kvass

Noun

Meaning

fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sourdough brewage quas kvas fermented beverage homemade brew low-alcohol beverage probiotic drink russian drink sourdough beer traditional russian beverage yeast drink ancient beverage eastern european drink traditional slavic drink

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Hypernyms

brew brewage

Examples

In 1998 the local soft drink industry adapted by selling bottled kvass and launching aggressive marketing campaigns. Source: Internet

In just three years, kvass constituted as much as 30% of the soft drink market in Latvia, while the market share of Coca-Cola fell from 65% to 44%. Source: Internet

In Joris-Karl Huysmans ' Against Nature ( À rebours ) the protagonist Jean Des Esseintes serves kvass, along with porter and stout, for a funeral banquet "in memory of the host's virility, lately but only temporarily deceased." Source: Internet

"A similar, low alcohol (0.5–1.0%) drink, kvass … may be a 'fossil beer'". Source: Internet

At that time kvass vendors called kvasnik (pl. Source: Internet

Ever since then, the popularity of kvass in Poland has never recovered to its previous heights. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Kvarken Kvarner kvas KVCD kvell Kvemo Kartli