and a sugar-based or malt-based grain alcohol (fermented, like beer, rather than distilled). Zima, a somewhat notorious 1990s drink, is generally considered one of the first actual FMBs / hard ...

But nostalgia for Zima (or for the 90s more generally) keeps the beverage's name alive ... and yeast that ferment to create an alcoholic base. This base is then filtered or "scrubbed" to remove ...