Iļģuciema Iesala Dzēriens
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Made of rye and dark barley malt. Brewed from the clearest type of raw product rich on vitamins and ferments. The drink contains no food flavouring, colouring agents and preservatives.
Tastes best when cooled!
Ingredients: water, sugar, barley malt (6.6%), rye malt (2.2%), carbon dioxide, acidity regulators: lactic acid, citric acid; antioxidant: ascorbic acid.
Tastes best when cooled!
Ingredients: water, sugar, barley malt (6.6%), rye malt (2.2%), carbon dioxide, acidity regulators: lactic acid, citric acid; antioxidant: ascorbic acid.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A thanks to the Czar of the Kvass kick, woodychandler, for this beer. Has a black color with no head at all. Smell is of prunes, molasses. Taste is of dark fruits, bready malts, some sweetness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is enjoyable, if this were 5% abv, I would be drinking it every once in a while.
Mar 14, 2019
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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 from yesterday & today. Now, as I begin to close in on the end of this feat, the nomenclature changes as does the locale. Lithuania, previously, now Latvia!
From the Bottle: "Iļģuciema Iesala Dzēriens".
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 still 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 Very Dark Brown to Black/Opaque (SRM = > 34, < 44) with cola highlights only at the edges. Nose smelled almost medicinal, like my maternal grandparents' Geritol, but at the same time, it smelled right. It had the prune quality of some of the more traditional entries as well as a rye breadiness. Ooh, I may have stumbled across a winner! Mouthfeel was medium. At last, something with some body! The taste was very close to Classic(al) without being as off-putting as that one. Very bready, very much of dried, dark fruits (read prunes, raisins, figs, dates) with an understated sweetness. This was eminently drinkable! Finish was in that grey area between semi-sweet & semi-dry, but the dried fruitiness lingered well after my swallow. I found myself licking my lips for the first time in a while. Nice!
Feb 24, 2019From the Bottle: "Iļģuciema Iesala Dzēriens".
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 still 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 Very Dark Brown to Black/Opaque (SRM = > 34, < 44) with cola highlights only at the edges. Nose smelled almost medicinal, like my maternal grandparents' Geritol, but at the same time, it smelled right. It had the prune quality of some of the more traditional entries as well as a rye breadiness. Ooh, I may have stumbled across a winner! Mouthfeel was medium. At last, something with some body! The taste was very close to Classic(al) without being as off-putting as that one. Very bready, very much of dried, dark fruits (read prunes, raisins, figs, dates) with an understated sweetness. This was eminently drinkable! Finish was in that grey area between semi-sweet & semi-dry, but the dried fruitiness lingered well after my swallow. I found myself licking my lips for the first time in a while. Nice!
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