A $765 Beer… Served in a Dead Squirrel (that died of natural causes), 55% alcohol

[Liberal_in_LA]

Brew Dog Pushes the Limits Again

If this is for real, Brew Dog has just earned top honors for the best beer ever created! Scottish
​Brewery, Brew Dog and its quest to push the limits of beer have created their last installment of ridiculously high ABV beers. The new brew, The End of History, checks in at 55%, which means it could actually double as lighter fluid. With a price tag of $732, that's probably not a wise decision. And what do you package the world's strongest beer in? Stuffed Roadkill, of course. The beer is packed in squirrels and stoats that dies of natural causes and then they are dressed in adorable outfits.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bella/2010/07/eaters.php


A $765 Beer… Served in a Dead Squirrel,
There are three things that make BrewDog’s End of History beer newsworthy. First, it’s 55% alcohol, which makes it the strongest beer brewed in the world… maybe even the strongest in the history of beers. Second, it’s priced at $765 a bottle, making it the most expensive beer on the market. (Just 12 bottles were produced.) And, finally, it’s packaged inside of a dead, preserved animal. Four squirrels, seven weasels and a hare were used as packaging materials for the potent brew.

Yup, that’s right: The Scottish found a way to unite beer and road kill.



http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifestyle/food-drink/765-beer-served-dead-squirrel

[slampoet]

1. Other than oak casks, how is this any different from whiskey or whisky?

[EOTE]

9. I'm guessing that it's not made with a mash.

It's probably brewed like somewhat like standard beer. As to how they achieve that 55% alcohol, I haven't a clue.

[Recursion]

11. It's not distilled

You get that high ABV in brewed beer by keeping the oxygen level high during fermentation (basically, constantly stir the wort very gently), using high-alcohol-tolerant yeast, and very slowly add the sugar over the course of a long period of time. I'm assuming a big reason it's so expensive is that somebody basically had to watch the batch 24/7 for months to maintain the precise sugar level they needed.

I've gotten up to 17% when I tried to do high ABV, and I had to use two weeks off to do it.

ON EDIT: I looked this up on some brewing boards I hang out on, and apparently they slowly freeze it (the water will freeze before the alcohol) and take out some of the ice gradually to get it to that high concentration. This is called "freeze distilling", but it apparently doesn't make this a spirit by whatever definition the relevant industries use.

[slampoet]

20. So essentially it is a more sophisticated "Apple Jack" freeze distilling.

OK i can see how that would taste different than whiskey.

Thanks for the education.

[blindpig]

12. It is fermented, not distilled.

Them's some bad ass yeasts.

[Recursion]

13. Though apparently if it's freeze-distilled it's still "beer"

I just looked it up on some brewing boards and apparently they're freeze-distilling it, which doesn't seem quite fair to me. Though ice wine is still wine and not brandy, so I guess there's precedent for that.

[Kali]

16. ice wine isn't freeze distilled

at least as I know it from Germany - it's when the grapes freeze as almost raisins on the vine - before harvest.

[slampoet]

21. OH! so that's why a lot of people pronounce the W as a V in Ice Wine.

Thanks for teaching me that.

[Kali]

22. Eiswein

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_wine

[rug]

24. It's in a squirrel.

[Recursion]

25. +1

:spray:

[Brickbat]

2. I think the thing that cracks me up the most in this whole thing is "adorable outfits."

And also, "reverence for Mr. Stoat." :rofl:

[Renew Deal]

3. They will be served at Chelsea Clinton's wedding

The squirrels will be in tuxedos. :beer:

That is the single coolest thing I have ever seen. Where can I find it?

[smalll]

4. Affluenza strikes again! /nt

[jah the baptist]

5. dupe

and btw

is the fat they died of natural causes better?

you want your beer in a diseased animal?

[Flipper999]

10. Hell yeah!

Because whenever I'm thirsty for a beer I think, "Boy, wouldn't it be great if my beer stared at me with the cold lifeless eyes of a dead rodent!"

[jah the baptist]

14. i wonder if anyone has gotten drunk and then sad and weepy looking at it nt

[Blue Owl]

6. I find the roadkill packaging a tad grotesque

just might detract from my enjoyment of a $765 beer.

[AnArmyVeteran]

23. What if it was roadkill Cheney looking up at you as your drank?

I'm terribly sorry for any disturbing thoughts that might have conjured up in your mind. And if you need therapy, I'll be glad to pay for it :)... *










* I was joking about paying for therapy!

[Swede]

7. Please,no more Clinton wedding stories.

[sui generis]

8. yep. warfarin will cause you to die of natural causes.

especially if you're a squirrel.

[Kali]

15. too funny

I once entered a local brew contest and won a third place for my "Dead Squirrel Stout"

you don't really want to know how it got its name

[uppityperson]

17. Roadkill is a natural cause of death? Who'd pay that much for a beer?

[Recovered Repug]

26. You can't use roadkill.

That would make the beer go flat.

[uppityperson]

27. owwww

[Initech]

18. I'd drink it.

[Stevenmarc]

19. Oh great a beer that my dog will attack