Milk+beer: Two great tastes that taste great together?

Hey, it's sounds a little like a posset. A drink made with milk; beer and nutmeg that was a popular hangover/tummyache cure in the Middle Ages. Still wouldn't the chemistry sounds bad on this one. Isn't milk going sour the same as milk fermenting? One of you science types ought to know, how about it?

Why don't they just put the cows on an all beer liquid diet and there would be no need for all this mixing nonsense...

Bilk? As in bilk the honest beer drinker out of his hard earned money? Okay, here goes. No milk in the beer. Man law? Man law!

My grandmother and her sisters always drank a " milk Punch" in the morning. It consisted of milk and beer!

Ladies and Gentleman of the Inexperienced & Uneducated to the world of Beer Consumption; THIS IS NOT A "NEW" Concept!! The people of the Caribbean Islands HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS!! They've mix Stouts and Lagers with milks, creams, nuts, spices, and berries; and I might added these elixirs are tasty to the tongue, filling to the belly and quite refreshing to the soul. It is also rumored that these concoctions enhance sexual libido and stamina. Wake Up - and do your homework people!!

I seem to recall that, in one of John Steinbeck's books ("Cannery Row" or "Sweet Thursday," I think) the character "Doc" always wanted to know what a beer milk shake tasted like; I believe he tried it and found it disappointing.

How about this from the Yard House Restaurant:
DRAFT BEER FLOATS
Young’s Chocolate Stout with vanilla ice cream 6.50

Lindeman's Framboise with vanilla ice cream 6.50

Is this a cure for an ulcer?

for all the beer i've drank over the years, this is a new concept to me. when you start talking about spices, nuts, creams, and everything else, it sounds somewhat appealing. but my initial reaction to the idea of beer mixed with milk on the verge of spoiling was...an uneasy stomach. sour, nauseous, blah. i don't drink animal milk, but soy/rice etc milk sounds no more appetizing. i'll keep the milky white stuff out of my hops for now.

There is nothing new under the sun. Beer drinkers in Portland, Oregon delight in having ice cream in dark beer, which was invented by Greg Higgins of Higgins restaurant and popularized by Beer Enthusiast Fred Eckhardt in his numerous beer tastings around the country. Expand your taste buds. Enjoy!

It should be mentioned that this "bilk" is NOT beer mixed with milk. I just tried mixing beer and milk and while the result doesn't look all that appetizing, it actually just tastes like beer. It goes down more easily too. I think bilk could take off.

(I mixed 3/4 of a cup of milk with a 12 oz beer)