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Sink the Bismark!

  • 16-03-2010 9:00am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    How many could you sink, before being torpedoed below the waterline! :pac:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8517607.stm

    A controversial Scottish brewery has said it has reclaimed the title of the world's strongest beer from German rivals - with Sink the Bismarck at 41%. BrewDog, of Fraserburgh, made headlines last year when it unveiled a 32% beer called Tactical Nuclear Penguin.
    However, Schorschbrau released the 40% strength Schorschbock.
    BrewDog said its newly released 41%, Sink the Bismarck, would cost £40 for a 330ml bottle and would only be sold online.
    Tagged:


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  • #2
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Thats just wrong.

    Youre supposed to be able to stand up after a beer


  • #3
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT1_6R9C6M


  • #4
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,525 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    which is scarier, the % or the price :eek:


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    They are planning on a big marketing drive in Germany then? :pac:


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mike65 wrote: »
    They are planning on a big marketing drive in Germany then? :pac:
    They should launch it at Scapa Flow! ;)


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  • #7
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    So is Biz Markie endorsing this product or not?


  • #8
    Pete M.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭Pete M.


    I'd say it would go down well after a few of these :)


    www.whiskymag.com/cocktails/torpedo.html


  • #9
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    41% sure you'll be gone after one bottle, shit will probably leave you blind!


  • #10
    El Siglo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    mike65 wrote: »
    They are planning on a big marketing drive in Germany then? :pac:

    I think they're waiting to introduce their commercial version, which is 25%, it's going to be called "Bombing Dresden".


  • #11
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    AH->Beers


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  • #12
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Yeah, thanks Magnus. Much appreciated ;)
    orourkeda wrote: »
    Youre supposed to be able to stand up after a beer
    Facepalm.
    El Siglo wrote: »
    41% sure you'll be gone after one bottle, shit will probably leave you blind!
    Facepalm.

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  • #13
    thelynchfella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭thelynchfella


    was in aberdeen a couple of weeks ago, couldnt find it anywhere which was disappointing


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    thelynchfella wrote: »
    was in aberdeen a couple of weeks ago, couldnt find it anywhere which was disappointing

    According to the BBC article, it's available on-line only.


  • #15
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    It's not really beer is it ?

    Either they've fortified it with spirits or they have distilled off the water - sounds closer to whisky then a drink produced by yeast fermentation.


  • #16
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    It's not really beer is it ?
    In Ireland it wouldn't be: everything over 28% ABV is a spirit, regardless of how it's made.
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    they have distilled off the water
    This one.

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  • #17
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    It's not really beer is it ?
    Either they've fortified it with spirits or they have distilled off the water - sounds closer to whisky then a drink produced by yeast fermentation.
    BeerNut wrote: »
    In Ireland it wouldn't be: everything over 28% ABV is a spirit, regardless of how it's made.
    This one.
    Suppose technically if it's made with malted barley, water yeast and hops, it's a beer, whether or not they distill it. Whiskey is distilled from unhopped barley liquor, so it's different


  • #18
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,537 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They should launch it at Scapa Flow! ;)

    Isn't that where they scuttle the fleet?


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Isn't that where they scuttle the fleet?

    Well, after a few bottles, you'd be scuttled as well! :D


  • #20
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    For anyone interested, this is just in at DrinkStore and Deveney's Dundrum. You won't get much change from €80 though.

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  • #21
    Molloys Clondalkin
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Molloys Clondalkin


    I remember when the lovely man from world beers was talking me through the brewdog range, you have to dink Tactical like its a whiskey at 60 euro a bottle you could get a 12 yo mcallan and 20 smokes!!

    just remembered now but wasnt the end of history from brewdog 55% I know its discontinued but surely theres some bottles out there


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  • #22
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,537 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    BeerNut wrote: »
    For anyone interested, this is just in at DrinkStore and Deveney's Dundrum. You won't get much change from €80 though.

    Tempting to get one, purely as a collector's item.

    However, €80, and I can't imagine that it tastes in any way nice as a spirit. Plus, in making it look like a beer they have omitted to have a resealable cap which is essential with spirits (except those that are intended for necking behind bike sheds).

    At €80 it's 700ml equivalent is €169, which would buy you one hell of a whiskey e.g. Bushmills 21 y.o.


  • #23
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Plus, in making it look like a beer they have omitted to have a resealable cap
    They did say they were shipping with reseal cap shortly after they launched it. Dunno if they still are, though as I've never seen it in real life. Mad not to.

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  • #24
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    How would that work with a beer, would it not loose fizziness after a while once opened regardless?


  • #25
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,924 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Where would the gas go?

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  • #26
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,537 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    brianthebard wrote: »
    How would that work with a beer, would it not loose fizziness after a while once opened regardless?

    Is it even fizzy? Sounds truly disgusting.


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