Varvar Brew
Microbrewery
in Kyiv,
Kyiv,
Ukraine 🇺🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
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.
Reubs (35480) ticked Love Potion from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
23/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Love Potion from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
On tap at MBCC 2025, yellow session. Pours dark brown with a beige head. slightly fruity brown sugar on the nose. Flavour has light brown sugar, thin body. Poor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at MBCC 2025, yellow session. Pours hazy blonde with a white head. Skunky malts on the nose. Flavour has skunky malts, some grass, minimal tartness. Poor.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Captain Salt from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5
Pours clear, medium light colored yellowblonde. Fairly large, stable white head. Scent is spiced, coriander (and quite a lot actually) very mellow maltyness beneath. Taste is mildly tart, but has a certain swetness to it. Lots of coriander (honestly, calm it down a notch) - turning it fairly soapy (and I'm not even one of those people that genetically taste coriander as soapy). Saltyness is mild, as is according to (traditional) style, but the coriander overkill really ruins the beer to me. Beyond that, it's fairly thin (as is correct), medium low carbo, gentle and mild. If better balanced, this would be quite likeable.
Moretum (2327) reviewed Captain Salt from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Schwach eingetrübte goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Salziger, hopfiger, fruchtiger Geruch. Geschmacklich salzig, hopfig, fruchtig mit Limette oder Zitrone und Koriander. Leicht süß mit hoher Bitterkeit, leichter Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Moretum (2327) reviewed Insight from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Schwarze Farbe mit beiger Schaumkrone. Intensiv röstmalziger Geruch nach Karamell, Schokolade und Kakao. Geschmacklich malzig, röstmalzig mit Kakao, Karamell, Vanille und Schokolade. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit sanfter Kohlensäure.
Moretum (2327) reviewed Golden Ale from Varvar Brew 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Klare goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, leicht fruchtiger, leicht hopfiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, brotig, getreidig,leicht hopfig, etwas Citrus. Mittlere Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Goldbarren (6203) reviewed APA Citra from Varvar Brew 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Der Zitronenbaum 🍋 🍋🟩 schmückt nicht nur das Etikett, sondern schlägt sich auch deutlich im Geschmack nieder. So hat es einen lichten, spritzigen 💦 Körper, der gut mit den Citra-Aromen harmoniert.
Vielleicht etwas flach, da nur auf Zitronigkeit getrimmt, aber durchaus trinkbar.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed King Cake '24 from Varvar Brew 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
4/IV/25 - on tap @ DOK Brewing (Gent), BB: n/a (2025-317)
Clear dark brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: lovely, lots of tonka beans, caramel, dark burned caramel, vanilla, some gingerbread, good stuff, a hint of milk chocolate, lactose maybe? MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: soft acidity, good roast, a bit hoppy, caramel, some tonka beans. Aftertaste: gingerbread, spicy, a little bitter, earthy, soft acidity, some chocolate, dry finish.