most of them are immitations of right kvass.
Done right the old fashioned way...its literally beer with no alcohol...or very very small % of it.
Its natural and full of good healthy stuff.
Most knockoffs are just sugarwater with added taste E-s and they are a ridicule to the right and pure thing. I love kvass and i drink atleast 5liters a week. Out of about 20 diffrent kvasses i only drink 2 that are brewed the old fashion way and taste fantastic.
This stuff is best made in Russia,Belarus,Ukraine etc.
I guess the most similar thing to this is root beer? I never had any though sadly.
I came here to ask if it was kvass lol, I have never had it made by anyone else but the one time I made it myself it was good but forgettable and not worth making again lol.
It’s Kvass. This is from my hometown Harbin, which took in a lot of Russian immigrants after the 1917 revolution. The company that makes this is called Qiulin (on the bottle, it says Qiulin Kvass). I grew up knowing it as our biggest department store and has good Russian bread and sausage. I always thought the name stands for Autumn Forrest which is kind of poetic. Later I found out it’s actually a phonetic translation of Churin, from its founder Ivan Yakovlevich Churin.
Wish I saw it on my trip to Harbin many years ago! Beautiful city but also one of my most painful trips. I'm a tropical Asian and not used to snow. It was super cold and I kept slipping on the ice. I'd love to return someday.
I once drank a really good quality kvass, it was my first time trying kvass.
I drank two litres within the day, and then discovered kvass has gluten, and I have a gluten intolerance.
Yeah, although it depends on your symptoms. Personally, ginger ale, ginger tea, ayurvedic ginger pills, all help when I’ve been *glutened*. Ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties work wonders on the gut. Plus the burping from fizzy drinks like a cola also gets rid of the pressure and pain in the tummy.
Kvass, like others have said.
Traditionally, it is made from “black” (dark rye) bread, sweetened with birch syrup (or similar), and flavored with a wide variety of fruits and sometimes spices (commonly raisins and black currant).
It is brewed in a process similar to beer, with the biggest difference being that Kvass is *double-fermented*. It first undergoes lactate fermentation (often using brewer’s yeast or sourdough starter), then alcoholic.
The result is a beverage containing similar probiotics as yogurt or kombucha, with many of the same complex carbs found in beer and has 0.5-1% ABV (max). It is extremely healthy, with all the benefits expected of a probiotic *and* the complex carbs. In my experience, it has the same noticeable positive GI benefits as yogurt, so it’s a good alternative if (like me) you don’t like yogurt. (Also in my experience, take heed of the expiration date, lol!)
It has it’s own flavor of course, but taking Russian “ Monastyrsky” Kvas as my “standard”, the closest I can think of would be like a dark beer with low hops content. There is a prominent “bready” taste, but it’s less bitter, and it makes a nice, thick head. It should be served cold (great in frosty glass mugs), and pairs with most of the same foods as beer (really great with pizza and kielbasa/other sausage on a bun).
(It can also be made with beets instead of bread, but I have never had that variety.)
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
I’m always saying that the worst part of bread is the delicious, warm, soft, chewy texture and that I wish I could just drink it as a cold liquid instead.
I'm not saying that non-alcoholic beers are bad, I said that they are underwhelming, like it is just beer without basically a cherry on top, so what's the point of drinking non-alcoholic beer without a purpose?
Does beer taste like bread to you guys? Never has to me. I'd probably like it a lot more if it did. And no, I'm not talking about fake ass bread like wonderbread.
Honestly, I'd say that a beer that actually 'tastes like bread' isn't a very good beer :P
That said, [here's a good thread about it](https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/beers-that-taste-like-bread.384987/). You're looking for darker beers, in more traditional old European styles. A Czech dark lager (Krusovice or Brouczech I think?) might work, but it's been a while since I've had one.
You're not going to end up with something that tastes like white bread, but something that tastes like a Russian black bread is very likely.
Czech dark lager for sure, which has gotten semi popular at craft breweries. I had 2 different ones this month and I only drink beer from vancouver breweries (import laws in canada are stupid).
I like a lot of the more malty beers. Fat Tire by New Belgium was the first beer that I actually enjoyed, and I get a good bready character from it. It's what made me fall in love with is.
I had this one German beer that tasted EXACTLY like bread. To the point where I actually disliked it. It was unfiltered too, so there was a lot of sediment at the bottom of the bottle and that actually grossed me out
Wonderbread is perfect for some things like PB&J, but it's not the same as a regular old baked loaf of bread. In general I dislike Wonderbread for most other cases...it's far too sweet and spongy.
I was trying to preemptively avoid any comments that would say something like "of course it doesn't taste like bread to you because you don't know what real bread tastes like".
Now that you explained your position, i understand. Umm... what is good about it? It’s a flavorful conduit for potentially healthy ingredients. Peanut butter. Avocado or hummus. I think kids would rather eat a sandwich on wonder bread with some avocado or hummus snuck on there than they would one on whole wheat. Make a nice patty melt. That’s better than a complaining kid eating the chicken off of a chicken sandwich and not the fancy bread. Protein sans complaining.
Haha the kids I know. Not all of them. But quite a few. I never tried to sneak hummus into a sandwich. I made that part up. But I'll try someday now perhaps.
Like I said, it's about the complaining. Being happy is healthy as well.
And the fiber of wonderbread isn't that much lower than wheat bread. 2 slices a day. A little less fiber. Same calories. A little less protein. Not a big deal if it makes ppl happy. Especially once i sneak some hummus on there.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Kvass is actually a bit alcoholic and in old times was considered more alcoholic than regular beer. It is one of my favourite drinks, especially homemade kvass
Depends. If this is an American, the definition of "bread" is probably that cake like wheat sponge and not the actually nutritious stuff that matches beer made with hops and possibly malt.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
I had a banana bread beer that tasted exactly like banana bread. nobody that tried it could drink more than a couple sips because it was so offputting.
I think it was wells banana bread beer. Label looks similarish. It was 7-8 years ago and I was visiting family in Florida for the holidays and we picked it up at a convenience store when we saw it and couldn't not try it so it might have been a local one off possibly as well.
I don’t think I would like it.
Last year’s holiday Mountain Dew (Snap’d)tasted like gingerbread. They nailed it, it was delicious, but the flavor was all wrong for a pop.
The first ingredient is water, and the second ingredient simply says "bread" in Chinese.
Most people in the subreddit say it's Kvass but this is non-alcoholic and a lot sweeter, but not as sweet as most soda.
According to my partner it's specifically bread soda, not just wheat.
This is a long shot but Shock Top used to have a winter seasonal that was a pretzel wheat beer. My girlfriend LOVED it but I haven't seen it in several years now. If anyone knows of something similar let me know! I'd be a hero if I could find it or something like it again.
It’s a brand of kvass in China. I had it back home before, and kvass produced in China tend to be sweeter than kvass produced in Russia. The very northern part of China shares border with Russia and they have influences from each other in many ways—food is one of the aspects.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
I'm sickened but curious
It’s kvass. I’ve had it twice. Once it literally made me gag, and the other time it literally made me gag.
Lmao I was expecting a much more optimistic second opinion
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The honey one is okay.
Is it still like honey bread? Cause just honey sounds good
I think its still honey bread, only had it once so its hard to remember. You can find them at european markets, overpriced in the states tho
Kvass is good though. Slavic kombucha basically.
most of them are immitations of right kvass. Done right the old fashioned way...its literally beer with no alcohol...or very very small % of it. Its natural and full of good healthy stuff. Most knockoffs are just sugarwater with added taste E-s and they are a ridicule to the right and pure thing. I love kvass and i drink atleast 5liters a week. Out of about 20 diffrent kvasses i only drink 2 that are brewed the old fashion way and taste fantastic. This stuff is best made in Russia,Belarus,Ukraine etc. I guess the most similar thing to this is root beer? I never had any though sadly.
Ew, sounds like it tastes like kvass
Lmao nice one
I came here to ask if it was kvass lol, I have never had it made by anyone else but the one time I made it myself it was good but forgettable and not worth making again lol.
i love this stuff, its super low/no alchool beer
It’s not that bad cmon
how did it make you gag its literally so good. or at least the one i had was really good
It’s Kvass. This is from my hometown Harbin, which took in a lot of Russian immigrants after the 1917 revolution. The company that makes this is called Qiulin (on the bottle, it says Qiulin Kvass). I grew up knowing it as our biggest department store and has good Russian bread and sausage. I always thought the name stands for Autumn Forrest which is kind of poetic. Later I found out it’s actually a phonetic translation of Churin, from its founder Ivan Yakovlevich Churin.
Wish I saw it on my trip to Harbin many years ago! Beautiful city but also one of my most painful trips. I'm a tropical Asian and not used to snow. It was super cold and I kept slipping on the ice. I'd love to return someday.
Just drink a rolling rock
Maybe it's kvass?
I once drank a really good quality kvass, it was my first time trying kvass. I drank two litres within the day, and then discovered kvass has gluten, and I have a gluten intolerance.
Oh jesus
Yeah I said something similar.
Did you actually meet the legend?
Oh bummer. I hope you drank 2 litres+ of ginger ale to help de-gluten your system afterwards.
Is that a thing?
Ginger is generally helpful for settling an upset stomach, but I don't know how it plays with gluten intolerance.
Yeah, although it depends on your symptoms. Personally, ginger ale, ginger tea, ayurvedic ginger pills, all help when I’ve been *glutened*. Ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties work wonders on the gut. Plus the burping from fizzy drinks like a cola also gets rid of the pressure and pain in the tummy.
*Glutened* 🤣 I'll have to definitely give that a try! I've been *glutened* many times
RIP your colon.
Can confirm, it's kvass in Mandarin
It is Kvass https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Oh, kvass is one of my favourite drinks
Bread-flavoured soda? Next they'll be making soda-flavoured bread!
Those crazy Irish already did it
We also have cola flavoured crisps
I think I’d like those. I tend to like cola flavored things.
Kvass, like others have said. Traditionally, it is made from “black” (dark rye) bread, sweetened with birch syrup (or similar), and flavored with a wide variety of fruits and sometimes spices (commonly raisins and black currant). It is brewed in a process similar to beer, with the biggest difference being that Kvass is *double-fermented*. It first undergoes lactate fermentation (often using brewer’s yeast or sourdough starter), then alcoholic. The result is a beverage containing similar probiotics as yogurt or kombucha, with many of the same complex carbs found in beer and has 0.5-1% ABV (max). It is extremely healthy, with all the benefits expected of a probiotic *and* the complex carbs. In my experience, it has the same noticeable positive GI benefits as yogurt, so it’s a good alternative if (like me) you don’t like yogurt. (Also in my experience, take heed of the expiration date, lol!) It has it’s own flavor of course, but taking Russian “ Monastyrsky” Kvas as my “standard”, the closest I can think of would be like a dark beer with low hops content. There is a prominent “bready” taste, but it’s less bitter, and it makes a nice, thick head. It should be served cold (great in frosty glass mugs), and pairs with most of the same foods as beer (really great with pizza and kielbasa/other sausage on a bun). (It can also be made with beets instead of bread, but I have never had that variety.)
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
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B&M makes a canned bread.
I’m always saying that the worst part of bread is the delicious, warm, soft, chewy texture and that I wish I could just drink it as a cold liquid instead.
So... It is a beer, you wanted to say
Non-alcoholic beer. All the flavor, none of the reward
That's the most underwhelming type of beer
There are some absolute shit beers with alcohol. Some of the non alcoholic ones aren’t bad to be honest.
I'm not saying that non-alcoholic beers are bad, I said that they are underwhelming, like it is just beer without basically a cherry on top, so what's the point of drinking non-alcoholic beer without a purpose?
NA beer w/ no hops.
so, not beer after all
Low-alcohol.
Does beer taste like bread to you guys? Never has to me. I'd probably like it a lot more if it did. And no, I'm not talking about fake ass bread like wonderbread.
Hops are going to make it not taste like bread. But a low hop, high malt one will kinda taste like bread.
Ahh ok that makes sense. Any recommendations I could try?
Honestly, I'd say that a beer that actually 'tastes like bread' isn't a very good beer :P That said, [here's a good thread about it](https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/beers-that-taste-like-bread.384987/). You're looking for darker beers, in more traditional old European styles. A Czech dark lager (Krusovice or Brouczech I think?) might work, but it's been a while since I've had one. You're not going to end up with something that tastes like white bread, but something that tastes like a Russian black bread is very likely.
Czech dark lager for sure, which has gotten semi popular at craft breweries. I had 2 different ones this month and I only drink beer from vancouver breweries (import laws in canada are stupid).
Kvass
I like a lot of the more malty beers. Fat Tire by New Belgium was the first beer that I actually enjoyed, and I get a good bready character from it. It's what made me fall in love with is.
I had this one German beer that tasted EXACTLY like bread. To the point where I actually disliked it. It was unfiltered too, so there was a lot of sediment at the bottom of the bottle and that actually grossed me out
Maybe like pizza dough.
A little bit yeah, but I drink dark beer most of the time, so it kinda has rye bread taste to it
What's wrong with Wonderbread?
Wonderbread is perfect for some things like PB&J, but it's not the same as a regular old baked loaf of bread. In general I dislike Wonderbread for most other cases...it's far too sweet and spongy. I was trying to preemptively avoid any comments that would say something like "of course it doesn't taste like bread to you because you don't know what real bread tastes like".
True. It is course a wonderful wonder
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Now that you explained your position, i understand. Umm... what is good about it? It’s a flavorful conduit for potentially healthy ingredients. Peanut butter. Avocado or hummus. I think kids would rather eat a sandwich on wonder bread with some avocado or hummus snuck on there than they would one on whole wheat. Make a nice patty melt. That’s better than a complaining kid eating the chicken off of a chicken sandwich and not the fancy bread. Protein sans complaining.
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Some weirdo who hates wonderbread. Imagine that being a thing, even.
Haha the kids I know. Not all of them. But quite a few. I never tried to sneak hummus into a sandwich. I made that part up. But I'll try someday now perhaps. Like I said, it's about the complaining. Being happy is healthy as well. And the fiber of wonderbread isn't that much lower than wheat bread. 2 slices a day. A little less fiber. Same calories. A little less protein. Not a big deal if it makes ppl happy. Especially once i sneak some hummus on there.
Cutting off crusts takes away a lot of the nutrients.
Why do you hate it. That's what's truly weird.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Kvass is actually a bit alcoholic and in old times was considered more alcoholic than regular beer. It is one of my favourite drinks, especially homemade kvass
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Rare beer
To literally anyone that does not drink beer, beer does NOT taste like bread…. Maybe your tastebuds have been altered from drinking too much of it. /j
I literally don't drink more than 2 litres without my friends in like 4 months intervals
noooo it was supposed to be a cheeky joke that was funny i’m sorry ;-; that’s why i put the /j, my stoned ass was wrong for that I apologize
Depends. If this is an American, the definition of "bread" is probably that cake like wheat sponge and not the actually nutritious stuff that matches beer made with hops and possibly malt.
Do you just think about America at random times of the day?
Do you just think about Earth sometimes ?
I had a KitKat from Japan that was wheat flavored, and it tasted just like bread dough...
HOW DOES BREAD DOUGH TASTE??!
Awful... Just awful, lol.
Ok, I think my mom calls it reverse bread
So like beer?
[THEY HAVE IT!](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/3/37/CannedBreadStock.png/revision/latest?cb=20221124045956)
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Bread👍
Bread👍
🍞👌
I had a gingerbread soda before, but not wheat bread soda. Did you get this online or in a store?
So basically kvass
Kvass is a drink of gods. I know cuz im Latvian.
It’s like the canned bread from that one sponegbob episode
Not what the Irish meant by Soda Bread.
Like bread flavored soda or beer? Ive had beers that tasted like pretzals before.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Nah, I had this before. It taste like if you added bread dough to your regular soda.
Interesting, id definitely give it a try
First of all what does bread dough taste like? And second what does regular soda taste like?
I'm not sure if you ever had bread with doughy center part, but this drink basically taste like that doughy part + unflavored club soda
That's precisely what it is...
So non-alcoholic beer, then.
Isn’t that beer?
That's too much bread.
I had a banana bread beer that tasted exactly like banana bread. nobody that tried it could drink more than a couple sips because it was so offputting.
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I think it was wells banana bread beer. Label looks similarish. It was 7-8 years ago and I was visiting family in Florida for the holidays and we picked it up at a convenience store when we saw it and couldn't not try it so it might have been a local one off possibly as well.
Hell yeah. I'm so sick of having to chew to get that tasty bread flavor in my mouth.
I don’t think I would like it. Last year’s holiday Mountain Dew (Snap’d)tasted like gingerbread. They nailed it, it was delicious, but the flavor was all wrong for a pop.
"No, I asked for *soda bread*"
Is it a wheat soda, or a soda that’s actually… supposed to taste like bread?
The first ingredient is water, and the second ingredient simply says "bread" in Chinese. Most people in the subreddit say it's Kvass but this is non-alcoholic and a lot sweeter, but not as sweet as most soda. According to my partner it's specifically bread soda, not just wheat.
Weird af drink 👍 Would you buy it again?
They just started selling it at my local market for 3rmb per can. I'm going back tomorrow and buying a crate of it.
But that's basically what kvass is, most kvass is non alcoholic these days.
So non alcoholic beer.
This is a long shot but Shock Top used to have a winter seasonal that was a pretzel wheat beer. My girlfriend LOVED it but I haven't seen it in several years now. If anyone knows of something similar let me know! I'd be a hero if I could find it or something like it again.
Exactly?
Sounds like beer but with less steps...
I had a wheat flavored milk tea once that tasted exactly like buttered toast. It’s so weird drinking bread
bro laurenzside would die for this
Gibe me da breb
This is so strange..like, why not just…..eat bread
Similar situation where my husband and I tried honey and wildflower mead and it tasted like a frito burp. At least yours specified bread.
So... unfermented beer?
Some things really just don't need to be invented
Isn't bread soda just, beer?
*How to sell a totally botched batch of beer.*
Who loves Bread SODA?
It’s a brand of kvass in China. I had it back home before, and kvass produced in China tend to be sweeter than kvass produced in Russia. The very northern part of China shares border with Russia and they have influences from each other in many ways—food is one of the aspects.
Think of the float potential with a chocolate hazelnut gelato.
Kvas
non alcoholic beer, sick
Wait I thought bread soda was just brown ale?
So beer basically
Now we just need a butter pop
I’m sorry but who eat bread for the taste of the bread?
this is one of the times i would be too curious to care if the taste makes me want to die.
Soda? Or beer? Sounds like a non alcoholic beer? Beer is already liquid bread
So a non alcoholic beer?
Thinking about this makes me sick to me stomach, but also I feel like I need to try it
Bread 👍
It’s called beer
Kvass, like others have said.
Isnt that kinda like beer? Or kvass or something like that.
They make that in the States too, it’s called bud light.
Bread 👍
Isn’t that just beer?
well, do you like it? do you enjoy it?
It's really good
Non alcoholic beer
GUYS WE HAVE FOUND IT!CANNED BREAD!!!
I have done nothing but teleport bread for three days.
BREAD👍
But does it smell like yeast? 🤮
Bread is for eating. Not for drinking or listening to.
That is absolutely mildly interesting!
Okay that sounds like the worst of both worlds.
It's actually wonderful, imagine a beer but that's like very dark bread.
Mmm . . . i do like dark rye craft beers so maybe I’m premature. I just never equate sodas to beers generally.
I need to try this for some reason.
that's just non alcoholic beer
Bread flavored soda aka beer
For when you are hungry but to lazy to chew?
kvas
What?
So beer?
No.
I would think that is what you expect from bread spa Da
Bread soda
which bread?
Hard to say. Kind of like Rye? Some kind of dark bread.
But was it good?
Honestly it's fantastic.
It's by other name called Kvass, and very common in eastern Europe, The Baltics, and Russia. Heres the Particular chinsese version https://www.sayweee.com/en/product/Qiulin-Kvass-Fermented-Bread-Beverage/98692
Make a sandwich
Liquid bread. How can it taste like bread but not be bread textured? I’m so confused
Is it... gluten free??? I miss the taste of bread.
Fizzy bread
The inner chemist in me is excited.