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>>16471100
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This. All the kvass I've found in stores near me are like pic related. They're intensely sweet and nearly flat, and there's really no flavor but brown sugar and malt. If you like Malta soda you'll just think it's a shittier version.
You have to make your own, using any dark bread that should have some type of maltose to it. I've used good slightly sweet pumpernickel from bakeries, and I've used B&M canned brown bread mixed with regular dark rye. The trick is to toast it first until slightly burnt. Then add to a jar with fresh raisins, water, and optional sugar, and ferment like wine. Its generally ready in a few days when the raisins turned back into grapes and its bubbly and aromatic. Go as far as you want, but if it gets sour it's getting too old and you want to drink it right away or use it for okroshka soup in the summer.