$750 bottle of beer served in dead animals.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7904698/Beer-to-be-sold-in-dead-animals.html

The stunt has been condemned by animal rights groups as "cheap marketing tactics".

Twelve bottles of The End Of History ale have been made and placed inside seven dead stoats, four squirrels and one hare.

And at 55 per cent volume, its makers claim it is the world's strongest beer.

A taxidermist in Doncaster worked on the animals, which were not killed for bottling the new drink, with some having been killed on the roads.

Outfits featured on some of the animals include a kilt and a top hat.

BrewDog, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, created the ale, which is stronger than whisky and vodka.

The brewer recommend the beer should be served in a shot or whisky glass ''to be enjoyed like a fine whisky''.

The firm's co-founder James Watt said: ''In true BrewDog fashion, we've torn up convention, blurred distinctions and pushed brewing and beer packaging to its absolute limits.

''This is the beer to end all beers. It's an audacious blend of eccentricity, artistry and rebellion; changing the general perception of beer, one stuffed animal at a time.

''The impact of The End Of History is a perfect conceptual marriage between taxidermy, art and craft brewing. The bottles are at once beautiful and disturbing - they disrupt conventions and break taboos, just like the beer they hold within them.''

The blond Belgian ale, infused with nettles and juniper berries, was created by BrewDog's brewers by freezing the liquid to separate water from the solution.

The process was then repeated dozens of times, requiring hundreds of litres of beer to be reduced through the process to produce just enough for a 330ml bottle.

BrewDog drew criticism from industry watchdog the Portman Group last year when it unveiled a 32% beer, Tactical Nuclear Penguin.

It has also faced claims that its 18.2 per cent Tokyo beer promoted excess.

In February, the firm launched Sink The Bismarck!, a 41 per cent volume ale.

The End Of History can be bought through the BrewDog website.

But animal campaigners and others hit out at BrewDog's latest offering.

Ross Minett, campaigns director for the charity Advocates for Animals, said: "Using shock tactics to get attention is terribly out of date, especially when this involves exploiting or degrading animals.

"The modern approach is to celebrate the wonders of animals and respect them as individual sentient creatures. I'm sure this would have much greater appeal with the animal-loving public.

"We will be getting in touch with BrewDog to advise them on what people today really think about animals and how a positive caring approach and appreciating live animals is the best way forward."

Barbara O'Donnell, director of services at Alcohol Focus Scotland, said: "This is another example of this company pushing the boundaries of acceptability, all in the pursuit of cheap marketing tactics."

However, Mr Watt argued that criticism of the beer's high strength was "totally misguided".

He said: "This artisan beer should be consumed in small servings whilst exuding an endearing pseudo vigilance and reverence for Mr Stoat.

"The real catalysts for a binge-drinking culture are not well- crafted beers but the monolithic corporate machines that have cultivated a culture of quantity rather than quality amongst UK beer drinkers."

He also responded to criticisms of the packaging of the product and stated: "I can think of no grander way to celebrate these animals than for them to be cherished by the lucky owners.

"The animals used to bottle The End Of History all died of natural causes - better to be celebrated and valued than left to rot."
 
Oh brewdog.......

They repeatedly freeze distill. I could do that. Putting it in a taxidermed animal? Not that crazy.
 
PETA=PITA, these animals were not purposely killed for this purpose, they all died of "natural causes". people got to have something to complain about though or they're not happy, whether it's vegetarian animal rights people or bible thumpers that believe it's not ok to imbibe a little.
 
PETA=PITA, these animals were not purposely killed for this purpose, they all died of "natural causes". people got to have something to complain about though or they're not happy, whether it's vegetarian animal rights people or bible thumpers that believe it's not ok to imbibe a little.

QFT

Also, I definitely wouldn't mind some of that there beer.
 
The are just trying to piss off the EU. They have been taking a lot of flack for brewing higher gravity beers that the EU deems "socially irresponsible" and those beers were merely imperial strengths. They responded by brewing a low gravity beer they named "Nanny State" then breaking the record for highest alcohol beer. Now they have a 110 proof beer wrapped in a dead animal. Priceless... They aren't even trying to sell it really at $750.
 
Tried this beer last night, they had a 'meet the brewers' night at my local and the brewdog guys brought one bottle along (a squirrel) for everyone to try. And....

...it was immense! Although the first sniff made my eyes water and the back of my throat burn, the intensity of flavour was amazing, everything about it was intense and incredibly supercharged with a surprisingly big hop kick. It was like beer tripping its tits off on numerous halucynogens.

Free £700 beer is always going to taste nice though isn't it! My experience of it was only slightly marred by a couple of meatheads who'd managed to worm their way in and get a glass, and when they saw me tentatively sipping at the stuff they said something along the lines of 'don't be a puff, just ****ing down it mate!' Yeah right!

Anyway a fine night was had with plenty of unusual free brewdog brews (and those you sadly had to pay for if you wanted more than an egg cups worth), I also managed to have punk IPA in three different forms as well - bottle, keg and cask, this secretly pleased the quite rightly repressed geeky beer ticker in me. Work was hard this morning though, blimey.
 
Haha people made fun of you for trying to enjoy your very expensive beer? If they were going to take it like a shot, they didn't deserve it at all.
 
Will Schorschbräu bite though, throughout this odd strongest beer in the world arms race/format war thing they'd had going with Brewdog the new 'strongest' beer releases have roughly been 3-4 months apart, the balls firmly in their court.
 
Why not just dump a shot of whiskey or two in an IPA, easier.

....and oh, probably wouldn't buy that stuff if I were a billionaire. Less desirable with the animals.
 
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