The World’s Strongest Beer

Meet Strength In Numbers, a beer with an alcohol by volume (ABV) of 57.8%. The beverage, dubbed as the ‘world’s strongest beer,’ is made by BrewDog in collaboration with Schorschbräu, a German brewer that funnily enough, BrewDog tried to beat in a ‘strongest brew’ competition. So how do these brewing companies produce the eye-watering beer? Shortlist has the details:

BrewDog uses the traditional Eisbock method. This is when freeze the beer, remove chunks of ice (water) until you’re left with the concentrated high ABV liquid.

To give the beer a bit of a spin, it features a blend of BrewDog’s Death or Glory, an ice distilled Belgian golden ale that’s been sitting in whisky casks for 10 years.

Because of the exclusivity and rarity of the beer, it costs a whopping £28.95 a bottle - but just think about the bragging rights when you get hold of a bottle.

BrewDog has a long history of brewing high ABV beer. Its most famous is Tactical Nuclear Penguin, an imperial stout that clocked in at 32%.

It also created Sink The Bismark (41%) and End of History at 55%. All of these are brewed in the same way using the Eisbock method.