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I suspect it’s the latter. The beers were nothing like the highly polished industrial lagers or ales of today. In Finland, a home-made small beer (kotikalja) r
by pavlov 3y ago
I suspect it’s the latter. The beers were nothing like the highly polished industrial lagers or ales of today.
In Finland, a home-made small beer (kotikalja) remains a popular drink in the countryside. The alcohol content is around 1%. It’s a sweet brown mush that you can make in one day at home using rye malt sold in every grocery store. Here’s a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtgWBCnOt4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtgWBCnOt4M
- resolutebat 3y agoKotikalja is the Finnish version of kvas, which is ubiquitous across Eastern Europe. There's a Tibetan/Bhutanese/north Indian barley version of this too, known as chhang.
- alephnerd 3y agoChhang generally reaches around 4-6%, but it is also a generic word for that fermented barley drink, so maybe other regions brew it at a lower ABV.