Talk:Kilju

Freezing Legend
Isn't the "if you freeze the orange juice, no yeast is required" just an urban legend? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ttsalo (talk • contribs) 11:21, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Nope. I have empirical evidence... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.16.102.117 (talk) 14:54, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Must be an urban legend. If the orange juice is already fermented by natural yeast contained in it, then yes.  Otherwise it is without any alcohol no matter how cold it is.
 * WriterHound (talk) 20:21, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Please don't post unsourced information unless you've actually tried the recipe. Using frozen orange juice with no yeast produces CO2. Here's a video of orange kilju producing the gas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI9SQsbKvXo.
 * 188.67.8.81 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:55, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

The Dark Side
I believe there is not a single Finnish person that has not at least tried kilju once. Especially in the northern parts it is quite popular amongst the unemployed and students. It can be made properly so it has a flavour of lemons or grapefruit and alcohol and also achieve as high alcohol content as 12% (regular beer in Finland is 4.5...4.9%).

Easy and cheap to make, upsets your stomache but gets you really drunk. Every young persons dream...

Aika-Poika 22:01, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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Etymology of Kilju (the word)
I would be curious about how the word itself came into use. Is there any sort of literal translation?67.167.106.3 (talk) 10:45, 25 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Literally kilju means "shriek". I have a reason to believe that at least at some point the word meant beer that had refined sugar added to it to increase strenght, that was called kiljukalja "kilju-beer". Beer that is so strong it makes one shriek, maybe?


 * This is because there is a song recorded in 1949 by Reino Helismaa, "Vaarin kiljukalja" that begins something like "Vaari teki kiljukaljan sokeria osti, maltahia keitteli ja muurin päälle nosti" / "once grandpa made a batch of kilju-beer, bought some sugar, boiled some malts and lifted above oven"


 * -- Eero ketonen 87.100.143.161 (talk) 14:12, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4aC8xo0qeo
 * Found a video from 30 years back, where students are brewing a "beer" referring it as "kilju". It has like 4-5kg of malts and copious amount (16kg?) of sugar for 70 liters of liquid. No secondary fermentation. Bottom line, they use some malt. Mashing in fermenter and no secondary fermentation.


 * -- Eero Ketonen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.195.7.227 (talk) 07:20, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Legality and added fermentation ingredients
"Consequently, fruits or berries are used during fermentation to avoid legal problems and to flavor the drink." There seems to be a matter of truth behind this. Asetus alkoholijuomista ja väkiviinasta 1344/1994 is a law in Finland, which defines that more than mild alcoholic beverages must have fresh or dried fruits, berries or rhubarb in section 2, 5 § for homebrewing. 80.222.34.157 (talk) 19:46, 10 December 2015 (UTC)