Release Brewmeister Brewery Releases Armageddon, World's Strongest Beer at 65% ABV

Placed an order for my once in a lifetime bottle today... After having both of the booze bombs that Brew Dog released this one should be like drinking paint thinner! Can't wait!!

 

A new contender for the worlds most obnoxious brewery crown currently held by Brewdog?

 

Was held by Brew Dog for a little bit but these guys were the main reason why they were going back and forth...

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/6513/73368

 

You just know this is going to go on until someone conjures a 99% ABV "beer"

At what point does beer become hopped whiskey?

 

When Sink The Bismark surpassed 40%

I would like a hopped up Everclear, http://www.luxco.com/public/brands/brands.asp?brandid=21

Even if you go blind at least you can still taste the hops!

 

Super curious and just went to buy one. It coincidentally ends up costing $65(ok $64.40 i rounded up). I'll have to pass. I can get a nice bottle of scotch for that much.

 

I can almost guarantee just from reading that press release that this will taste horrible.

 

Yes. They're trying to broaden their market share. They're shooting for the high alcohol loving porn crowd.

 

I bet it ages well and for decades ..

 

Just for kicks I went to order one. Once you add shipping to the US, you are looking at $79.44 for a single 330ml bottle...NO THANKS!

 

Did they say how long it takes to brew? As far as the price goes the retail for Sam Adams Utopia is about double ,so this seems like a bargain. I would never buy any of these so called "Beers" though they are best levee for being tried at festivals. The only beer I have enjoyed that was 20% or over was DFH 120 min at least at that point their is still carbonation and the mouthfeel still resembles beer

 

Wouldnt 99% be lethal?

 

At what point does beer become hopped whiskey?[/quote]


Beer becomes whiskey when it is distilled.

 

No.

It would be phenomenally expensive to break the azeotrope of 95.6% ethanol / 4.4% water in a safe manner. Almost all the industrial / lab grade stuff uses benzene or cyclohexane to break the azeotrope, and those are not good for you even in minuscule amounts. Not immediately fatal, of course.

 

I'd rather drink a good bottled in bond straight bourbon.

 

I think I will try and import some of the Black Cock Stout and distribute it to the Cathouses outside of Carson City and Reno. I bet the working girls would get a kick out of getting their patrons to buy them a black cock before business.

 

Damn I have problems justifying 40 and your telling me it's going to be 60+ dollars? Freak that shit!

That's like a dollar a %. you can keep it...

 

Yep. It's £40.00 (pounds). Conversion today is $64. Still a bit much for my pocketbook.

 

So the price on this has apparently been raised to £60.00. With shipping that's $110 usd. Granted, I paid almost that much /oz for Utopias, but I just can't imagine this one tasting very good. Has anyone tried it yet? Would like to know if I'm correct in thinking the only reason to drink it would be for the novelty.

 

Puts it into perspective.

 

In the interests of science (science!), I ordered a bottle, and it just arrived today. Took them a good while; I ordered it back in October. Not sure when I'll crack it open, but it will be with others for sure--I'm not expecting a particularly tasty experience, but it should be an interesting one

 

Several people are saying that this beer isn't really 65%, but lower - is there any way for consumers to know whether it is, in fact, 65% ABV or are we forced to just take the brewery's word for it (I assume there is a way, I would just like to be sure)?

 

Many home brewers use a hydrometer, widely available.

Better question is, who cares? This "product" is a pure publicity stunt, not actually conceived for enjoyment of the consumer.

 

I just saw lots of people saying there's "no way this is 65%" and it got me thinking about whether there were ways to objectively test for ABV. Thanks for answering - cheers.

 

I bet it is what it claims, otherwise they risk all kinds of backlash if people test it and its way off.

There are many other more complex methods as well, just wanted to note something one of could readily use.

The funny part is this stuff is a more ambitious version of "ice" beer that was so popular in the mid 90s for BMC.

 

+1 for the Thomas Dolby reference.

 

Tried it at a tasting last week, and the overall consensus what that it was pretty bad - the guy who bought it actually poured out the last couple ounces even though he paid close to $100! And it honestly tastes like something closer to 20%. I would be shocked if the bottle we had was above %30

 

Thanks for the feedback. Glad I'm not missing anything with this one.

 

I forgot I even ordered this stuff. Let's see I ordered it on Oct 31st and it is now January 9th, and their website says don't bother contacting them because they are busy...

 

That's some BS.

 

Ridiculous. This is a marketing stunt and nothing more. Avoid.

 

Gotta make just one thing clear
Freeze distilling don't make beer
Brew Dog jerks at least are funny
These guys only want your money.

Brewmeister indeed. Brewshyster more likely.

 

I continue to be amazed at the bashing and judgment of things unknown. 36 posts above this one and only one person has actually tasted it - he/she is entitled to his/her opinion. But, how anyone can comment without tasting it is astounding! And the bashing.....for no reason....continues!

Almost everything we purchase is so that the manufacturer/producer can make money! Why is Brewmeister criticized for it? You think Coca Cola is in business and spending hundreds of millions on ads because it's a non profit institution? Coke spends more on its ads than its product! The desire to make money holds true for the producer of milk, bread, eggs, bacon, beef, shirts, pants, cars, planes,......you name it. Hey, it even applies to beer! Ever hear of Budweiser or Miller? Talk about marketing! It's all marketing. I say good for Brewmeister! Capitalism at work. If you don't like it or don't want it......don't 'effing buy it! They're not putting a gun to anyone's head.

You don't have to like the beer. But if you want to bash it....at least taste it first. I dumped out Tactical Nuclear Penquin and Sink the Bismark - I thought they were both absolutely awful but I paid for the priviledge of tasting them before I commented.

I want to taste this one, just like I want to taste as many beers and styles as I can - that's part of the fun of it for me. I'll judge it after I taste it - not before.

 

What's with all the highschool kids in here making "black cock" jokes? Venture out of America, children. Cock is still a commonly used term for rooster in the UK.

 

Please point out the equivalent examples of all the products you mention that try to top others with silly stunts that bring their products into a realm of existence that allows the criticism to be properly leveled that those products no longer are milk, bread, eggs, bacon, beef, shirts, pants, cars, planes. And yeah if Boeing made a huge penis shaped plane and called it the Flying Penis, or if Pepperidge Farm made a bread they advertised is made with 30 times as much yeast, baked at 900 degrees, and you couldn't make a sandwich from it I would level the same criticism of pure hucksterism as the basis for their doing it, call them ass clowns, and wouldn't enrich them one penny by holding back criticism, or buying their product. People defend ass clowns all the time with similar defenses to yours and I laugh at them for doing it, and I laugh at you now. Unless you are prepared to justify the naming of a beer Black Cock or the making of a freeze distilled, overproof spirit, and trying to foist it on beer drinkers, as anything other than a silly stunt that would make Barnum go, "Damn, even I would't have sunk that low", which you didn't do in your post, just some faux outrage, then I suggest your post is foolish and valueless and disingenuous.

 

It's not so much the freeze distilling that I have a problem with, since eisbocks are made in a similar fashion and that's still very much beer in my opinion, but there is a line to be drawn somewhere between 12% and 65%. Clearly they aren't very confident in their ability to make great beers so they are choosing the gimmicky road to gain some short-lived notoriety. I think they failed though, I forgot the name of their brewery already.

 

I call your actual intelligence into question when you drainpour Tactical Nuclear Penguin and Sink the Bismark. Are you the one person in the world who bought these thinking they were something other than novelty beers? Apparently so.

 

If you're going to defend this beer just for the sake of exploration then I've got some homebrew to sell you, very rare, only found in my basement. I'll give you a discount cuz I like your style, 10 bucks a bottle! Credit card number please?