New Beer For The Corner. Served In Small Furry Creatures.

[twyacht]

Little pricey, but it's 55% brew. More like a sippin' whiskey..... What a great renewable resource....Roadkill.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38376048/ns/us_news-weird_news



 You'd expect a lot from a bottle of beer costing $765. What you get is 55 percent alcohol — and served in a squirrel.

According to Scottish firm BrewDog, "The End of History" is the "strongest, most expensive and most shocking beer in the world."

Just 12 bottles were made and the company has already sold out. They will be shipped out to buyers in the United States, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Scotland and England next week.

The dead animals which were used to create the beers' unusual appearance were four squirrels, seven weasels and a hare. All were roadkill, James Watt, co-founder of BrewDog, told msnbc.com.

The name of the blond Belgian ale is taken from the title of a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History and the Last Man" which the company said had been chosen to imply "this is to beer what democracy is to history."

Watt said the beer should be treated with care when drinking.

[Solus]

I don't think you can get 55% beer from natural fermentation?  Somewhere around 10% was the max I thought.

Wonder what process was used to boost it to 55.

[jaybet]

How long has the weasel been peeing in the bottle?

[Timothy]

I don't think you can get 55% beer from natural fermentation?  Somewhere around 10% was the max I thought.

Wonder what process was used to boost it to 55.

I'd like to know myself as beer technology is interesting to me!

Sam Adams has a high end expensive beer that's pushing 28% by volume for about 500 bucks.  Says you're supposed to sip it like brandy.

I have an idea how the ferret filled the bottle but doubt I'd enjoy the flavor...

[Timothy]

From VP Gores invention...  the interweb...

The strength of beers has climbed during the later years of the 20th century. Vetter 33, a 10.5% abv (33 degrees Plato, hence Vetter "33"), doppelbock, was listed in the 1994 Guinness Book of World Records as the strongest beer at that time, though Samichlaus, by the Swiss brewer Hürlimann, had also been listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the strongest at 14% abv.

Since then, some brewers have used champagne yeasts to increase the alcohol content of their beers. Samuel Adams reached 20% abv with Millennium, and then surpassed that amount to 25.6% abv with Utopias. The strongest beer brewed in Britain was Baz's Super Brew by Parish Brewery, a 23% abv beer.  The beer that is claimed to be the strongest yet made is Sink The Bismarck!, a 41% abv IPA, made by BrewDog, who also made Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a 32% abv Imperial Stout, using the eisbock method of freeze distilling - in November 2009 the brewery freeze distilled a 10% ale, gradually removing the ice until the beer reached 32% abv.  The German brewery Schorschbräu's Schorschbock—a 31% abv eisbock, and Hair of the Dog's Dave—a 29% abv barley wine made in 1994, both used the same freeze distilling method.

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[Solus]

Thanks, Timothy.

I like the Freeze Distilling process.  I had not heard of it before.

Seems it would keep the beer being"beer" by just removing water to make it stronger.

Don't like the high prices...and beer has always been a drinking rather than sipping pleasure for me.

Strongest I've tried is Maudite by Unibroue  at 9%      http://www.unibroue.com/en/beers/maudite/product

[Hazcat]

I'd guess Crusader and my home brew at around 10%.

[Johnny Bravo]

Oh Great............now we have to feed the beer mugs?

[Solus]

I'd guess Crusader and my home brew at around 10%.

I need to learn how to do that....

[Hazcat]

I need to learn how to do that....

Dead simple.  http://www.beerandwinemaking.com/