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See also:KVASS, or KVASS (a See also:Russian word for " See also:leaven ") , one of the See also:national alcoholic drinks of See also:Russia, and popular also in eastern See also:Europe . It is made, by a simultaneous See also:acid and alcoholic See also:fermentation, of See also:wheat, See also:rye, See also:barley and See also:buckwheat See also:meal or of rye-See also:bread, with the addition of See also:sugar or See also:fruit . It has been a universal drink in Russia since the 16th See also:century . Though in the large towns it is made commercially, elsewhere it is frequently an See also:article of domestic See also:production . See also:Kvass is of very See also:low alcoholic content (0.7 to 2.2 %) . There are, beside the See also:ordinary See also:kind, See also:superior forms of the drink, such as See also:apple or See also:raspberry kvass . |
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