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> Could be mil, could be beer, could be kvas (not sure how to translate)
Kwas seems to be just "kvass" in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass
It's more popular further to the East (than Poland), still I remember we'd brew it at home back in the day, as a little boy I liked to pretend it was beer
Speaking of beverages, everyone from the former Soviet bloc surely remembers these machines :)
http://img.interia.pl/biznes/nimg/1/k/Woda_saturatora_534387...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Saturato...
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> Could be mil, could be beer, could be kvas (not sure how to translate)
Kwas seems to be just "kvass" in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass
It's more popular further to the East (than Poland), still I remember we'd brew it at home back in the day, as a little boy I liked to pretend it was beer
Speaking of beverages, everyone from the former Soviet bloc surely remembers these machines :)
http://img.interia.pl/biznes/nimg/1/k/Woda_saturatora_534387...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Saturato...