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About two weeks ago there was a good discussion about Vodka and Gin being made from milk (whey). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22636506 https://news.yco
by teruakohatu 7y ago
About two weeks ago there was a good discussion about Vodka and Gin being made from milk (whey).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22636506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22636506
I just found out this is done on a very large scale, 15 million litres per year, here in New Zealand by one of the world's largest dairy organizations. They are not marketing it for drinking but apparently it is very high quality.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoIt appears wasteful to put the cellulose from the grass through a cow to obtain a low-value product. We used to say that coal liquefaction is a political process because of its price tag, only Hitler Germany and South Africa under Apartheid used it when they were cut off from importsd. But bovine ethanol is even worse.
- detaro 7y agoIt's a by-product of the main process making a high-value product. Why exactly is using it bad?