Strongest beer in the world?

[calumscott]

they used to make this but dont anymore because hmrc sued them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJDO1_nt5b8

They still do it. HMRC didn't sue them, they have a distillers licence. Tactical nuclear penguin is made by the same method, they pay spirit duty on that too.

 

[Asalpaws]

Must say I would be interested to try a bit, I like whiskey and would be interested to see what a hopped/ complex malt bill whiskey would taste like. So I can see the point if only to provide a different taste experience.

 

[chris2012]

As far as i'm aware is Samuel Adams Utopia is the strongest
beer in the world. It doesn't mention anything about distillation. It says they use a champagne yeast and their own yeast.

I'm wondering if they use some variant of wlp099 which is supposed to be able to ferment to 25%.

 

[Asalpaws]

That's an interesting yeast, several people mention using US-05 first and then adding the 099....... Thing is I'm not sure I could let a beer condition for 2 - 3 years !

 

[calumscott]

Utopias is 24%. Brewdog claim 28% for ghost deer...

 

[chris2012]

Nope, the latest Utopias is 29%.

 

[fermentall]

Any rise on 29,going once-goin ...........