Got BILK?
Bilk: Beer and Milk

A new drink goes is about to go on sale in Japan - it's called "Bilk" and combines a low-malt beer with milk.

The milk beer was created after concerns over all the wasted surplus milk. One-third of the drink is milk.

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.

A bottle costs 380 yen (about US$3.12).

"It's got a fruity taste, so it will probably go well with sweets as well," - said one taste tester (via JapanProbe)

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