Talk:Malta (soft drink)

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I wonder if 84.etc. had added "generally" before "dark brown" because some brands, or home-brewed malta isn't as dark in color (maybe because it doesn't have as much caramel color?). I've never encountered home-brewed malta and don't even know if there is such a thing. Anybody from a malta-drinking region reading this who knows?

There is recent news that caramel coloring may be a carcinogen, and Malta was named as a major use. I find it curious why if "It is similar in color to stout (dark brown)", why is caramel coloring needed?Flight Risk (talk) 00:04, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Who drinks it?
Don't Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Panamanians, Venezuelans, etc. drink malta as well? The recent paragraph makes it sound as if it's primarily consumed by Cuban Americans, leaving out the other Spanish-speaking nations of the Caribbean. If they also drink it, that should probably be added to the article. I don't have enough familiarity, having moved away from Florida years ago. Badagnani 17:54, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't know how popular it is in Cuba, but in Puerto Rico it's definitely one of the most popular soft drinks. I don't know why this article is more attached to Cuba than it is to Puerto Rico, and latin countries in general. Arthur Curry 04:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC) (Note: even Arubans drink malta,) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.212.121.226 (talk) 02:57, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

stub tag
I'm going to remove the stub tag. The article is pretty substantial, especially for a soft drink. --F a ng Aili 16:26, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Malta Picture
I took the photo of the Malta bottle and glass at a Miami Cuban American eatery. I think it has been deleted because one of the editors thinks that it might be copy writed. I have to post it again with the clause saying that it was taken by me. How can I prove this. It was a nice picture that illustrated what the drink looks like - I think it would be a shame not to have it.
 * Add one of the tags listed here to the image description: Image_copyright_tag -Lampbane 03:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Since another copy of it didn't get deleted, I put that one into the article. --brion 02:32, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Can we come up with a better title for the first image than "A bottle of Malta next to a glass of ice."? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.16.9.250 (talk) 02:41, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Malta "Pony"
I see that someone added "Malta Pony" to the list. Maybe this was added by me - it was a long time ago so I don't know. However, it is interesting to list this brand of Malta because it is a Colombian type malta rather than the more traditional Puerto Rican or Cuban American variety which is more common in North America. It was a good malta and I had several of them at a Colombian eating place. The only difference was a slight taste variation in that artificial vanilla flavor was added as an ingredient, This made the malta mellower, and it gave it a faint sweet "vanilla" taste of course. This Malta is made in Colombia - in Barranquilla to be more precise and it is brewed and bottled by “Bavaria S.A.” in the aforementioned city. On the label there is a Spanish description that say, “Bebida de Campeones” which translates into English as the “Drink of Champions”.

Other Malta brands
Here in PR now we have Malta Polar, but I'm not shure if it is the same Maltin Polar of Venezuela. Also, there was a Food Club Malta, it tasted like crap. Other thing I noticed about Malta is that many of the non-hispanic people who tried for the first time described the flavor as "rotten grapes", so, I guess because we drink it in the early childhood we get used to the flavor. --64.237.176.102 05:34, 29 March 2007 (UTC)Samuel Trujillo


 * I'm not Hispanic and first tried it in college. I don't agree with that description; to me it tastes like molasses.  Badagnani 05:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

similarities to kvass?
I wonder if anyone can comment on malta's similarities to kvass (ingredients, manufacture, taste). They appear to be very similar drinks and I was surprised to see there was no reference to either from each's page.

216.9.250.106 18:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Kvass is a very different beast. I'm told you can get non-alcoholic drinks called "Kvass" these days, but real Kvass is indeed fermented and mildly alcoholic (1-2% alcohol by volume).  Kvass ranges from sweet to sour, based in part on how fresh it is, and is often flavored with mint or raisins.  Being made from dark bread, it tastes of dark bread.   Malta, on the other hand, tastes like unfermented beer, because that's basically what it is--it's quite sweet, with a kind of molasses bitterness behind the syrup.--158.111.4.27 (talk) 14:13, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm... The kvass sold on the streets in Russian cities is almost never alcoholic, and I've never seen it flavored with mint or raisins. I tried both kvass and malta, and I have to say they do taste quite similar. I would say malta is more sweet, and kvass is more sour. Malta is also much darker in color than kvass. I think the main reason these articles don't refer to each other is the fact that these drinks are from different cultures, and not many people tried both. Selerian (talk) 03:19, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The story gets a little complicated. Modern, commercial kvass may be a non-alcoholic soft drink carbonated by industrial methods.  Traditional kvass is carbonated by the action of yeast on sugar, and that produces alcohol.  The quantities involved are very slight: no more than one percent in many cases.  You'd have to drink a _lot_ of kvass to feel inebriated.  So it's often considered "non-alcoholic" although you can bet there is some alcohol in there.  (Somewhere, I have a recipe from the Prohibition period in America for a "lemon soft drink" that involves adding yeast to lemonade and letting it ferment for a couple of days to get fizzy.  This drink was touted as a good alternative to alcohol!)  Most of my exposure to kvass is via homemade stuff prepared in big jars on the windowsill.  I have not made a careful ethnographic study, but mint and raisins both abound in the recipies I have been given.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.111.5.34 (talk) 15:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Image needs replacement
Hello all...

An image used in the article, specifically Image:HPIM0351.JPG, has a little bit of a licensing issue. The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive. It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard. As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article. If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.

You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 20:54, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Americans drinking Malta
"A popular way Africans and Americans sometimes drink malta" I'm almost positive Americans don't commonly drink malta, it's more something for Caribbean and Latino communities. It's not consumed in the USA regularly, only sold in specialty foreign shops. 24.15.136.227 (talk) 00:03, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * My brother found some at Publix Grocery Store under Publix' own label. Having never heard of it before he bought some home for us to try. Interesting. Now learning more about Malta. 2600:1702:2D60:3C00:40E1:E1E2:87C8:A0FA (talk) 02:40, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Duplicative page
This page is duplicative with the (much more complete) Malt Beer page 207.237.118.142 (talk) 00:59, 21 September 2022 (UTC)