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Since craft beer has come onto the scene we’ve been seeing some interesting flavors pop up in beer: peanut butter cup, maple bacon, spirulina wit, oysters, rocky mountain oysters–i.e. bull testicles.
And for the more part, we’ve gotten fairly used to these strange additions to our beer–okay, maybe not the bull testicles.
Well, the beer world recently saw its shittiest most interesting flavor: yep, you guessed it, it comes out of an elephant.
We spoke to Due South Brewing Co.’s Mike Halker about the interesting flavor. Read on for details.
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Taking a cue from Black Ivory Coffee–made from beans that have passed through an elephant’s digestive track–Japanese brewery Sankt Gallen decided to try out a new formula for its beer.
The coffee, which is described as smooth and earthy sells for a ridiculous $1,100 per kilo.
Named “Un, Kono Kuro” –a play on words for the Japanese word for poo, “unko”–the beer debuted on April 1. And sold out in just minutes. Even though the brew was a wild success, it will not be part of the breweries regular line-up.
Curious, we spoke to Mike Halker of Due South Brewing Co. to see if he’d be willing to whip up a batch of elephant poo beer. “I’ve heard about it” he said, “But wouldn’t consider making it, as the TTB [Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau] probably wouldn’t allow it and it doesn’t seem worth the fight.”
Way to be a party pooper TTB.
Well, we still have plenty of non-digestively infused coffee beers. Halker did say, “I think our Cafe Ole is pretty smooth.”
