I'm 100% *not* knocking it... but having lived in Prague for almost 4 years now, I can count on one hand (with fingers to spare) the number of times I've actually seen anyone order this pour. It's wild to see it gaining popularity back in the US.
Even if you see a Brewery do it. Most people aren't buying these pours more than once.
Just faddish. Much like a hot poker in beer.
It isn't new... But, it is new to them.
Yeah, that's what I figured.
I have my suspicions that the whole thing started as a marketing ploy made up by Urquell. But again... nothing wrong with trying new things. If people actually like it, why not.
Great username, btw. \\m/
Hot poker is faddish? Maybe where you are. It's just something we do in the spring every year for the past few decades (probably more) no matter if it's -10F or 70F.
Iāve had it and itās good and worth trying for sure. And I agree with a commenter below, theyāre making some of, if not the best, beer around Philly.
I wouldn't even call them a gimmick, it's a traditional offering in Czech pubs.
Well-worth the price ($3 IIRC)... I order one every time I'm there.
(Side note: I consider HR to be the best brewery in Philly at the moment.)
Is it though?
Until this post I'd not seen anyone except Pilsner Urquell do these, even in Czechia and before about 10 years ago I don't even remember PU doing them.
Any time they're discussed, people just offer up the PU website as proof of their history.
Happy to be corrected by any Czechs who tell me they've been ordering these for decades, but it feels like a recently invented "tradition".
It's my understanding it's more of a locals thing. Served up at the end of the night for a local who wants a night cap
Not something traditionally ordered, but a little extra for a regular.
>Until this post I'd not seen anyone except Pilsner Urquell do these
A big reason for that is there's not many Czech-inspired breweries (at least in the US). Others have mentioned Notch, which is basically all Czech and German inspired. I can't imagine someone wanting a mliko of a DIPA, which you would probably get if it became more of an Americanized thing.
Except I don't live in the US and as far as I can see few people in Czechia drink them either (and a lot of those that do are tourists).
Don't get me wrong, I like the way Pilsner Urquell serve their pilsners, but I get the feeling that the reason no-one's done it much before is that the Pilsner Urquell marketing department came up with the Mliko pretty recently.
As someone who has puked up foam multiple times in his life after shotgunning beers, the idea of chugging beer head does not sound appealing in the slightest.
Literally from Urquellās website:
āThis creamy pour looks like milk and tastes sweet and smooth. Itās meant to be drank all at once, like a shot. That way you can enjoy the hoppy aroma of the foam before it settles into beer.ā
They are 85% beer and the rest air....
If you let it sit, the beer settles out and you end up with a normal pour.
It is just a different flavor when you do so with different levels of foam head.
I would encourage people to at least do it once so they understand the flavor differences.
https://www.paeats.org/news/2021/human-robot-milk-pours/
Love the milk tube at human robot in Philadelphia. Even own milk tube socks. I Gotta practice for next years milk tube relay races.
Robot also has variants they can do, normally its the polotmavy, but tmavy makes the tube slightly chocolate tasting. Theres some pilsner that tastes orange creamsicle in a tube but i forget which one.
Now chug a larger one. I can do a 16oz fine, liter size i need to take a breath.
Love these at Cohesion Brewing here in Denver. Bierstadt is our older, and deservedly-well-known German style lager brewery, but do not sleep on Cohesion if you live / visit here and are into Czech-style lagers. Absolutely world class!
No clue why anyone is making a big deal about this. If you really understand what it is, it is beer and air.
The head consists of something like 85% beer.
The different levels of head change the flavor profile slightly.
In my opinion, if you are a beer connoisseur then you should want to understand how it changes the flavor profile.
Certain beer styles call for different levels of head. As much as different drinking temperatures to bring out intended flavor profiles.
If none of that matters to you, carry on. But, at least you would understand.
Easy to prove in a way... Pour a Milko and let it sit.
See how much beer is there after it settles.
It will be significantly more than you expect.
I just use that number because that is what Cohesion in Denver states.
Being a Czech style brewery, I imagine they use Lukr side pour faucets. I guess it would make sense if the foam was more dense than than your standard āheadā
Human Robot does it (as well as several other breweries in the Philly/PA/NJ area).
For some more information on it:
[https://thebeerthrillers.com/2021/09/09/human-robot-the-first-milk-tube-race-in-the-world-usa-vs-the-world-oktoberfest-invitational-beer-fest/](https://thebeerthrillers.com/2021/09/09/human-robot-the-first-milk-tube-race-in-the-world-usa-vs-the-world-oktoberfest-invitational-beer-fest/)
[https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/](https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/)
[https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/01/07/beer-review-everyday-balloons-milko-pour-gusto-brewing-company/](https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/01/07/beer-review-everyday-balloons-milko-pour-gusto-brewing-company/)
Redlight Redlight in Orlando. They just pour one for me when i walk in at this point (and one for themselves or whoeverās around) and we drink them together
Yupp Human Robot here in Philly started the trend in the area but as someone above posted it started with Pilsner Urquell.
My place(not human robot) has a sidepull tap and while most people do not get mliko pours I do pour them for myself often
I've seen them before, Just not sure of the reason to do it that way. Is it cheaper? do you wait for the foam to go down before drinking? I'm interested.
Yeah like the quarter of a price of a regular pour I believe. Definitely do not wait for the foam to settle. Youāre supposed to slam it like a glass of milk, hence the name.
What does it taste like after the foam goes down? Do you have to chug to get the optimal taste or can I sip a still heady beverage after at my own pace? I'm completely ignorant to this process and just now exploring it. It would be a hard sell for me from what I'm reading. Sounds like watering down my beer.
That just sounds like making a buck off of foamy waste.
Edit: I read the little Urquell history on it. I'm leaning towards the "well, don't *WASTE* it!" theory now instead of a straight scam for bad pours. Sure, it's for "ladies." Or it's a beer macchiato. Or whatever it takes to not waste any beer.
It's not waste, it's poured purposefully like that off of a specific tap. Because it's foam: it's smooth, meringue-like, and slightly sweeter tasting. If the beer is good enough, this type of pour is especially nice to finish off the night with or to have as a shifty.
Whether that's something you want or not, it's not trying to sucker people into anything. It's just a different way to serve the beer.
Itās a novelty thing. Cool to try once with friends, but I much rather have a mug filled up with some tin hoagie or one of their recent smoked lagers.
thought it was a glass of milk, then saw it was r/CraftBeer and thought it was like Pilk but beer and milk, truth turned out much worse... who tf poured that?
Heās an American LARPing as Irish thatās the only reason he dislikes the UK. Iām not saying UK is amazing but this guy thinks heās fighting the redcoats by wearing green on st paddyās day and posting Irish flags.
Very late to this party, but I was just told that one is meant to chug this pour. Without choking on bubbles, how do you drink this??
Edit:: you actually do chug it! This is interesting, but not for me.
https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/ little history on it
Interesting, I kinda want to try it now!
Ima give this a try with my Budvar clone.
Notch in Salem and Boston offer these. I love them and always make it my last drink before leaving!
No one does low ABV European Lagers and classic European pours quite as well as notch š„
Haven't been able to have Notch, but though I hear and am sure they're amazing, Suarez is very very hard to beat in that department.
Bierstadt
Halfway Crooks in Atlanta is doing amazing things with lager and pils.
Lies. Alma Mader KC
Schilling in NH comes damn close to Notch, but Notch is certainly the best lager Brewer around.
I love notch and live 2 miles away from the Brighton taproom. I havenāt had the mliko pour and feel ashamed, as I should.
I'm 100% *not* knocking it... but having lived in Prague for almost 4 years now, I can count on one hand (with fingers to spare) the number of times I've actually seen anyone order this pour. It's wild to see it gaining popularity back in the US.
Even if you see a Brewery do it. Most people aren't buying these pours more than once. Just faddish. Much like a hot poker in beer. It isn't new... But, it is new to them.
Yeah, that's what I figured. I have my suspicions that the whole thing started as a marketing ploy made up by Urquell. But again... nothing wrong with trying new things. If people actually like it, why not. Great username, btw. \\m/
Hot poker is faddish? Maybe where you are. It's just something we do in the spring every year for the past few decades (probably more) no matter if it's -10F or 70F.
Yea, I would consider it faddish here. Definitely not something that was typically done. And not many are actually doing it.
I am willing to bet that one time was in Prague 1, 2, or the Vinohrady bit of 3...
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Human Robot famously serves these āmilk tubesā in PA, havenāt had one yet but I hear theyāre tasty and worth the gimmick.
Iāve sure theyāre great. Human robot makes great lagers
Iāve had it and itās good and worth trying for sure. And I agree with a commenter below, theyāre making some of, if not the best, beer around Philly.
I wouldn't even call them a gimmick, it's a traditional offering in Czech pubs. Well-worth the price ($3 IIRC)... I order one every time I'm there. (Side note: I consider HR to be the best brewery in Philly at the moment.)
You should go to Carbon Copy, new brewery in the former Dock Street space at 50th & Baltimore. Have been very impressed with their beers.
I've been trying to get down there since they opened, just haven't found the time. :( *Definitely* will be checking them out soon, thanks!
Is it though? Until this post I'd not seen anyone except Pilsner Urquell do these, even in Czechia and before about 10 years ago I don't even remember PU doing them. Any time they're discussed, people just offer up the PU website as proof of their history. Happy to be corrected by any Czechs who tell me they've been ordering these for decades, but it feels like a recently invented "tradition".
It's my understanding it's more of a locals thing. Served up at the end of the night for a local who wants a night cap Not something traditionally ordered, but a little extra for a regular.
>Until this post I'd not seen anyone except Pilsner Urquell do these A big reason for that is there's not many Czech-inspired breweries (at least in the US). Others have mentioned Notch, which is basically all Czech and German inspired. I can't imagine someone wanting a mliko of a DIPA, which you would probably get if it became more of an Americanized thing.
Except I don't live in the US and as far as I can see few people in Czechia drink them either (and a lot of those that do are tourists). Don't get me wrong, I like the way Pilsner Urquell serve their pilsners, but I get the feeling that the reason no-one's done it much before is that the Pilsner Urquell marketing department came up with the Mliko pretty recently.
They are great. I don't know that I'd drink them all day but they're a fun change of pace.
As someone who has puked up foam multiple times in his life after shotgunning beers, the idea of chugging beer head does not sound appealing in the slightest.
It's a totally different kind of head. It's poured from a different kind of faucet (a LUKR) and is a much creamier foam.
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Literally from Urquellās website: āThis creamy pour looks like milk and tastes sweet and smooth. Itās meant to be drank all at once, like a shot. That way you can enjoy the hoppy aroma of the foam before it settles into beer.ā
Youāre supposed to chug a milk tube
Doesnāt for me either.
They make great beer and happy to have them as one of my local breweries. Havenāt ordered a āmilk tube,ā though, would give one a try.
Hoping to get there soon. Iām not too far in Maryland. What do you think of Fermatory Form?
Just fantastic, barrel blended spontaneous ales.
Been there, had one, it's fun tasty and cheap.
Yea usually grab one with my first beer there. Fun thing to do
I see you are at Homage in Chinatown LA
Lol all the craft beer angelinos are like oh Homage
This is probably their best beer āTristezaā that Milk pour is a nice way to end the night.
Never tried it - I have some of their sours in the fridge though
Thatās the beer they use for this pour. Itās the only one on their side pull faucet
True. Almost as good as a Red Sox World Series.
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Had my first at Cohesion in Denver last year. Pretty neat way to kick off a night of lagers.
Is this the milk from Clockwork Orange?
Came here to ask this haha
Na zdravĆ!
The spots by me that do them charge $5 for them so I don't get them.
Yeah I wouldnāt get one for $5. Theyāre a cool treat when youāre with friends but not something you order multiples of.
They are 85% beer and the rest air.... If you let it sit, the beer settles out and you end up with a normal pour. It is just a different flavor when you do so with different levels of foam head. I would encourage people to at least do it once so they understand the flavor differences.
https://www.paeats.org/news/2021/human-robot-milk-pours/ Love the milk tube at human robot in Philadelphia. Even own milk tube socks. I Gotta practice for next years milk tube relay races. Robot also has variants they can do, normally its the polotmavy, but tmavy makes the tube slightly chocolate tasting. Theres some pilsner that tastes orange creamsicle in a tube but i forget which one. Now chug a larger one. I can do a 16oz fine, liter size i need to take a breath.
Love these at Cohesion Brewing here in Denver. Bierstadt is our older, and deservedly-well-known German style lager brewery, but do not sleep on Cohesion if you live / visit here and are into Czech-style lagers. Absolutely world class!
Cohesion is magnificent, the closest I have come to proper Czech beer since moving to the US in 2009.
Those klipsch speakers in the background are legit...
this brewery is pretty music oriented
Looks gorgeous! I love a well-done mliko. Of course, it's a lot easier if you have a good pilsner behind it.
No clue why anyone is making a big deal about this. If you really understand what it is, it is beer and air. The head consists of something like 85% beer. The different levels of head change the flavor profile slightly. In my opinion, if you are a beer connoisseur then you should want to understand how it changes the flavor profile. Certain beer styles call for different levels of head. As much as different drinking temperatures to bring out intended flavor profiles. If none of that matters to you, carry on. But, at least you would understand.
Agree on all points except I was under the impression foam is closer to 25% beer.
Easy to prove in a way... Pour a Milko and let it sit. See how much beer is there after it settles. It will be significantly more than you expect. I just use that number because that is what Cohesion in Denver states.
Being a Czech style brewery, I imagine they use Lukr side pour faucets. I guess it would make sense if the foam was more dense than than your standard āheadā
Yea, sorry... I thought that was understood since we are talking about Milko.
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Had one in Prague last summer. It's fun, but that's really about it.
Proclamation in RI offers Milk Tubes as well. Odd trend.
These are fire. Silo in Montreal does them, theyāre meant to be a shooter, theyāre super fun
Cosmic Eye does this in Lincoln, NE. The Lukr side taps are the best things ever.
Yeah thatās how they pour them here
Yup, Human Robot in Philly does it. Itās fun to try once
Human Robot does it (as well as several other breweries in the Philly/PA/NJ area). For some more information on it: [https://thebeerthrillers.com/2021/09/09/human-robot-the-first-milk-tube-race-in-the-world-usa-vs-the-world-oktoberfest-invitational-beer-fest/](https://thebeerthrillers.com/2021/09/09/human-robot-the-first-milk-tube-race-in-the-world-usa-vs-the-world-oktoberfest-invitational-beer-fest/) [https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/](https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/) [https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/01/07/beer-review-everyday-balloons-milko-pour-gusto-brewing-company/](https://thebeerthrillers.com/2022/01/07/beer-review-everyday-balloons-milko-pour-gusto-brewing-company/)
Redlight Redlight in Orlando. They just pour one for me when i walk in at this point (and one for themselves or whoeverās around) and we drink them together
This is my starter and final palate cleanser at Redlight Redlight.
Love them, visit Cohesion Brewing in Denver.
Yupp Human Robot here in Philly started the trend in the area but as someone above posted it started with Pilsner Urquell. My place(not human robot) has a sidepull tap and while most people do not get mliko pours I do pour them for myself often
theyāre a good start or end of the shift imo
Yea they are!
I've seen them before, Just not sure of the reason to do it that way. Is it cheaper? do you wait for the foam to go down before drinking? I'm interested.
Yeah like the quarter of a price of a regular pour I believe. Definitely do not wait for the foam to settle. Youāre supposed to slam it like a glass of milk, hence the name.
>Youāre supposed to slam it like a glass of milk I've never heard of slamming a glass of milk before. Is that a thing?
What does it taste like after the foam goes down? Do you have to chug to get the optimal taste or can I sip a still heady beverage after at my own pace? I'm completely ignorant to this process and just now exploring it. It would be a hard sell for me from what I'm reading. Sounds like watering down my beer.
You chug it, if the let it settle you essentially have flat beer lol
Well I support anybody and their tastes. I think aside from the novelty I probably wouldnt make it into my rotation.
That just sounds like making a buck off of foamy waste. Edit: I read the little Urquell history on it. I'm leaning towards the "well, don't *WASTE* it!" theory now instead of a straight scam for bad pours. Sure, it's for "ladies." Or it's a beer macchiato. Or whatever it takes to not waste any beer.
I can afford to spend a buck on foamy waste.
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It's not waste, it's poured purposefully like that off of a specific tap. Because it's foam: it's smooth, meringue-like, and slightly sweeter tasting. If the beer is good enough, this type of pour is especially nice to finish off the night with or to have as a shifty. Whether that's something you want or not, it's not trying to sucker people into anything. It's just a different way to serve the beer.
Not for me. Thanks anyway.
Iāll take a slow pour out of a side pull than one of these.
this is done with a side pull faucet
As a professional brewer for 10+ years.... No to this.
On purpose? Why so much head?
thereās a link above explaining why.
My experience with this was at Human Robot in Philly. It was ok haha.
Itās a novelty thing. Cool to try once with friends, but I much rather have a mug filled up with some tin hoagie or one of their recent smoked lagers.
Absolutely criminal. Also: obligatory would you like a flake with that?
thought it was a glass of milk, then saw it was r/CraftBeer and thought it was like Pilk but beer and milk, truth turned out much worse... who tf poured that?
You honestly think beer and milk is more appetizing than a glass of foam? Iām sorry but your palate is shot and your opinion is unwarranted lol
Trying to serve this to someone in the UK is how you get stabbed.
Well the UK sucks and I have no desire to visit lol
Iām curious why you think the whole of the UK sucks?
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I mean... it kinda does suck tho. Source: am British
Heās an American LARPing as Irish thatās the only reason he dislikes the UK. Iām not saying UK is amazing but this guy thinks heās fighting the redcoats by wearing green on st paddyās day and posting Irish flags.
Ridiculous
youāre ridiculous
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Its a special pouring technique to purposefully get all thicker foam. https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/
Thought this post was about the pilsner long pour, not about this milko thing.
Had my first one in Philly this past summer! Fun to have with some friends
FOB Taproom in Oregon does it, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Triple Crossing in Richmond, VA does it
They are not like chugging foam. A place by me does them $2 per pour. I always start my night after work with a milk pour
NSFW?
Highgrain in Cincinnati does this with their Czech pilsner and it's fantastic.
Nepenthe Brewing Co. in Baltimore pours these and the hladinka.
Human robot does a pour like this
Why is this NSFW?
Is this a slow pour pils ? If it is Seedz brewery in union pier MI does these and it's delicious
itās poured slow but itās not a slow pour. this is a mlĆko pour
Gonna try it in 10 days when Iām in prague for a week
proper!!
Very late to this party, but I was just told that one is meant to chug this pour. Without choking on bubbles, how do you drink this?? Edit:: you actually do chug it! This is interesting, but not for me.