SnaggerMan
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So, I think not many people know this Finnish traditional drink. It´s called kilju or sugar wine outside Finland. Making it is pretty simple and cheap, it just needs water, yeast and sugar. Nothing else. I started fermenting a 0.5 liter of kilju(this is my first time so just making a little first). Instructions for 0.5 liter:
You need:
1 desiliter of sugar
1-2 teaspoons of bakers yeast or turbo yeast(fermentation takes longer with bakers yeast)
A bottle(I used 1,5 liter bottle so it has a lot of space for pressure)
0.5 liters of water
Now. Put 0.5 liters of water into the bottle. Then put sugar there and shake the bottle. Now, put yest there and shake again. Close the cap and leave the bottle somewhere where it´s warm enough(about 20 celsius is good). The fermentation will start in few hours. You may sometimes need to open the cap to let the pressure out(if you don´t, the bottle may explode!). You can also make an airlock, if you want to. If you use bakers yeast, it will take about 5-7 days to ferment totally. If you use turbo yest, it takes about 2 days or even less. I used wine yest, because I didn´t have anything else. I dunno if wine yeast is as fast as turbo yeast or as slow as bakers yeast. So, after the fermentation has stopped, let the yeast go to the bottom and then carefully pour the kilju to another bottle or something. The yeast will stay in the fermentation bottle and now you should have pretty clear kilju. If you don´t do this, you will get diarrhea if you drink it :mrgreen: If it still isn´t clear enough, you can do that again. Now you have some good finnish kilju.
Well, some of you will say it tastes like **** but if you really can make it very clear, it will taste pretty good. My friend made this a week ago and it tasted pretty good.
But one thing is worrying me. I made this kilju on an energy drink bottle and I didn´t wash it(I should, I know). Could energy drink have something that would make it produce methanol or some other dangerous stuff?
You need:
1 desiliter of sugar
1-2 teaspoons of bakers yeast or turbo yeast(fermentation takes longer with bakers yeast)
A bottle(I used 1,5 liter bottle so it has a lot of space for pressure)
0.5 liters of water
Now. Put 0.5 liters of water into the bottle. Then put sugar there and shake the bottle. Now, put yest there and shake again. Close the cap and leave the bottle somewhere where it´s warm enough(about 20 celsius is good). The fermentation will start in few hours. You may sometimes need to open the cap to let the pressure out(if you don´t, the bottle may explode!). You can also make an airlock, if you want to. If you use bakers yeast, it will take about 5-7 days to ferment totally. If you use turbo yest, it takes about 2 days or even less. I used wine yest, because I didn´t have anything else. I dunno if wine yeast is as fast as turbo yeast or as slow as bakers yeast. So, after the fermentation has stopped, let the yeast go to the bottom and then carefully pour the kilju to another bottle or something. The yeast will stay in the fermentation bottle and now you should have pretty clear kilju. If you don´t do this, you will get diarrhea if you drink it :mrgreen: If it still isn´t clear enough, you can do that again. Now you have some good finnish kilju.
Well, some of you will say it tastes like **** but if you really can make it very clear, it will taste pretty good. My friend made this a week ago and it tasted pretty good.
But one thing is worrying me. I made this kilju on an energy drink bottle and I didn´t wash it(I should, I know). Could energy drink have something that would make it produce methanol or some other dangerous stuff?
