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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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To: OCCASparky

*Saw something similar in NYC a couple of years back. Little bar was selling some “beer” at 21 percent alcohol for something like $15/1 oz. shot. I asked the bartender if he had sold any yet. He just kinda chuckled, knowing I was getting more alcohol in one $4.50 Guinness than in that shot of beer. *

There’s more caffeine in a 20 oz coffee than in a shot of espresso, too, but people still drink espresso.


61 posted on 04/11/2010 1:07:52 PM PDT by j-damn
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62 posted on 04/11/2010 2:46:46 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Lazamataz

“Back when I used to drink.”
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When was that, last night?


63 posted on 04/11/2010 3:08:45 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: sionnsar

Lotta alcoholism in Scotland. I started watching “Monarch of the Glen” on the Netflix beeber last night. Great scenery.


64 posted on 04/11/2010 3:35:14 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Reality in my rear view mirror, driving toward the beach house in my mind ...)
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To: DTogo; Fred Nerks; TigersEye

This “brew dog” is nothing new.I mean if you wanted a heavy ale, try the native Scotland “McEwan’s Scottish Ale”. I once drank three pints on Christmas eve and made the mistake of going up on the roof to shovel it off along the edges in a driving snowstorm. Never felt a thing, plunged off the roof egde into a 10 foot drift head first. Just a few scratches, had to be dug out though.

Never drink a Scottish heavy ale and go up on a roof!

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65 posted on 04/11/2010 4:06:54 PM PDT by Candor7 (Now's the time to ante up against the Obama Fascist Junta ( member NRA))
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To: DTogo

“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”.

Scary? Was this written by a juvenile male?


66 posted on 04/11/2010 4:28:32 PM PDT by alarm rider (The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
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To: Candor7

I will remember that ... because the drifts around my house are rarely over a foot deep. LOL


67 posted on 04/11/2010 4:37:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (Duncan Hunter, Jim DeMint, Michelle Bachman, ...)
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To: DTogo

Where do I find out where it’s going to be sold in New York City?


68 posted on 04/11/2010 5:47:26 PM PDT by wastedyears (The Founders revolted for less.)
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To: wastedyears

I have no idea, you could always e-mail the BrewDog Co across the pond and ask.


69 posted on 04/11/2010 6:05:29 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: OCCASparky

the dogfish head 120IPA goes $13-15/ 12oz bottle.

what i *really* want to try is brewdogs ‘sink the bismark.’ 40%.


70 posted on 04/12/2010 4:15:11 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: DTogo
Good point. A bottle of Glenmoranghie would be better and go farther.

just finished a bottle of the glenmorangie sonalta. wow, good stuff.
71 posted on 04/12/2010 4:20:31 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: sionnsar

As I was drinking a Guiness Saturday night, I thought, “Why doesn’t Scotland make beer? They do a lot better job at scoth than the rest of the world does at whiskey.

Now you’ve gone made me craving a glass of Craggenmore.


72 posted on 04/12/2010 9:28:42 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (Akbar Zib)
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To: DTogo
has anything bad ever come out of Scotland

Haggis.
73 posted on 04/12/2010 10:29:40 AM PDT by BJClinton ("Worse" technically is "change".)
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