Who remembers Zima and how do I go about making it?

[hort22]

http://www.brewjobs.net/beer/recipes/zima.html

don't know how it is...

 

[NateLTB]

I know this is an old thread but I saw this yesterday...

http://fwx.foodandwine.com/drink/you-can-make-your-own-zima-so-we-did

 

[catdaddy66]

Zima zucks.


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[scurry64]

It is beer brewed using a very light malt and adding NO hops. I

This is not true. Under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, in the U.S., a malt beverage must be made from a base that is 25% malt and must contain at least 7.5 pounds of hops per 100 barrels of finished product.

I really wish someone had posted their recipe and results.

 

[bracconiere]

wait you're saying people forgot about zima in 2008? lol

 

[scurry64]

wait you're saying people forgot about zima in 2008? lol

Hard to imagine.

I want to try to make a Seagram's Italian Ice clone. SWMBO loves them. They're a real panty dropper, but they're only available in the summer.

 

[FromZwolle]

Hard to imagine.

I want to try to make a Seagram's Italian Ice clone. SWMBO loves them. They're a real panty dropper, but they're only available in the summer.

never had it, but i imagine it's a mostly sugar water with lemon juice and peel for flavor, then back-sweetened to a sickening degree.

 

[scurry64]

never had it, but i imagine it's a mostly sugar water with lemon juice and peel for flavor, then back-sweetened to a sickening degree.

I imagine you're pretty close.

The tricky part for me will be bottle conditioning (I don't have or want a keg system). If I have to filter this to remove color and flavor, won't that also remove all the yeast?

 

[FromZwolle]

I imagine you're pretty close.

The tricky part for me will be bottle conditioning (I don't have or want a keg system). If I have to filter this to remove color and flavor, won't that also remove all the yeast?

i've never done it, as i keg, but i've read that adding gelatin with the priming sugars will help a lot to clarify.

backsweetening via bottle is a bit tricky, you either have to: cold crash and keep it cold before they've chewed through all the sugars, use sweeteners like stevia/monk fruit/splenda, or pasteurize the bottles (yikes).