Exceptionally strong beers

Exceptionally strong beers

The strength of beers has climbed during the later years of the 20th century. Vetter 33, a 10.5% abv (33 degrees Plato, hence Vetter "33") doppelbock, was listed in the 1994 Guinness Book of World Records as the strongest beer at that time,[105][106] though Samichlaus, by the Swiss brewer Hürlimann, had also been listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the strongest at 14% abv.[107][108][109] Since then, some brewers have used champagne yeasts to increase the alcohol content of their beers. Samuel Adams reached 20% abv with Millennium,[99] and then surpassed that amount to 25.6% abv with Utopias. The strongest beer brewed in Britain was Baz's Super Brew by Parish Brewery, a 23% abv beer.[110][111]

The product that is claimed to be the strongest beer made is The End of History, a 55% Belgian ale,[100] made by the Scottish brewery BrewDog in 2010, who also made Sink The Bismarck!, a 41% abv IPA,[112] and Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a 32% abv Imperial Stout; these are made using the eisbock method of freeze distilling in which the brewery freeze distils a strong ale, gradually removing the ice and freezing again until the beer reaches the strength required,[113][114] a process that may class the finished products as spirits rather than beer.[115] The German brewery Schorschbräu's Schorschbock—a 31% abv eisbock,[116][117][118] and Hair of the Dog's Dave—a 29% abv barley wine made in 1994, both used the same freeze distilling method.[119] A 60% abv blend of beer with whiskey was jokily claimed as the strongest beer by a Dutch brewery in July 2010.[120][121]




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