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World's strongest beer - guaranteed to dent your wallet if not your liver

NewsCore
July 23, 2010 1:09AM

Beer 55 per cent alcohol Bottles cost $855 each
Presented in stuffed animal



Bottles of The End of History come wrapped in the bodies of stuffed animals. Picture: BrewDog Source: Supplied

THE world's strongest beer can be yours for a mere £500 ($855) a bottle.

The blond Belgian ale, named The End of History, is an astonishing 55 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) and is presented in a case made from stuffed animals, including stoats and squirrels.

Made by BrewDog, based in Scotland, the beer is infused with fresh juniper berries and nettles from the Scottish Highlands and was developed using an extreme freezing technique.

Hundreds of pints of beer were used during the process, which was repeated dozens of times to produce just enough for a 330 milliliter bottle - hence the record breaking cost. James Watt, the company's co-founder, said: "This is the beer to end all beers."

BrewDog drew criticism last year over the launch of a 32 per cent beer, which was later trumped by a German brewery that produced a 40 per cent strength liquor -- BrewDog then created Sink the Bismark, at 41 per cent. Mr Watt said The End of History was made to offer beer drinkers more choice.

“We want to show people there is an alternative to monolithic corporate beers, introduce them to a completely new approach to beer and elevate the status of beer in our culture." He said the first two bottles were sold to a beer fan in Denmark.