Japanese Scientists have discovered how to make a alcoholic beverages from wood.
Researchers from Japan's Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute who have been experimenting with the unconventional ingredient, obtain sugar for fermenting by grinding tree bark into a paste, then extracting the sugar with chemical processes.
The beverage made by this process is similar to rice wine, Japan’s favourite alcoholic drink, and it’s creators hope to have it commercially available by 2021.