Big news out of Atlas Obscura this week (tip of the bucket hat to Friend of the Blog Jamie): Creameries are making alcohol out of milk.
No, this isn’t a white russian. And no, they aren’t just leaving milk out for a really long time (my impression is that’s how you create cheese and/or give your gastro-intestinal system quite the punishment). They’re using whey, a byproduct of the cheese-creation process, and the alcohol coming out (which has been called Cowcohol by some) is similar to vodka.
Here’s the full article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/alcohol-made-from-milk. You’ll want to read it in full, because there’s a closeup with one of TMK Creamery’s cow-lebrities in there, and she’s got quite the snout.
