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Tactical Nuclear Penguin, the World's Strongest Beer

Posted by samzenpus on from the shot-of-beer dept.

cheros writes "No, it's not a new game, and it's not a new Linux distro either (although it would be quite a name), it's beer. What's more, it's not your average new taste either, it's incredibly strong stuff with 32% alcohol. Please do not drink too much of this, or you'll become too risky to cremate."

13 of 21 comments (clear)

  1. What about the yeast? by Billy+the+Mountain · · Score: 1

    Wow, that's pretty strong stuff. What kind of yeast strain can withstand that level of alchohol? The Ninja yeast that Sam Adams uses is good to about 25% or so. Is the yeast open source?

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    1. Re:What about the yeast? by kick6 · · Score: 1

      They probably add ethanol after the brew process. Most of the majors already do this.

    2. Re:What about the yeast? by snl2587 · · Score: 1

      Which makes me question the quality of the beer. And if they just add it in, what's to stop me from taking a bottle of lab-grade ethanol, putting a drop of beer in it, and claiming the record for the world's strongest beer?

    3. Re:What about the yeast? by psyque · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because nobody would survive to confirm it.

    4. Re:What about the yeast? by gujo-odori · · Score: 1

      No, you can drink pure ethanol. Not much of it, but you can drink it. Everclear is (was?) pretty close to pure alcohol.

    5. Re:What about the yeast? by RockDoctor · · Score: 1

      No, you can drink pure ethanol. Not much of it, but you can drink it.

      Confirmed, from personal experience. A friend would bring a 250ml bottle of absolute ethanol down to the mountaineering club's new year meets to see the old year out with a kick. Biological grade reagent - several hundred pounds per bottle at the time. The exact concentration is a bit dubious, because it's hygroscopic (absorbs water from the atmosphere), but it's close enough to "100%" to satisfy the chemist in my background.
      It's more like "inhaling" than "drinking" ; you can barely taste it and it's main progress is a wave of cold fire into the back of your throat.

      Give me a still and a fire to fuel her by ... (to mis-quote Earendil, or the Ancient Mariner, or someone).

      35% - witout RTFA, I know it'll be a "fortified drink", which is perfectly respectable as long as that's how it's described. Is that those nutters from Peterhead again? I'm still trying to get some of their "Speedball".
      Pere Trappistier for the Belgians ; "Shotgun" for me ; nothing wrong with a Penguin joining the illustrious company though.

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    6. Re:What about the yeast? by Xargle · · Score: 1

      It's ice distilled from a good regular beer.

      Process is outlined in this quite entertaining video : http://vimeo.com/7812379

    7. Re:What about the yeast? by Matt_Bennett · · Score: 1

      I was under the impression that 100% ethanol was dangerous to drink straight because of its hygroscopic properties- as it would essentially draw the moisture out of the lining of your throat, creating what the body would treat as a burn- inflammation, swelling, generally something you don't want associated with your airway. Did you actually drink it, or was it more of a 'slurping' type of aerosolization?

    8. Re:What about the yeast? by techess · · Score: 1

      My favorite high alcohol beer is 307 ale. It is 153.5% alcohol, and a great drinking song.

      http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/307_ale.htm

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    9. Re:What about the yeast? by RockDoctor · · Score: 1

      Drink it straight down. No noticeable problems with drying out the throat. You're not drinking the stuff by the litre, after all. (What would the lethal dose of pure ethanol be? In the order of a half-litre?)

      Hmmm, my braincell tells me that injection of significant quantities of high-grade ethanol into the stomach has been used as a method of inducing stomach cancers in rodents. Don't know where I know that from.
      But so what? It's not as if anyone was unaware that the "toxic" in "intoxication" is the same "toxic" that you see in "toxic", and means "toxic".

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    10. Re:What about the yeast? by Gilmoure · · Score: 1

      ...it's like drinking kerosene.

      Don't you oppress my people, bu##7*@$er!

      (just sayin)

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      I drank what? -- Socrates
    11. Re:What about the yeast? by Gilmoure · · Score: 1

      You can make a crude brandy this way with freezing wine.

      (thank you, H. Beam Piper for this info)

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      I drank what? -- Socrates
  2. Re:Well, I think that you are wrong in this case by nullchar · · Score: 1

    Oh, so it's plain ol ice beer. Gross.

    If they find some antarctic strain of yeast that could withstand 32% alcohol, let me know!