How to choose the brew.
In summer, many people prefer to all other refreshing drink kvass. Whereas previously only sold brew on tap from the barrel, and now supermarkets are overflowing bottles of all brands and varieties. How good is this same purchase brew? How to choose the right?
What should be the brew
Taste kvass should be refreshing, sweet and sour. Perhaps, with hints of flavors: cumin, honey, thyme, citrus, vanilla.
Externally, the brew – opaque drink from beige to dark brown, sometimes with a slight sediment grain and yeast slurry.
Kvass is produced by fermentation and using blending. This information shall be indicated on the label. The most common mark “live” means a method of fermentation.
The shorter the shelf life of kvass, the better. Optimally, it is 24 hours. Although now even the “live” kvass through pasteurization or filtering stored up to 2 months.
If the label is an indication that in front of you “leavened drink”, he is very far from natural kvass. This soda flavored kvass nothing more. Also, there are many chemical components, including preservatives and dyes.
Usually izlishnegazirovanny brew – it is not the result of natural fermentation and artificial carbonation.