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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23/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025

Tried on 23 May 2025 at 07:40


5.9
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.

Tried from Draft on 23 May 2025 at 03:00


4.5
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.

Tried from Draft on 23 May 2025 at 03:00


5.6
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.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 18:44


6.6
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.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 06:50


7.1
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.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 06:30


6.5
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.

Tried from Can on 12 May 2025 at 06:31


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7
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.

Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2025 at 14:36


5

Tried on 06 Apr 2025 at 10:51


7.4
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.

Tried from Draft at Dok Brewing Company on 04 Apr 2025 at 21:00