Kilju

Kilju (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkilju]) is the Finnish word for home made alcoholic beverage typically made of sugar, yeast, and water.

"Sugar wine" redirects here. For the presence of sugar in wine, see Sugars in wine.
This article is about a traditional Finnish drink. For the county in North Korea, see Kilju County.

The ABV is around 15–17%, and since it does not contain a sweet reserve it is completely dry. Crude fermented water may be distilled to moonshine. Kilju for consumption is clarified to avoid wine fault, it is a flax-colored liquid with no discernible taste other than that of ethanol; an alcoholic beverage used as an ethanol base for drink mixers.

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