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Super-High Alcohol Beer Heads to the U.S. (Scotland's BrewDog)
Yahoo! News / TIME ^ | April 11, 2010 | Sean Gregory

Posted on 04/11/2010 8:14:00 AM PDT by DTogo

Thanks to a war between European brewing companies, it's never been easier to catch a healthy beer buzz. Or get yourself totally sloshed. In November BrewDog, a Scottish microbrewery started three years ago, released a new brand, dubbed Tactical Nuclear Penguin. The beer set a new record by weighing in at a scary 32% alcohol-by-volume, over six times the strength of familiar domestic brands like Budweiser.

...Jim Watt, one of BrewDog's co-founders, says that some 400 bottles of Tactical Nuclear Penguin are in the process of being shipped to a few stores in California and New York City, including a Whole Foods location; about half of the consumers buying beer from the BrewDog website are from the U.S. Watt's eyes are clearly fixed on the American market. "We're keen to push the envelope," says Jim Watt, one of BrewDog's co-founders, "and challenge people's perceptions of how beer can be enjoyed."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beer; brewdog; scotland
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Bag pipes, William Wallace, BrewDog... has anything bad ever come out of Scotland?
1 posted on 04/11/2010 8:14:01 AM PDT by DTogo
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To: DTogo
Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Catchy name. : D

2 posted on 04/11/2010 8:16:27 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: DTogo

Awesome!!


3 posted on 04/11/2010 8:16:30 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: DTogo

64 proof beer will go over well with the college crowd.


4 posted on 04/11/2010 8:19:51 AM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: DTogo

Unfortunately, normal brewing processes limit alcohol content to 14 percent by volume. Plus this stuff ain’t cheap. Boston Beer Co. (maker of Sam Adams) makes a 27 percent brew called Utopias that goes for $150 a bottle. Dogfish Head also makes a 27 percent beer, but no idea what they want for it.


5 posted on 04/11/2010 8:20:27 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: DTogo

” six times the strength of familiar domestic brands like Budweiser.”

Budweiser is NOT BEER!


6 posted on 04/11/2010 8:21:15 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

32%? Jeez. You might as well just hook up an alcohol IV drip.


7 posted on 04/11/2010 8:23:19 AM PDT by Shaun_MD (Goldwater Conservative)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

Meh—looks/tastes more like cognac, from what I’m told. And who can afford $150 a bottle in this O-conomy?


8 posted on 04/11/2010 8:23:53 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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To: EGPWS; KoRn; knews_hound

Wonder what it tastes like. My recent preferred beer, aside from homebrew, is anything Harpoon. More flavorful than Sam Adams, not as pricey as Dog Fish Head. IMHO.


9 posted on 04/11/2010 8:23:56 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Getta beeeer, dump in some vodka, poooooof! High octaragnie beeer...(burp) - sreeel gggood to!


10 posted on 04/11/2010 8:24:18 AM PDT by Huebolt (Some people are born to be slaves. They register as democrats.)
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To: DTogo

Haggis.


11 posted on 04/11/2010 8:24:24 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Don't think of work as 5 days on, 2 days off. Instead think 4 nights on, 3 off.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Budweiser is NOT BEER!

An understatement!

12 posted on 04/11/2010 8:25:29 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Rebelbase
Haggis sounds gross, but I've never had it, would try it.

Scotland's single malt whiskey's are also fantastic.

13 posted on 04/11/2010 8:27:22 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: DTogo

” Tactical Nuclear Penguin costs about $53 bucks a bottle...”

....oh yeah, that’s gonna go over real big in a time of high unemployment.


14 posted on 04/11/2010 8:27:22 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: OCCASparky
Boston Beer Co. (maker of Sam Adams) makes a 27 percent brew called Utopias that goes for $150 a bottle.

Yikes. A regular Sam Adams and shot of Maker's Mark will do the same thing for $10.

15 posted on 04/11/2010 8:27:23 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: DTogo

Real men drink Coors.


16 posted on 04/11/2010 8:30:29 AM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: DTogo
Wonder what it tastes like.

Well, going by the name it could be anywhere from penguin p1$$ to radium. ; )

Seriously, I bet it's great.....in low volume consumption.

I bet it takes some doing to freeze it too.

17 posted on 04/11/2010 8:30:43 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: DTogo
has anything bad ever come out of Scotland?

Yes. Gordon Brown.

18 posted on 04/11/2010 8:31:00 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Huebolt
Getta beeeer, dump in some vodka, poooooof!

POOF ... you have Baltica 9

19 posted on 04/11/2010 8:32:59 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Something is seriously wrong when the .gov plans to treat citizens worse than they treat terrorists)
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To: Huebolt

“Getta beer, dump in some vodka...”

I say “ERRRRRRRRRPP!!!” to that!

;^)


20 posted on 04/11/2010 8:33:14 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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