Soft-Serve Beer Foam By Japanese Brewery Kirin Now Available In Tokyo (VIDEO)

The Japanese brewery giant Kirin is introducing soft-serve frozen beer foam that supposedly keeps a beer cold for 30 minutes.

The hottest new discovery in the beer world may actually be frozen.

That's because a team of inventors at the Japanese brewing giant Kirin have figured out how to create frozen foam and dispense it on top of a beer like soft-serve ice cream, MSNBC.com reported.

The innovation has chilling implications for the beer industry, as the foam is frozen to 23 degrees Fahrenheit and air is continuously blown into it. When the literally ice-cold beer is placed onto regular, unfrozen beer, it acts as an insulating lid and keeps the drink cold for 30 minutes, according to Gizmag.com.

The frozen foam machine is only available in Tokyo, but The Daily Meal predicts it will soon be a hot item in the United States.

But it's not the only ice cold innovation coming to the rescue of boozehounds.

Joseph Company International will soon be launching its West Coast Chill all-natural energy drink, which will come in a special patented "Chill Can" that can decrease the temperature of the liquid inside by 30 degrees Fahrenheit when buyers press a tab on the can, Gizmag.com reported.

In addition, the LG appliance company recently unveiled a new refrigerator with a built-in "Blast Chiller" that can cool a can of beer or soda to ice-cold in just a few minutes.

But while companies are spending lots of money figuring out how to get beer and other beverages cold as ice, an Atlanta craft brewery called Frozen Pints has decided to focus on making a product that is literally cool, by selling ice cream made from craft beer flavors like Peach Lambic, Pumpkin Ale and Cinnamon Espresso Stout.

So far, the ice creams are only available at select events in Atlanta, but are creating such a brew-haha that the company owners hope to bring them into area stores soon.

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Comments

[jugglingtam]

09:38 AM on 04/16/2012

Well... that about does it for me. I see one great thing here in Japan and than something else comes out and blows me away. I quit ;)

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[gneep]

07:52 PM on 04/15/2012

Ever tasted Kirin Beer? No thank you.

[Sorenson]

04:00 PM on 04/13/2012

2002 called, they want their midi synthasizer back.

[debRam]

02:08 PM on 04/13/2012

I want some.

[jscratz]

10:29 AM on 04/13/2012

YUK !!!
Czech beer, (Bernard, Primator, Skalak, Svijany) with a proper 7 minute pour is the best !!
A slow pour means creamy foam, less carbonation, and a not so cold beer. Mmmmmmm. :-)

[Susan Shaffer]

06:28 PM on 04/12/2012

I've had this already when I put the beer in the freezer to quickly chill it. left it in too long and when you open the bottle it fizzes up and then the beer comes out like a slushie.
interesting about the white head on the beer.

[jenniferkizzy]

01:49 PM on 04/12/2012

alas once again don't drink and tweet it's not good

[lager1000]

01:35 PM on 04/12/2012

I really like this idea.

[drkharbinger]

12:41 PM on 04/12/2012

Waiting for 7-11 to pick these up! Beer Sluuurpees!

[FallenAngel2971]

12:22 PM on 04/12/2012

Beer slushies :) Now the Japanese have officially thought of everything!

[wizardneedsbeer]

11:38 AM on 04/12/2012

““Many hammer all over the wall and believe
that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.””

[daddyo1109]

11:08 AM on 04/12/2012

beer slushies, I love it.

[Uncle Rico]

10:09 AM on 04/12/2012

Beer ice cream smoothies and floats sound like gimmicks for folks who really don't like beer to begin with.

[FallenAngel2971]

12:24 PM on 04/12/2012

It isn't ice cream. The head on the beer is frozen, so it is essentially a beer slushie, much like a frozen Coke or Mountain Dew.

[12crunch]

10:07 AM on 04/12/2012

I want the peach lambic ice cream! Yummy!

[Arn Arn]

09:24 AM on 04/12/2012

Why would you need to keep a beer cold for 30 minutes?

[mcinnisja]

12:31 PM on 04/12/2012

Beats me. Lock yourself out of the house? Passed out? Abducted by aliens?

[jscratz]

10:31 AM on 04/13/2012

lol. Best laugh of the day. Thanks !!!

[wendygoerl]

01:31 PM on 04/12/2012

Because you're broke and you have to nurse it? Because your seats are a fifteen-minute fight away from the concession stand? Because it's so hot the beer's warm five minutes after you pour it?

Seriously, I work in a cinema where we switched from tap beer to all bottles because, even though we had ice buildup in our keggerator, people complained our beer was warm.