Some very resourceful milk producers in Japan have found a way to use that surplus milk, by making it into beer
By: Captain Maverick
Published: Feb 16, 2007
Updated: Sep 1, 2010
Now you can drink your beer and get your calcium too. And the peasants rejoiced! A liquer shop owner in Japan's largest dairy farming region has come up with a way to use surplus milk.
{slot15}According to Chitoshi Nakahara, head of the Nakahara liquor shop on the northernmost island of Hokkaido, they came up with the idea after hearing of surplus milk. The dairy farmers disposed of nearly 900 tons of milk last march due to over production, according to the Japan Dairy Association.
Nakahara's new brew is called "Bilk". Yes, it's a combination of milk and beer. About 30 percent milk but it also contains hops and the rest of the production process is about the same as with any other beer. Nakahara's shop started selling the brew on February 1st after spending about six months developing the beer with a local brewer. It has a slightly milky scent but other than that, it tastes just like any other beer.
Bilk is available in six local shops in Japan or by mail order, but due to the heavy media attention, Nakahara is currently out of stock. The are working on making more as long as the cows don't run dry.
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