Sam Adams is gonna be pissed. I think "World's Strongest Beer" is one of their major selling points for Utopias, right?
Yea I've seen a video with them talking about how proud they were of it and how they feel like they've made brewing history.
I'd be full of myself too if I ran Boston Brewing Company. I was going to ask how this was made since I thought yeast could only reach 25% or so...I was thinking distillation but I guess that really wouldn't be a beer then. Never heard of the freeze concentrate...learn something new every day!
Look up the style called eisbock. It has been done for a long time, and is a popular way of boosting ABV.
I hope to get to try this beer. James from Brewdog is good friends with my local bar owner, so I'm sure it'll make its way to my area.
Just out of curiousity, how much does a bottle of Utopias cost, and how much does a case of Sam Adams Imperial Series cost?
There are two awesome bars with over 500 kinds of beer in stock. They are in Philly, owned by the same guy...they should definitely pick those up. I'll be damned if I can think of the name of the places though. Someone on here knows what I'm talking about though. Their list of brews in stock is literally a book.
I was just thinking that too! if it makes it anywhere in the states, it'll be at Hamilton's!
utopias is overrated in my opinion, how can you even call it beer at that abv percentage and not even carbonate it. its a malt brandy
At any rate, I'd love to get my hands on one of those Tactical Nuclear Penguins. (Really? No penguin emoticon?)
Being a snob about BMC is sad and tired. Being a snob about a beer that's too much beer to handle is new and amusing.
What is BMC?
Its a new beer - 32% ABV.
How is this possible ?
Speculation is that they're freeze concentrating the beer to up the alcohol %age.
Exactly my thoughts, these guys just did this for all the attention. It's not the worlds strongest beer, it's just another gimmick from Brewdog. I guess you could call it "beer concentrate", just add water and carbonate to have something that actually tastes like beer.I think Utopias still holds the title for strongest beer. As I recall it is not fortified or been frozen to increase the alcohol. Once you do that you enter a new category.
Exactly my thoughts, these guys just did this for all the attention. It's not the worlds strongest beer, it's just another gimmick from Brewdog. I guess you could call it "beer concentrate", just add water and carbonate to have something that actually tastes like beer.
Edit: Haha 1 Bottle Batch 2 Shipped to U.S.A. = $123. I hate Brewdog more by the day.
I hate them for capitalizing on gimmicky unbalanced disasters that they call beer. How do you not hate a brewery that freeze distills an average strength beer and thinks charging $50 for 330ml bottle of it is okay?You hate them for doing something fun? Do you hate Dogfish Head and Stone, too? Seems like misplaced hatred to me.
I hate them for capitalizing on gimmicky unbalanced disasters that they call beer. How do you not hate a brewery that freeze distills an average strength beer and thinks charging $50 for 330ml bottle of it is okay?
That's for a preorder of one bottle of batch two directly from the brewery, not some spiked ebay price.It sold out, so there's a market for it.
That's for a preorder of one bottle of batch two directly from the brewery, not some spiked ebay price.
Haha, I'm all about some of their Imperial stuff, but I think Mr. Koch can be a bit full of himself sometimes. Of course, that's what it takes to run a major brewery and make the mass public think it's some kind of craft brewing operation.
At any rate, I'd love to get my hands on one of those Tactical Nuclear Penguins. (Really? No penguin emoticon?)
Sorry Will, but Boston Beer Company really is a craft brewing operation. They brew a crazy amount of beers, and even the ones I don't like so much are well brewed. They are the largest craft brewery, but only have about .5% of the market share for the states. The only difference between them and other similarly sized breweries like Sierra Nevada is they have tv ads.
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