The End Of History: Beer For Expensive Tastes

For many there is nothing like the taste of an ice cold beer on a hot summer day. For others, there is nothing like the taste of a beer brewed by gnomes on some remote mountain in the Himalayas at a rate of twenty bottles a year. You have met these people, no doubt, and they have explained to you in great depth just why you have never truly tasted an ale until you have quaffed one which has had its ingredients massaged by the tiny, nimble hands of Himalayan gnomes.

For those people Scottish brewery BrewDog has created The End of History. At 55% alcohol by volume it is currently the world’s strongest beer. BrewDog is making 11 bottles of the stuff which will come in two editions: Stoat and Squirrel, priced at $763.00 and $1068.00 respectively, making them also the most expensive beer at the moment. Also, in case you haven’t noticed, the beer comes in bottles — bottles that have been inserted into nattily dressed stuffed stoats and gray squirrels like furry, taxidermy beer-cozies which, at that price, is really the least BrewDog could do for it’s customers. Much higher and I would expect something endangered impaled on my drink or, perhaps, a rhino’s horn bottle opener. Further details, instructions for proper consumption can be found at BrewDog’s website.

via Asylum : Thanks, chesh!

Posted by Ross Rosenberg on July 22nd, 2010
Filed under Crackpot Visionary, Flora & Fauna, Food, Taxidermy

6 Responses to “The End Of History: Beer For Expensive Tastes”

  1. Ben Says:
    July 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 am

    I’m getting 3

  2. Heather Says:
    July 22nd, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    you just know one of these is going to be accidentally fossilised and civilisations 2,000 years in the future will think we’re savages because of it. extravagant, tacky savages.

  3. Beer Brewing Guide Says:
    July 22nd, 2010 at 7:24 pm

    Haha I totally want to drink anything out of a squirrel carcass! I wonder if it actually tastes like beer or just liquor since its 55% alcohol.

  4. Mer Says:
    July 22nd, 2010 at 9:01 pm

    Ew. Also, grrr. But mostly ew.

  5. Amber Says:
    July 23rd, 2010 at 1:56 am

    Ha! These are amazing! If I had money, I’d buy one of each for a friend of mine who loves beer. And then I’d keep the ridiculous bottles for myself. Truly warped!

  6. trevors ghost Says:
    July 24th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    HA! nice try ‘the end of history’

    but nothing compares to my elephants foot vodka cozy.

    now piss off.