Nicola Apple Kvass (никола яблочный квас)
Deka Brewery
- From:
- Deka Brewery
- Russia
- Style:
- Kvass
- ABV:
- 1.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.35 | pDev: 2.09%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 26, 2019
- Added:
- May 24, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.28/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A thanks to the Czar of the Kvass kick, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a brown plastic bottle. Has a ginger ale color with no head at all. Smell is of apples, little else. Taste is of apples, bready, light sweetness, refreshing. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall, it ain't bad, but one glass is enough for me.
Mar 26, 2019
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.31/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
All of a sudden, the Kvass Kick is back up an running, Kamarades! There were three (3) of us who were hardcore for a while ( @TMoney , @NeroFiddled & @woodychandler ) until @UCLABrewN84 raised the question as to whether Kvass was worthy of or even merited inclusion. 8=( The wind left my sails as the debate protracted & I simply moved on. Time has borne me out & Kvass has a solid place on this site! Happy happy joy joy! Which brings me to my current, renewed interest. I took some Kvass to a monthly bottle share last Saturday & while it was not wildly received, it was still pooh-poohed by some attendees! 8={} I ALREADY fought in this battle & won! Now, I am simply drinking the fruits of my success in advance of tomorrow's visit from @tone77 who will get halvsies of everything today & tomorrow.
From the Bottle: "никола яблочный квас".
I unscrewed the plastic cap from the plastic bottle (!) 8=( & began a slow C-Line pour into my awaiting Saint-Petersburg souvenir glass, procured a few weeks ago at Otterbein Church's monthly Attic Treasures rummage sale. It was another still Kvass, evincing no carbonation nor producing any head. Fine by me as I charged my glass up to the rim! More for me. Color was an apple juice-like Straw-Yellow (SRM = > 2, < 4) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was very much of apples & had I closed my eyes & inhaled, that would have been my guess. Mouthfeel was thin & watery, about on par for this oddball style. The taste was not precisely apple juice, but I would not fault you for saying so. It had a slight tang, more towards raisins than prunes & it definitely lacked a rye bread presence. Still, having tried many of the Nikola offerings, this was absolutely approachable for both the novice & the expert. It was definitely refreshing, which is the whole point of the style. Finish was semi-sweet, lightly tart, but if you were to say outright sweet, I would not put up much of an argument.
Feb 23, 2019From the Bottle: "никола яблочный квас".
I unscrewed the plastic cap from the plastic bottle (!) 8=( & began a slow C-Line pour into my awaiting Saint-Petersburg souvenir glass, procured a few weeks ago at Otterbein Church's monthly Attic Treasures rummage sale. It was another still Kvass, evincing no carbonation nor producing any head. Fine by me as I charged my glass up to the rim! More for me. Color was an apple juice-like Straw-Yellow (SRM = > 2, < 4) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was very much of apples & had I closed my eyes & inhaled, that would have been my guess. Mouthfeel was thin & watery, about on par for this oddball style. The taste was not precisely apple juice, but I would not fault you for saying so. It had a slight tang, more towards raisins than prunes & it definitely lacked a rye bread presence. Still, having tried many of the Nikola offerings, this was absolutely approachable for both the novice & the expert. It was definitely refreshing, which is the whole point of the style. Finish was semi-sweet, lightly tart, but if you were to say outright sweet, I would not put up much of an argument.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.45/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Yablochny translates to "apple" in English.
It pours a clear deep golden body beneath an thin rim of bright white foam that vanishes as soon as the pour is complete.
It looks like apple juice, it smells like apple juice, and it tastes like apple juice except for a very slight edge of kvass. There's a little bit of breadiness to it; and it has a little bit of that malty/sugary character that kvass normally leaves behind. If you didn't know the kvass was in there, however, you'd probably just think it was "weird" apple juice of clear cider. In fact, I'm pretty sure that this is just a blend of filtered, pasteurized apple juice and Nikola's standard kvass.
That said, it's quite refreshing; and it's not nearly as sweet as straightforward apple juice. On the other hand it's a bit disappointing as it lacks kvass character.
May 24, 2011It pours a clear deep golden body beneath an thin rim of bright white foam that vanishes as soon as the pour is complete.
It looks like apple juice, it smells like apple juice, and it tastes like apple juice except for a very slight edge of kvass. There's a little bit of breadiness to it; and it has a little bit of that malty/sugary character that kvass normally leaves behind. If you didn't know the kvass was in there, however, you'd probably just think it was "weird" apple juice of clear cider. In fact, I'm pretty sure that this is just a blend of filtered, pasteurized apple juice and Nikola's standard kvass.
That said, it's quite refreshing; and it's not nearly as sweet as straightforward apple juice. On the other hand it's a bit disappointing as it lacks kvass character.
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