Where can i buy kvass in london

Besides, the track we are following has built-in refreshments. It winds through Hansel and Gretel terrain, snow-laden pine trees sloping to a partly frozen river and, at the end, a rude mountain hut offering venison sausages and coleslaw. Expert langlaufers fly along at an incredible pace, but my friend and I take it gently so that we can talk. This year we discuss kvass. She's a great believer in its medicinal properties. Its organic components warm the blood.

She holds with the anthroposophist view that it is because we eat so much over-refined food - white flour, white sugar, white rice - that our general health is deteriorating along with our moral fibre.

Processed food chills not only the blood but the heart. Drinking a glass of kvass every morning will warm both. The only problem is, you can't buy kvass in England. So, whenever I leave St Anton my bags are weighed down with bottles of the stuff, but they only last a week. This year she has found a recipe in an old Russian cookery book, and that very afternoon we settled down to brew our own. It's a messy business. It's also extremely time-consuming.

Basically you soak rye bread in water, stir in some yeast and a few raisins and let it ferment for three days. In reality you keep poking at it to make sure it's brewing properly, and when you do the rancid smell practically blows your head off.

We trawl the globe tasting great beer. Pick craft beers and get them in record time. We give you beer tokens to use towards your next order. Pick beers. You'll also earn Craft Coins - just create an account or log in at checkout! Kvass is a fermented, non-alcoholic beverage commonly made from rye bread.

Its origins go back over a thousand years to the beginning of beer production. It was first mentioned in Russian Chronicles in the year This was the year when Russia adopted Christianity and Prince Vladimir ordered that the people should be given food, mead and Kvass.

Traditionally, Kvass is made from rye bread, sugar, yeast, water and raisins but how this recipe was discovered remains a mystery to this day! It tastes like a sweet non-alcoholic beer. However, numerous variations have been created, from sweet or sour to mint, beetroot, apple and strawberry. In fact, when it is made with vegetables, it is even used in some cold soup recipes. As a purely organic product of incomplete alcoholic fermentation, Kvass has numerous healthy benefits.