Beer has been prepared and enjoyed in Ossetia since ancient times.[2] Ossetian beer is dark-brown to black in color, has little-to-no foam and a significantly lower alcohol content than most ordinary types of beer.Iron Bægæny is a famous beer festival celebrating this cultural treasure in a manner comparable to that of the GermanOktoberfest.
^Ракша-Слюсарева, Е.А.; Попова, Н.А.; Медведкова, И.И.; Гавриш, А.А. (2019). "Инновационная разработка функционального продукта питания на основе кисломолочного творога с добавлением растительного пряно-ароматического сырья" [Innovative development of a functional food product based on sour-milk cottage cheese with the addition of vegetable spicy-aromatic raw materials].Качество и безопасность товаров: от производства до потребления [Quality and safety of goods: from production to consumption] (in Russian). pp. 390–395.
^Oboturova, Natalya; Evdokimov, Ivan; Kulikova, Irina; Bratsikhin, Andrey; Bogueva, Diana (2022). "Traditional foods of the North Caucasus region".Nutritional and Health Aspects of Traditional and Ethnic Foods of Eastern Europe. pp. 69–91.doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-811734-7.00001-3.ISBN978-0-12-811734-7.S2CID244182221.
