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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*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.
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Lotta alcoholism in Scotland. I started watching “Monarch of the Glen” on the Netflix beeber last night. Great scenery.
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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“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?
I will remember that ... because the drifts around my house are rarely over a foot deep. LOL
Where do I find out where it’s going to be sold in New York City?
I have no idea, you could always e-mail the BrewDog Co across the pond and ask.
the dogfish head 120IPA goes $13-15/ 12oz bottle.
what i *really* want to try is brewdogs ‘sink the bismark.’ 40%.
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.
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