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if
it
remains
long
in
the
cask.
It
is
manufactured
to
the
highest
degree
of
excellence
in
Osacca,
and
thence
exported
to
other
countries.
The
beer's
name
is
said
to
be
derived
from
that
of
this
city,
being
the
genitive
case of
the
word,
with
the
initial
letter
omitted.
It
is
wholesome
and
pleasant,
but should
be
drunk
moder-
ately
warm.^
There
are
many
varieties
of
sakiy
dis-
tinguished
by
different
names.
Russia.
Quass,
or
Kvas,
a
word
signifying
sour,
an
ancient
Scythian
beverage,
is
the
ordinary
household
beer
of
Russia.
A
variety
of
it
called
Kisslyschtschy
is
variably
described
as
exceedingly
pleasant,
and
as
an
abominable
small
beer,
something
like
sweet
wort
or
treacle
beer,
almost
as
vile
as
the
Vodki
or
Russian
gin.
These
matters
of
course
depend
on
individual
taste.
The
Russian
/?z/(?,
also
in
common
use,
is
said
to
resemble
German
beer,
but
German
beers
are
many
and
diverse.
Sweden.
Swedish
beer
is
made
at
Stockholm. Spruce
beer
is
much
in
use.
This
drink
is
said
to
have
originated
from
a
decoction
of
the
tops of
the
spruce
fir.
In
Norway
and
Denmark
as
well
as
in
Sweden
this
liquor
is
made
from
boiling
the
leaves,
rind
and
branches
of
pines.
But
the
Spruce
beer
of
Great
Britain
and
Ireland
—
either
white
or
brown,
according
as
sugar
or
molasses
is
employed
in
the
making
—
is
^
When
cold,
it
is
said
to
produce
scrki,
a
species
of
fatal
colic