Would you really fancy a beer that comes with warning labels and needs to be drunk in shot glasses? Perhaps you should be reaching for the snake venom.
Trust the Scots to create the world’s strongest beer, one that boasts an alcohol content akin to grappa, absinthe, and window cleaner, a brewed libation that could potentially power your car for the ride home from the bottle shop. For those craft brew punters out there who have listlessly gone through life wondering what the world’s strongest beer tastes like, the answers you seek are at hand.
The Brewmeister Snake Venom is no beer for the faint-hearted. A barley wine-style brew with a 67% ABV – that’s right, 20% more than vodka or whisky – that quickly whisks it from the chiller with the other beers to the locked cabinet behind the clerk, Snake Venom has a bitter undercurrent thanks to the use of smoked peat malt while champagne and ale yeasts bring a touch of sweetness if you can find it under all the mouth burn (which is ensured thanks to the addition of pure ethanol).
The use of the Eisbock technique to remove water crystals through freezing also eliminated the carbonization so don’t expect a regular – if not strong – foaming beer, but for a unique addition to a home bar or as a gift that for that special mate, this is one snake that knows how to strike a blow.
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