Strongest Beers in the World!

It usually takes a couple beers for anyone to get drunk. But recent brews have begun to exceed the norm for Alcohol By Volume (ABV). It is not uncommon nowadays for craft brews to be between 8-12% ABV. But why stop there? why not double that, or even triple. Modern techniques have now been perfected to give beer huge amounts of alcohol content, enough so to rival most spirits. So who are the top dogs when it comes to the world’s strongest beers?

Samuel Adams Utopias-25% ABV

In 2009, one of the worlds largest craft breweries released their special edition Utopias which had a whopping 25% ABV which was a rare thing in the US. This rare brew was aged for around 16 years in a variety of woods.

BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin-32% ABV

This Scottish Micro-Brewery devised a new way to raise their alcohol content by freezing their beer at a certain temperature. Since alcohol freezes and a lower temperature than water it could then be separated and isolated.  When the Tactical Nuclear Penguin was released in 2010 it was the strongest beer in the world. Recently Brew Dog has come out with even stronger beers like The End of History with a ABV of 55%

However, The title for the Strongest Beer in the world currently is…

Schorschbrau Schorschbock Finis Coronat Opus-57% ABV

The world record for the highest ABV beer currently belongs  to brewery Kleinbrauerei Schorschbrau for this Eisbock brew which is 17% more ABV than most spirits. In addition to being very strong, this beer is also very rare. There are only 36 bottles of this special edition beer available.

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