Beer made from elephant dung sold out in minutes

Japanese maker Sankt Gallen has called it Un, Kono Kuro – a play on the Japanese word for ‘crap’ –Metro.co.uk writes.

A contributor who tasted the beer for website RocketNews24.com said: ‘Usually people talk about aftertaste when drinking beer but with Un, Kono Kuro the word afterglow is much more appropriate.

‘After downing the last drop, slowly rising from my throat and mouth was that afterglow. The combination of bitter and sweet stayed fresh and lingered in my head. It was a familiar aroma that accompanied me through the entire beer.’

The coffee beans used in the beer come from elephants at Thailand’s Golden Triangle Elephant Foundation. Just 35g of the ingredient cost £65 – the high price reflecting the difficulty of getting a usable quantity from the animals.

It has no plans to put the beer on tap at its new shop in Tokyo.  (MTI)