although more in summer than in winter. It is extremely common here. It is drank by both kids and grown ups alike. It is not a party drink, everyone would laugh if you brought gira to a party.
As a Lithuanian who tried root beer believe me it's very different. I thought it would be similar to gira but I was so wrong. Root beer tastes like toothpaste for some reason and it's very sweet I couldn't drink a cup of it.
HI from Estonia, I hope you chilled it. Kvass (Kali in estonian) is always served cold.
You can easily make that at home, you just need stale rye bread. And the home made is pretty awesome, way better than what you'd buy in stores.
totally agree
I was born in Latvia and lived there for 11 years. We had grandma's homemade kwass every day. I was drinking it like water 😂 Live in Germany now and didn't even know that you can buy it here 🤔
Nice video like always Ian 😊
And yes, I want some kwass now too 🤤
Before it was made in Lithuania by Gubernijos Gira just old design ... Now it's called Kwass Russian style completely made in Germany... Complete garbage powder...
Kwass Taras comes from Ukraine
This Kvass is actually slavic term for that. In Estonian Finnish it is Kali/Kalja. In Lithuanian it is Gyra. It is done similarily to beer, and has very-very low alcohol content. It is what root-beer should taste like! You can imagine my surprise when I tasted your root-beers, which is like artificial too sweet soda.
Gira* ( short y/i , accent on that letter as well)
Well, murica. They are like add a lot of sugar and salt in everything.
try it extra cold during hot summer ;) its really good, it has less sugar than coca but still sweet
Enjoy it like beer. Cold on a hot summer day
If I enjoy it like a beer, then it would be every day regardless of the weather. :-D
My wife is English and I have Latvian Heritage so I have family in Latvia we visit from time to time. My wife sort of avoided some of the more traditional Latvian foods and drinks until last year when she finally got up the nerve to try more things. She loves the Tervetes and Bauska Alus brands version of Kvass. You can actually have dark rye bread with or in every meal as well as the Kvass drink. Latvian Garlic bread is a rye bread but they also have Bread soup which is not actually a soup and is a desert with whipped cream topping and my wife's favourite ice cream she had in Latvia was a cranberry and rye bread ice cream which has small crumbs of rye bread in the ice cream too. Rye bread is life in most of Eastern Europe..
It was necessary to tear off the "German label" in Ukraine, the composition of the product is additionally duplicated in English on the products.
You can try the white kvass variety. It's used to make a cold summer vegetable soup (in Ukraine and russia they call it okrosgka). The raste us more sour then sweet.
In Russia there is a summer cold soup where kvass can be used as a base
its not common in the netherlands at all. but its absolutely delicious in summertime. When the drink is very cold on a hot summerday. when you can get it homemade its even better most of the time. :)
Nice, some lithuanian drinks at last (Gira). Its just used like any other soda. You know, sometimes you get a can of coke, sometimes a can of Gira. Well minus being mixed in coctails.
Как же называется северо-восточная часть европы?
Хмммм.....
Давайте поможем Даше-путешественнице найти название этой мало известной страны)
I sometimes making kvas myself, here in France.
wow, never thought u have rye bread
@@vytautassulcas6494 I use pumpernickel
@@vytautassulcas6494 I use pumpernickel
Hi from Estonia. I am glad you liked the kvass, and answering your question, I personally drink kvass more in the summers.. and that pretty often too :D Kvass is pretty popular here, we have all sorts of different tastes, even cherry. Some kvass are light and some darker, preferring the stronger ones myself
If you go to a bar or somewhere with your buddies and you are driving - they drink beer, you drink kwas :)
Since I din´t see it in the comment section yet, the import can with the german label on it is from a super market chain called Mix Markt that specialises on food and beverage products from all over the former warsaw pact and soviet union states. You can buy all kinds of things from cookies, tea, cakes, sausages, meats, vodka, brandy, kwas from Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics and so on, also some items from Russia that do not fall under sanctions (yet). They have their own import company, Monolit GmbH, based in Germany. So your can was first imported from Ukraine to Germany, and then send from Germany to you in the US. My wife and I like to treat ourselfs with shopping there. Their kwas selection is unmatched!
Getting 50 years old in Germany and never heard about that drink ever! I know Kambucha an the relative Brorttrunk from bakeries around. Never expected to learn about european drinks in Your channel, but I obviously did! Keep on!!
You dont need to know it if you have german beer😂
I'm from Ukraine and I love home-made kvass. My mother makes it from a special preparation made from rye flour, without adding any yeast. This is a delicious refreshing drink.
Russia here. Drink kvas throughout year, be it summer or winter. Best thing if you can't drink alcohol - you can drink kvas. And good kvas tastes like low alcohol beer.
And usually the best kvas is made in beer brewery.
Kwas Wileński z Żurawiną... So a Vilnius style Kwas, practically third Lithuanian kvass in this gathering.
Home made Kvass ( basically all Slavs know this) can have very low alcohol level 0.5% etc, i find it less sugary when its home made.
When we were students in Russia, we used to drink kvas whenever we couldn't have a beer for whatever reason (like, if we found ourselves in an area where we knew the cops were usually active looking for public drinkers). Its solid body doesn't let you drink it too fast, so it gives you the feeleing of "drinking" like no other non-alcoholic beverage.
Real kvass is not non-alcoholic. Usually it around 1-3% of alcohol.
@@Arhange1790 but it is perceived as non-alcoholic. In Russia, buying 0% beer requires id, 2% kvass does not
@@LiveGameDriveChannel I know, I'm from Russia) And it always puzzles me why kids can buy and drink kvass. And Baltika 0(non-alcoholic beer) for example they can't buy.
@IWrocker:
Kvass is a drink of Eastern Europe, in most Slavic countries, has a tonic effect and therefore quenches thirst very well in the heat. It has a very ancient history, mentioned in records of the 13th-14th centuries. It is usually made by fermentation on the basis of bread (dark or black kvass - rye bread, and white - wheat bread) with the addition of sugar or honey, in addition, during modern production, other berries or fruits can be added to create a variety of flavors. There is the so-called "live kvass" - which does not go through the pasteurization stage - it contains live yeast and an alcohol content like beer up to 3-5 units (you feel a slight intoxication when drinking), and a shelf life of only 5-7 days, or light pasteurization with the preservation of alcohol 2-3 units and a shelf life of up to 30 days. I drank a very tasty white kvass with the addition of apples during fermentation. You drank pasteurized kvass with a long shelf life.
Very good drink and pretty healthy 👌
Estonian: Homemade kwass (we call it "kali") is like 10 times better than any supermarket kwass! Making it is easy. You need maltose, water, sugar and yeast. I do it in a 2l softdrink bottle. Just mix all together, add a little dry yeast on top. Now put the cap on and leave it to room temperature for 12 ours. If it is full of gass and you can feel the preassure when pressing the bottle, then put it into the refrigerator for a fiew ours. The yeast needs to set in the bttom and the colour must go clear/dark. Then it is good to drink. You can also do it with honey.
Gubernija is my favorite Kvass available in Poland. I definately prefer Lithuania kvass over Polish or Ukrainian.
Lithuanian here. Gira in Lithuanian means kvass. It is as popular as cola and probably the best way to describe the taste would be as "sweet beer". Most popular time to drink it is on hot day and of course gira is served called. On colder days it might be room temperature. In supermarkets it is possible to find 10-30 different flavours. Personally, I drink Smetoniša gira only, then it is on sale, because flavour is sort of meh. And Gubernijos gira is more prefer for me and agree with 7.5 rating. Some restaurants have their own house brand gira, and it is not sold massively. If it is brewed localy, most likely it will have small amount of alcohol in it.
That is how going down the rabbit hole looks like, nice one😊
*Kvass from stores is BAD.* It would be more correct to call it *soda with kvass flavor.* Real kvass, which is made for themselves in villages - it is different. I lived in the north of Russia, where kvass and mors were common drinks that were prepared and taken with you to the hayfield and forests. It has nothing in common with store-bought kvass, only the name and a slight hint of the taste of kvass.
I had Kvass mostly in Ukraine on hot days when they sell it on the streets.
The slavonic word "Kvas" means "acid". In eastern-slavonic languages it's not used in this sence any more, but there are some related words like "zakvaska" (sourdough) or "kvasits" (to ferment).
Also "alum" in Slavic languages is "kvastsy", something used in tanning hides
Here in lithuania we drink this alot, everyone i know drinks it
I am Lithuanian, and I always pick kvass when I’m driving, but I still want to hang out with friends who are drinking beer. It’s the perfect replacement for beer. Also, in many Lithuanian restaurants, they have freshly fermented kvass, which tastes much better than the one from cans.
Weirdest thing about it is the name - in polish "kwas" means "acid" (as short for bread acid). It always weirded me out. It's available and known in Poland but not popular. I associate it with childhood - i reminded me of something in-between sugar-less coke and beer. I kind of like it, but it's weird.
as far as fermented drinks go - you don't have yogurts in US? : )
Lithuanian here. So you can find gira (kvass) basically in any restaurant (can and/or bottle) in the soft drinks section, on tap if it's a bar, or homemade if the restraurant is the ethnic type, and all of them cold. Since coca-cola was a rarity back in the days and kvass is a much older drink, people are more prone to go for kvass as refreshment. Offcourse it's a bit different now than in my childhood. Kombucha is quite popular now in Lithuania as well. You can also sometimes find special tents with barrels of kvass on tap during festivals or fairs.
In Western Europe we don't have it, maybe import. It looks to me like Malt, that I came across in Africa. They use it also as a meal, mostly lunch. Amstel Malt 0.0% Alc. was the best to me. In Germany they also sell it as Malz beer, but is a little bit sweeter. Btw, Belgium doesn't have a language. The have Flemish (Old Dutch, but not as old as Suid Afrikaans) and French! 😅
In Belgium we indeed don't have a language. We have three (Dutch, French, and German) and tons of dialects. Flemish has been around since the 14th century, Afrikaans is younger and formed somewhere in the 17th century. Did you know that Afrikaans and Flemish have more in common than Afrikaans and Dutch? All so fascinating.
@@michaeldejode473 Interesting, I din't know that Afrikaans and Flemish have more in common than Afrikaans and Dutch.
One of the few words I know in Afrikaans is "Kameelperd" for "giraffe". 🙂
Best regards from Austria!
@@tubekulose That's a word I would have to ask about if I didn't know it as it would translate into "camelhorse" (English) or "kameelpaard" (Dutch/Flemish). We call a "giraffe" a "giraf" :).
Also if I'm not mistaken some of the settlers where Afrikaans originated were Flemish speaking (Most were Dutch speaking), my memory is a bit hazy since I learned this like a decade or more ago. But because it's such a young language it's very interesting and well documented, so if you are interested in learning about it then it's a good rabbit hole to fall into.
@@michaeldejode473 Yes, the reason I memorized this word is that it almost exactly sounds as if you put the German words for "camel" ("Kamel") and "horse" ("Pferd") together. I immediately got at least the literal meaning of it when I heard it for the first time due to this resemblence.
Interesting though that the Afrikaans word "perd" is even closer to the German "Pferd" than the Dutch/Flemish "paard".
For someone like me who is interested in languages in general these differences between Flemish, Dutch and Afrikaans you mentioned are intriguing indeed. 🙂
@@tubekuloseIn some dialects in Flemish we also write it as perd or peird but Flemish isn't seen as a language (mostly due to the amount of Flemish dialects) so it would be seen as incorrect. And if I'm not mistaken and remember correctly Dutch used to be a German dialect, I think it was called Duytsch. How language changes over time is what fascinates me.
Hi From Russia. For me Kvas is a summer drink. when you work in a garden for a while and come back tired and sweaty - Cold refreshing Kvas just hits the spot. Also not a fan of store bought Kvas - it often leave bad aftertaste. Better to make it yourself, either from Concentrated Kvas base, or just from rye bread.
im English and i have to saw i love Kvass, ive tried this variety *Kvass “Riga” / Квас “Рига”*
English is on products in all the Baltic countries. 😌☺️🇪🇪🇱🇹🇱🇻 There is a summer soup people use it in. I haven't had it. We enjoy keefir or fermented milk with other ingredients. ☺️
Gubernijos gira (gira means kvass in Lithuanian) is best kvass(in my oppinion). But ofcourse homemade is even better, it has an even better quality taste and a more unique one.
Kvass is a drink made ussually from rye dark bread and yeast fermmenting (there are many versions in which the ingredients can differ a lot)
(As of watching this video a few minutes i just got some homemade kvass, so this is a very nice coincidence)
And yes you might feel honey in kvass, many use it as an ingridient.
I dont know about other people, but I drink it quite often
In Ukraine we drink a lot, but usually in summer, in the heat, cold and on draught, it is brought to the points in kegs directly from the factory nearby, and in cans and plastic bottles are taken in the rest of the year, but rarely, this is a summer drink.
The second drink - Ukrainian, black kvass of “Kvas Taras” brand, made at “Lvivska brewery” (belongs to Carlsberg Ukraine), composition: drinking water, glucose-fructose syrup, kvass wort concentrate (rye flour, rye malt, barley malt), rye-malt extract (rye malt, barley malt light), yeast, coloring agent sugar bark III, acidity regulator lemon acid.
In Russia kvass is often drunk, especially in summer. There is a very tasty and interesting recipe from kvass:
take sausage, doctarskaya or milk, boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, cucumbers, and you can also add radish, season it all with kvass, add dill and sour turns out to be a delicious refreshing summer salad
Hello from Poland. You can easily make kwas at home. Here's a basic recipe:
Ingredients:
• 1.5 kg of whole grain bread (preferably homemade or from a local bakery)
• 5 liters of water
• 0.5 dag of yeast (or 1 dag in winter)
• A few tablespoons of sugar
• Raisins etc. to taste - experiment!
Preparation:
1. Bread: Slice the bread and toast it in the oven. Then crumble it into smaller pieces.
2. Water: Pour 5 liters of warm (but not hot) boiled water over the bread.
3. Yeast and sugar: Add the yeast and sugar, and mix well.
4. Fermentation: Cover the container and leave it in a warm place for 3 days.
5. Straining: After 3 days, strain the liquid through a fine sieve.
6. Bottling: Pour the was/kvass into bottles, add a few raisins to each bottle, seal, and store in the refrigerator (up to 10 days).
Homemade kwas is delicious, healthy and natural. Enjoy! BTW, "kwas" is just the generic Polish word for "acid'. It sounds nearly the same in some other Slavic languages. And it's a one-syllable word, with no vowel between 'k' and 'w'.
Back home in Russia we have kvas sellers, that are out in the street and sell it by the cup or plastic bottle that they fill from a huge refrigerated barrel. Really good on hot summer days.
I am from Latvia, and Kvass is like a very loved drink here in summers... we have a tradition called ''Jāņi'' like a Holiday in Summer - where we sing and dance and jump over fire, we drink kvass and eat or national cheese & stay up until the next day, Its Mostly Drank here in Hot Summers as a Refreshing Non Alcoholic Drink to replace beer, Non-Alcoholic Beer is Disgusting so people who are the ''Chauffeurs'' for their friends when they drive to festivals or parties or holidays in summer can enjoy a Nice Cold Refreshing Can or Glass of Kvass and not get Intoxicated, This is a drink that became very popular in the Soviet Times of Soviet Union... Basically when Eastern Europe was Sanctioned from the whole world - you guys had American cars and import cars... we had soviet cars, you had cool foods... we had back-end foods... You Had Coca-Cola & We Had Kvass - Everything was invented from scratch, Kvass was one of the drinks that was favorited in these times... Along Side like what we call ''Tarhūns'' maybe ''Tarhun'' or ''Tarhoon'' in other languages - basically a very sweet drink in a bright green color made of Estragon Plant, Here we have a lot of Variety of Kvass from different brands & Theres one for kids which is like a Fizzy Kvass like a Soda named ''Senču Kvas'' Its one of most popular ones because of childrens choice, and I'm Ready to Drop pure facts.... I think Latvia has the best Kvass in all Eastern Europe... Call Me Crazy but IMO ''Ulmaņlaiku Kvass'' is best kvass ever made in mass production at least... Life Of Borris came to Latvia.. a Estonian Slav Figure & Said We have best kvass, Next Time You do a Kvass Taste Test video... Try to get every best kvass from every eastern europe country and be the judge of which is best, Ulmaņlaiku kvass is Very Refreshing and Foamy its like a good beer texture... comes in a pint, Very nice kvass taste - not sweet or sour or bitter.
...as a German, I never heard of this, The only liquid bread I'm aware of is beer
Edit: 9:28 A German import label? Wow. It even has Pfand! ...not that I expect that to work where you bought it... But yes, it says "produced and canned in Ukraine".
As a Pole I do
Karamalz oder Vitamalz?
Do you not have Russian aisles in super markets? You should be able to find it there
Yeah Kvas is mostly a Slavic thing.
For me as Czech, it was also unknown when I visited Latvia for the first time. But older people know it becuase of russian influence during communism, for us younger, we neverheard about it. And I didn't like it, but I am no really a beer person, I don't like alcohol generally, so it's hard to judge it, but if I wanted something that reminds beer and has close to 0% alcohol, I would probably just buy normal non alcoholic beer.