The Ultimate Beer????

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The world's strongest beer 25% alcohol

This is on sale at the Porterhouse on Parliament St. for a nominal fee of €125.00 a bottle ( nice bottle by the way):D

Was there last week, the barman kindly showed me a bottle, but I couldn't in all honesty justify spending that much money,on something that's probably going to be like trying to drink tar through a straw.

So, the question is: has any boards member thrown caution to the wind and tried this????

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Wow, i wonder how they kept the yeast alive at that sort of alcohol content, it seems impossible, unless it was some mad mutated strain.

They could have cheated though...

Next time someone offers me a drink in the porterhouse, i'll have that!

guildofevil

They use two different, highly specialised, yeast strains, pitched several times during the fermentation process. I have also heard that they use Alpha Amylase in the fermentor, to break down some of the more complex sugars in the beer, turning them into fermentable ones, so that the beer doesn't end up with a treacle like consistency.

Can't say I've ever tried it, or ever plan to. €125 is just too much.

Theta

Its pretty widely available in most good offo's! The older vintages sell for more money sometimes up to a thousand euro! Its tastes more like a port than a beer app! They also did a sam adams triple bock for 2000! It sells for like 1200 a bottle!

oblivious

The reviews where mixed. It’s not all gain brew, they do a continuous feed of sugar (maple syrup is part of it I think) as its ferments allowing the yeast to hit the higher percentages. 25% beer can be done, but for 125 euro I would want one made with all grain

jrar

Just have a few bottles of Bush beer at 12% instead - far cheaper, easier to get, and pretty tasty for a beer of that strength !

guildofevil

For that kind of money I would want it made out of angels wings and Minotaur horns.

oblivious

Unicorn horn not good enough anymore!

guildofevil

A bit bland for my taste. I like the musky flavour you only get with a late boil addition of Minotaur horn.