Varvar Brew

Microbrewery in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

Description
It all has started with a dream. OK, let's be honest, it's started with a glass of beer. Brewed by someone else.

Dream big. Always dream big, you know. We started small because at the beginning the only thing we had was our dream. We haven't owned any equipment, so our first brews were born at other city and other mash tun entirely. But we took one step at the time and soon our very own, very handcrafted and assembled by hand brewery arrived from Bila Tserkva. We installed it here in Kyiv at the premises of the former lumber house – “lisopylka” in Ukrainian, hence the name of the brew-pub – and continued the pursuit of our dream.

Today we have new state-of-the-art brewery and immensely proud of it. Don't think that we discarded our small but utterly loved old brewing system, because we have, yes you've guessed, BIG plans for it. And we keep on dreaming big. We just want to share this dream of better beer, sheer enjoyment of the drink, greater and more diverse beer culture, share it with you.

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6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Andy.
Appearance - very pale golden yellow with a big foamy white head.
Nose - salt and greenery, possibly samphire or seaweed. General dankness.
Taste - creamy salty custard. Some vegetal notes too.
Palate - light bodied, salty and creamy.
Overall - the nose was more promising than the palate turned out to be.
Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2026 at 18:16

7/10
Tried from Can from OnderNulPuntVijf on 04 Aug 2026 at 18:49

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle black wax Van Gils 2026-07-31 Göteborg
AR: banana sweet, odd spices, whiskey liqueur
AP: dark brown, no head
F: banana sweet, odd spices, whiskey liqueur
Tried from Bottle from Van Gils on 31 Jul 2026 at 20:52

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 5
Can thanks to Andy.
Appearance - golden with frantic carbonation and a foamy white head. Light haze.
Nose - flowers, vanilla custard and candied lemon.
Taste - orange, in fact, marmalade, with custard creams.
Palate - light bodied, textured but a little sweet on the finish.
Overall - ok.
Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2026 at 16:49

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 9 Overall 8
Can Van Gils 2026-07-26 Göteborg
AR: thyme, roasted malt, sweet caramel, warming feeling, no black currant detected
AP:dark brown, wee lift brown lid
F: thyme, roasted malt, sweet caramel, warming feeling, no black currant detected
Tried from Can from Van Gils on 27 Jul 2026 at 17:08

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Eigentlich als gemütliches Einschlafbier gedacht, war es aber so stark 💪, dass ich nicht allzu viel von der cool 😎 gestalteten Dose trank.
Es ist pechschwarz und dabei ölig und karamallig-klebrig 🪏. Dazu kam Rumtopf und starke Ribisel-Aromen, die es sauer und fruchtig machten, aber nicht wirklich bekömmlicher.
Nur etwas für wahre Fans von extra starken Fruchtportern.
Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2026 at 19:51

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Golden colour and small white head. Grainy aroma. Light-bodied. Grainy, sweetish malty. Clean. Nice. ZincFest26.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2026 at 20:17

5.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Golden colour and tiny head. Perfumic nose. Light-bodied. Sweetish flavour, some flowery hops, clean, light. ZincFest26.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2026 at 19:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
ZincFest2026. Honeyish golden colour with a mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some mild bready and biscuity tones to it. Flavour is floral, fruity, some biscuity and mild bready tones with a mild lemongrassy touch too.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2026 at 17:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
ZincFest2026. Yellowish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is herbal, grassy and some mild bready and biscuity tones. Flavour is crisp malts, some herbs, mild earth and a bit sweet grainy tones.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2026 at 17:41