Bilk, The New Japanese Milk-Beer Hybrid Drink

Do you love beer...and milk? Well here's the perfect drink for you.

It's called BILK.

Befuddled by the amount of excess milk that is produced--and wasted--every month, Hokkaido dairy companies decided to materialize an idea proposed by a local liquor store manager--turn it into a hybrid drink mixed with beer from the neighborhood brewery, Abashiri Beer.

The Mainichi Daily News explains the process here:

Since milk has a low boiling point, the brewery took care to control the temperature during the boiling process so the milk wouldn't boil over. After they put beer yeast and hops into the drink and began the fermentation process, the beverage looked and smelled like tea with milk. However, when fermentation was complete and the drink cooled down, it had the same color as beer.

The result? A sweet, fruity, starchy, weird drink. Let's see if it catches on.

Comments

[Alyssa]

got bilk?

[Jane]

I want to try some. I'm not too fond of beer but I've always loved milk. Maybe it'll be a pleasant combination.