Zima means Winter in French and it is also is a beer?

Gale Hartt: It's a very "girly" beer.It tastes more like Sprite than beer.

Donny Bankson: the french word for winter is HIVER and Zima is more of a malt liquor than anything.

Shan Lanen: I wouldn't call it a beer. I also wouldn't worry about people making fun. When it frist came out it was all the rage. So at worst people should say "hey Zimaaaaaaa" what's going on.

Bianca Lannier: Zima is not a beer, so it can neither be good nor bad.It is a malt beverage, or a "malternative." This generally amounts to being a flavored fermented malt base, which is essentially flavored unhopped beer. It has more in common with alcoholic soda than beer....Show more

Terrell Voltz: zima=winter in french? since when?i thought the word for winter in french was hiver