A new tipple...

[BPI]

Perhaps a little perky for casual consumption but for that special session it might hit the spot...

http://www.brewdog.com/product.php?id=47

...can't say I like the label, not very classy, though after ½ a pint I doubt I'd care

Cheers, B.

 

[cheelfy]

That's good kind of beer.

 

[DXM]

Wow...40 pounds for 1 bottle
For that amount you can buy a case of beer and a bottle of jack and mix your own.
I tried a beer here in Canada call Brador and it was 6%, Didn't really like it because you started to taste the alcohol and loose the flavor of the beer..
You're right the label sucks.
The best beer presentation I saw was a beer called 10-w30
They sold their beer in 5 litre plastic Motor oil jugs.:beerwave:
I tried it and it was actually very good.

 

[IdofEntity]

This kind of reminds me of the Sam Adam's Utopia. Not that I've ever had one of those, and probably never will. The Utopia is supposedly to be sipped at like you would a cognac. If I'm having a beer, I'll stick with hometown Yeungling. Or Guinness.

 

[freakinacage]

expensive and i bet it tastes of crotch

 

[DannyBoy2k]

Can't say for CROTCH...but I've had quite a few types of beer above 6%...and with a few exceptions, they certainly don't taste like BEER. They taste of nothing but chemicals and alcohol. So, I think I'll stay with Fuller's. And a few others of course, but mostly Fuller's.

 

[BPI]

Hoegaarden Grand Cru is on the supermarket shelves at 8.5% & tastes like posh Special Brew, 9%, without the connotations :beerwave:

Cheers, B.

 

[freakinacage]

Can't say for CROTCH...but I've had quite a few types of beer above 6%...and with a few exceptions, they certainly don't taste like BEER. They taste of nothing but chemicals and alcohol. So, I think I'll stay with Fuller's. And a few others of course, but mostly Fuller's.

strongest beer i have tried was 13% and that wasn't too bad. was at an ale festival. usually above 6% though and they taste like crap

 

[ScottRadom]

I'll stick with my 5% quality union made swill thanks. Just keep 'em coming! I am going to drink a heroic amount this weekend, I'll see if they have any of the "Good stuff" where we're going. Though I find round here that usually means they pour a schooner of whatever and just charge twice as much.

Do they do schooner's in the UK? Here it's a mug with 40oz's I think. A pint is what, 32oz? I should know, but we're metricated over here.

Man I can't wait to get out again. It's been a while since I've seen some of the crew we're going with. Good times, bad stories!

 

[SkelettetS]

That's good kind of beer.

hey, youre only 14 right? too young to drink beer!:kiss:

 

[Chrome]

@:skelettets: do remember that he's french, we all know they get breast-fed wine as toddlers!

 

[Spacemunkie]

expensive and i bet it tastes of crotch

If only crotch tasted of beer.....

 

[Einion]

Strong beers are, like anything, an acquired taste. Many people who don't like strong beer don't like beer with a flavour much beyond lager or pilsner, and often wouldn't enjoy any beer at room temperature... when you can actually taste it properly :tongue:

Apart from that it does depend on how they're produced. As we all know - or should! - alcohol is a toxin and it kills yeast above a certain percentage, usually around 13-15%. But anyway, if they're made exclusively by traditional brewing means (including freeze distillation) they tend to have a better flavour than if they're 'enhanced'.

As far as the label goes, this is in keeping with the company's entire range:
http://www.brewdog.com/beer.php

Here's a wee something about Sink The Bismark! worth reading on BeerAdvocate.

Einion

 

[Spacemunkie]

I just wonder why you'd want to drink something like that when you could be drinking a decent scotch or bourbon (or whatever other spirit floats yer boat). I've yet to taste a decent beer that was any more than about 12%.

I'd certainly give it a go if I found a bottle over here though...

 

[Phaty]

Well - can you still call that a beer ? As a czech I basically live on beer from my 4th birthday or so (something like vine for French I guess), but this one is probably out of my usual day taste Anyway - nice to know I guess - sweet hint BPI

 

[DannyBoy2k]

I'll stick with my 5% quality union made swill thanks. Just keep 'em coming! I am going to drink a heroic amount this weekend, I'll see if they have any of the "Good stuff" where we're going. Though I find round here that usually means they pour a schooner of whatever and just charge twice as much.

Do they do schooner's in the UK? Here it's a mug with 40oz's I think. A pint is what, 32oz? I should know, but we're metricated over here.

Man I can't wait to get out again. It's been a while since I've seen some of the crew we're going with. Good times, bad stories!

*sigh* Pints, and fluid ounces, and whatever, all varies depending. Since you're in Canada, I would presume that you use US oz(29.6 ml). Which are slightly less than Imperial oz(28.4 ml). BUT, one pint in Imperial is 20 oz, as opposed to 16 in the US, making an Imperial pint(568 ml) bigger than the US(473 ml). As for Schooner, the only official measure by that name I know is an AUSTRALIAN one, which is 15 Imperial oz, which then equal 3/4th of a pint, or about 425ml. Otherwise, I can only find a BRAND called that...which is Canadian, too....

 

[IdofEntity]

The education-be-damned state that I'm in right now just passed legislation for the sale of higher alcohol beers. We're starting to see High-Gravity beers (not exactly sure why they call them that) and microbreweries putting out higher alcohol content beer. There's a new brew down at my local dive that sells an 8% (Andy Gator, I think) and a 12% (don't remember what it's called. I drank too much of it.)

Does anyone know what a Guinness Stout's alcohol content is?

 

[Donga]

Does anyone know what a Guinness Stout's alcohol content is?

About 4%, not that strong but if you drink enough of it, it gives you black poo Not at bad a whisky poos, bit like Sugar pops really. First piss smells of whiskey, that includes 25 year old Glen Morangi (sp?)i.

I once drank a 'real ale' called 'Skull Cracker' at 8%. It tasted really nice and not at all crotch like. After 6 pints I tried to walk out of the pub thinking I was straight...

:beerwave:

 

[Einion]

We're starting to see High-Gravity beers (not exactly sure why they call them that)...

Specific gravity is a measure of fluid density. In beer, it's used for estimating the sugar content of the wort, which relates to the final alcohol content of the beer.

For the finished beer it's a little counter-intuitive, a lower number = more alcohol, since alcohol is less dense than water.

Does anyone know what a Guinness Stout's alcohol content is?

The normal type, 4.2%.

Einion

 

[JakeSh]

I'd love to give this stuff a try. My motto is; I'm a big guy, I need a big beer.

I've had Dogfish Head Triple IPA, which is about 21%, I believe. It was suprisingly sweet, fruity (think apricots), and you could (suprisingly) barely taste the alcohol. Dangerous. I've also had Mephistopheles stout, which I think was around 16%. We get a seasonal barleywine from a local brewery, Troeggs, called Mad Elf, but it is highly spiced and flavored, and I don't dig sweet, malty stuff.

Mmm.... beer.