> > > He always said that he loved it there.
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> > > He makes Sima for us once a year or so. It's always a treat, although it's kinda an acquired taste... and we always call our grape juice "Mehu"
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> > > Ti'would like to visit Finland someday'cia
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> > > Link: Sima recipe
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> > Hmm. Fermented lemonade! Sounds interesting. Commercial versions of hard lemonade have gotten quite popular here in Canada. There's Hooch (UK), Two Dogs (Australia), Tornado, and Mike's Hard Lemonade (Canada).
> >
> > You wouldn't happen to have one of those densiometer thingies for measuring the alcoholic content of homemade beer or wine, would you Ticia? I'd try your Sima recipe, but would really like to have a ballpark idea of its alcopop content. Moderate concentrations of ethanol can give some beverages a pleasant tangy 'bite', but personally I get really sick if the content is too high.
> >
> > Wolf "good for two things -- degreasing engines, and killing brain cells" spirit
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> Well, as far as I know there's no alcohol in it... I'm pretty sure my very Mormon father wouldn't have been letting us near it at a young age (I've been drinking the stuff since I was about 5) if there was. Not anymore than what is in some cough medicines, that is...
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> And no, I don't have one of "those densiometer thingies for measuring the alcoholic content of homemade beer or wine" Sorry...never heard of it.
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> Ticia

That's what I think, too. It may depend on the way make it, but it *shouldn't* have alcohol in it. Before May Day you can buy bottled Sima from ordinary grocery stores, and that has no alcohol in it. It seems that especially children like (if they happen to like) Sima. Adults (especially we technology students) seem to prefer Champagne for the purpose of getting drunk.

Juho