Super-High-Alcohol Beer Heads to the U.S.

Posted by IdaSpode on April 12, 2010, 2:35 pm

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As high as 82 proof (41% ABV)

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1978705,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly

IdaRumGuy

Posted by Tiago on April 12, 2010, 3:48 pm

Local walmart once had a sale on Amsterdam beer. Three pack with a 6%,
8% and 11%. Drank from weakest to strongest and spent the afternoon
drooling on couch...
http://costibebidas.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/amsterdam.jpg

-- T

Posted by Dean H on April 12, 2010, 4:15 pm

Very nice.

...The CR5 of beer. Think before you twist.

Posted by scrape on April 12, 2010, 10:07 pm

wrote:

That ain't beer.
Ale yeast will only ferment to ~9 or 10%. Champagne yeast will only
get to around 14%. That's got to be fortified or distilled.

Posted by IdaSpode on April 12, 2010, 11:05 pm

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:07:59 -0400, scrape

Guess you didn't read the article?

"As explained in a cheeky video on the company's website (warning: the
clip contains simulated penguin sex), the brewery was able to attain
the high alcohol content by freezing the beer at a local ice cream
factory, at temperatures as low as -6°C (21°F), for 21 days. Alcohol
freezes at lower temperatures than water, and removing water from the
solution increased the alcohol concentration."

Just when does "beer" cross over to the "liquor" realm?

DJ