World’s Strongest Beer Concocted

World’s Strongest Beer Concocted

At 120 proof, or 60% alcohol, is it really a beer? $45 will get you a third of a liter and, probably, a trip to the ER.

A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world’s strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.

“You don’t drink it like beer, but like a cocktail — in a nice whisky or cognac glass,” brewer Jan Nijboer told Dutch news agency ANP.

Nijboer’s Almere-based brewery, ‘t Koelschip (The Refrigerated Ship), sells the new beer, which is 120 proof and dubbed “Start the Future,” in a one-third liter bottle for 35 euros ($45) each.

Nijboer told ANP he developed the new brew to keep up with Scottish outfits that were also pushing the boundaries of beer’s alcohol content.

Christopher Null is the founder and editor in chief of Drinkhacker. A veteran writer and journalist, he also operates Null Media, a bespoke content creation company.

1 Comment

  1. J. Lindsey on July 30, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    I have to admit I’m curios about these beers. $45 puts this bottling in the realm of possibility. Unlike BrewDog’s attempt…but the gruesome stuffed squirrel huggie would keep me away even if it wasn’t so expensive.
    I wonder if these super high proof beers can fall prey to the same hazards that skunk and ruin more common brews?

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