On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:44:51 GMT, "spearfox" <spearfox@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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>A recipe I had from someone else.
>Notes at bottom are not my own.
>
>SIMA
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>A traditional finnish drink made for May day celebrations.[/color]
<snip recipe>

Interesting. What does "grape tannin" do, in general? My recipe is
kitchen-simple: water, lemons, sugar (brown & white), and "yeast."
'Brewed' in a big bowl. The batch-size is 5 quarts, and the original
fermation time overnight.

I have been gathering info and advice for about 10 days now and I
think I may try again with the following modifications: Change
'overnight' fermentation (it was awfully active after 12 hrs) to
"until it's quiet." Rather than 'strain into bottles', I'll strain
into another container, let settle for a while, and siphon into
bottles, trying not to disturb the yeast. I will use some kind of
brewing yeast instead of bread yeast. I may wait 'til the weather is
cooler and the proccess isn't quite so rapid. If this works better,
I'll report back.