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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.

"Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry," said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider.

Schneider, who lives in southern Germany where beer is a tradition, said his beer fermented for 12 weeks for an alcohol content twice that of Germany's other strongest beers.

"People will only be able to drink two or three glasses, otherwise they'll drop like flies," he said.

Schneider expects the holders of the world's strongest beer, the Boston Beer Company, to put up a fight.

"I'm pretty sure the Americans have something up their sleeve."

 

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BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.

"Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry," said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider.

Schneider, who lives in southern Germany where beer is a tradition, said his beer fermented for 12 weeks for an alcohol content twice that of Germany's other strongest beers.

"People will only be able to drink two or three glasses, otherwise they'll drop like flies," he said.

Schneider expects the holders of the world's strongest beer, the Boston Beer Company, to put up a fight.

"I'm pretty sure the Americans have something up their sleeve."

GAK!!!

 

[robdamanii]

He does realize that drinking ANY beer by the shot will get you drunker faster...I hope.

 

[luken8r]

ive had the sam adams brew thats like 20 proof, its pretty good. it is also like $150 a bottle at a bar and i think its really hard to come by, havent seen it in any package stores either. i had it at this beer fest in boston last year

 

[BigMike]

ive had the sam adams brew thats like 20 proof, its pretty good. it is also like $150 a bottle at a bar and i think its really hard to come by, havent seen it in any package stores either. i had it at this beer fest in boston last year

Yeah, thats 20 proof, this is 25 percent!

Thats disgusting. (Although, I dont like beer anyway)

 

[mack]

50 proof? How is that possible without a still? Wouldnt the bacteria die at that high of a alchohaul content? Interesting.

 

[golgiaparatus]

I've been doing black and tans with Guiness and Sam adams Cherry wheat really a great combination.

 

[lovebunny]

ive had the sam adams brew thats like 20 proof, its pretty good. it is also like $150 a bottle at a bar and i think its really hard to come by, havent seen it in any package stores either. i had it at this beer fest in boston last year

theres a big difference between 20 proof and 25% 20 proof is like 10%

 

[caboverpete]

Actually the Samuel Adams Utopia is 25% only .4% below this brew.

Samuel Adams Utopia

 

[yonton228]

i wanna give that stuff a try, but i have bout 2 more years to drink legally, GASP! (im not sure if i can wait that long.......................)

 

[Silver]

Champagne yeast. You can't do that on beer yeast by itself...

Then you have to ask yourself if it's beer, I guess

 

[bluebug32]

I've been doing black and tans with Guiness and Sam adams Cherry wheat really a great combination.

Does this combination work well, meaning the 2 colors seperate? I tried to do this once with Guiness and I forget what else, and it all mixed together.

 

[Changleen]

Kinda pointless if you ask me. (The uber-strong beer I mean).

 

[luken8r]

Actually the Samuel Adams Utopia is 25% only .4% below this brew.

Samuel Adams Utopia

yeah, thats the stuff. i didnt remember the actual alchy content, it was just strong, thats all i remember

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

I've been doing black and tans with Guiness and Sam adams Cherry wheat really a great combination.

wow i gotta try that two of my favorite beers...

i love guiness and blue moon.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Does this combination work well, meaning the 2 colors seperate? I tried to do this once with Guiness and I forget what else, and it all mixed together.

man it is all about technique...You have to pour the cherry wheat first, about halfway, then take a spoon and bend it so that the spoon portion makes a 90 degree angle with the handle...lower the spoon into the glass right above the cherry wheat and slowly pour the guiness over the spoon (get the guiness as close to the spoon as possible). This will dispurse the guiness over a wider surface area and not "pierce" into the other layer of beer.

I did this a bunch at parties at school, and everyone thought i was a magician. I thought it was a comonly known technique. College kids

 

[BigMike]

My friend made me some brew for my birthday last year. he tried to make hard apple cider, but really it just turned out as REALLY strong bad tasting liquid. I drank it, because he made it for me, and I was pretty f***ed up!

 

[bluebug32]

man it is all about technique...You have to pour the cherry wheat first, about halfway, then take a spoon and bend it so that the spoon portion makes a 90 degree angle with the handle...lower the spoon into the glass right above the cherry wheat and slowly pour the guiness over the spoon (get the guiness as close to the spoon as possible). This will dispurse the guiness over a wider surface area and not "pierce" into the other layer of beer.

I did this a bunch at parties at school, and everyone thought i was a magician. I thought it was a comonly known technique. College kids

Thanks. I'll have to give this a try. I love Guiness and the Cherry Wheat and good too. If you like Blue Moon, have you ever tried Ommegang? They brew in the Belgian style and are located in Cooperstown, NY. Their beer is soooo good and the brewery is really nice too.

 

[rigidhack]

Dogfish World Wide Stout is up pretty high too, isn't it? (18-24% depending on the batch)
Try this site for loads of good info.

www.ratebeer.com

 

[Zark]

Sami-Claus. 14.7%, A specialty Christmas beer. I've had it on a couple occasions. I dubbed it the 6pack beer. One 12oz is like pounding a 6'er of domestic swill, except way tastier!

 

[julian_dh]

man it is all about technique...You have to pour the cherry wheat first, about halfway, then take a spoon and bend it so that the spoon portion makes a 90 degree angle with the handle...lower the spoon into the glass right above the cherry wheat and slowly pour the guiness over the spoon (get the guiness as close to the spoon as possible). This will dispurse the guiness over a wider surface area and not "pierce" into the other layer of beer.

I did this a bunch at parties at school, and everyone thought i was a magician. I thought it was a comonly known technique. College kids

this works well with greygoose and oj (hypno&alize work 2) cept i use syran wrap.

 

[Chunky Munkey]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass.

"Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry," said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider.

Schneider, who lives in southern Germany where beer is a tradition, said his beer fermented for 12 weeks for an alcohol content twice that of Germany's other strongest beers.

"People will only be able to drink two or three glasses, otherwise they'll drop like flies," he said.

Schneider expects the holders of the world's strongest beer, the Boston Beer Company, to put up a fight.

"I'm pretty sure the Americans have something up their sleeve."

Ya, DOPE!

 

[fiddy_ryder]

meh,, screw teh uber strong beers.. you guys need to try some happy-brew,, my boys homebrew with a bunch of sticky green clippings thrown like the last week of fermenting... now that was a fun buzz...

 

[sanjuro]

shot and a beer is the strongest beer...

 

[dogwonder]

Dogfish World Wide Stout is up pretty high too, isn't it? (18-24% depending on the batch)
Try this site for loads of good info.

www.ratebeer.com

My guess is that Sam is the American with something up his sleeve. Dogfish has a distillery too so he knows how to make strong drinks.

It'd be the nuts if Russian River made a stronger beer but it was an IPA. Can you imagine a 25+% beer with hops?!?!

It would be the Quadruple IPA...

 

[fiddy_ryder]

speakeasy has a double daddy ipa.. something like 9-10% ...