Ulmaņlaiku Kvass
Cēsu Alus in Cesis, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Traditional Beer - Kvass Regular|
Score
4.69
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I found a single can stuffed in a dark corner of a Sainsbury's. Nose, is mash tun, raisin, malt, doughy. Taste is raisin, cola, hint of the yoghurt note, wort, dough, lemon.
Decent.
Decent.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2025
at 20:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Em Riga depois de me ser vedado o acesso a cervejas por já passar das 22 horas locais.Um corpo mais fino que o costume. Algo mais doce e menos complexo.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:13
3.5/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 3
Flavor 3.5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Blik 56,8cl thuis. Erg zoet, roggebrood, cola, caramel, bruine suiker, rozijn. (30-5-2025).
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2025
at 20:27
6/10
RB score 2.42
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2025
at 02:00
2.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Can from Lituanica, Birmingham. Pours a cola brown colour, brief fizzy head, no retention. Looks like a soft drink. Aroma is a sickly sweet raisin, brown sugar and toffee malt concoction. Dreading it. Taste is like aroma but not as discusting as I feared. It's still like a bad soft drink. Couldn't finish it.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:14
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Canned 568ml. -Brown/almost black coloured, medium sized beige head, malty bready nose. Sweet malty, caramel, light brown sugar, notes of rye bread and touch of carob with dry sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2024
at 13:47
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
568ml can from local shop. Amber golden brown colour, tan bubbly foam head and aroma of crystal malt, rye bread, molasses. Taste is very sweet, malty, molasses, with rye bread and brown sugary notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweet finish. Too sweet for me.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2023
at 16:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
OK, let’s get the translation out of the way first. Ulmanlaiku literally means “the time of Ulmanis”, and refers to Karlis Ulmanis prime minister / president from 1934 to 1940. However, the term is also used generally to refer to the whole of Latvia’s first period of independence (1918-40). Anyway, can bought from local Polish shop and drank at home. Pours a dark brown with a transient beige head. Aroma is slightly fishy, with bread crusts too. In the mouth it is sweet and refreshing with a creamy texture. Flavour has molasses, raisins, malts and a touch of honey. Finish is pretty sweet too. This is one of the best kvasses I’ve ever had – just don’t expect it to taste like beer !
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2023
at 21:36
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Pint can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Nov 22. Thanks Jeremy for this one. Hazed dark brown with off-white head. Aroma of fish food. Taste is a horrible muddled mess of fish food, rank 5 day old happy shopper cola and chewing tobacco. Not a fan
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2022
at 22:10