Super want! – Tactical Nuclear Penguin, worlds strongest beer

Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Anyone that has known me for very long probably knows that I am a fan of beer.   In fact if you notice my biological alcohol storage and processing unit (beer gut) you might surmise I friggin' LOVE beer.   You would be right.

I also love looking for new beers, especially something strong and exotic to try, even though they are not always very drinkable.  At least I can say I have been there.

I now have a new quest... I must find this beer!   Tactical Nuclear Penguin, the new beer by Scottish craft brewery BrewDog is a 10% imperial stout that has been aged in two different whiskey casks an extra 16 months until it reaches it's whopping 32% alcohol content.   This makes it currently the strongest beer by volume in the world, just passing the German brew Schorschbraer.  (Note to self... find that beer too!)  For those playing at home that makes it 64 proof.  Might as well call it Bourbon Light.

That is a lot of kick!   It most likely will be barely drinkable.   I have to have this beer!  It is now my white whale.   A single 12 ounce bottle would have the equivalent of 3 shots of whiskey poured by a bartender you have been tipping well all night.  If you see this brew in your favorite fancy grocery store or serious liquor emporium you are instructed to find me immediately or put up some kind of appropriate bat signal.

After I regain conciousness... I mean taste a sample... I'll report back with a full review.

Happy holidays and happy beer hunting!

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Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head to release ‘Life & Limb’ Collaboration

Chico, CA - This fall independent craft brewers Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head, will release two collaborative beers. Limb & Life-a draft-only beer-will debut in October; with Life & Limb 24oz bottles and limited draft to follow in November.

The beers-Life & Limb, and Limb & Life-are dedicated to the family of beer drinkers and enthusiasts worldwide who continue to support the little guys, iconoclasts, entrepreneurs, and pioneers who risk life and limb to shape the vibrant craft-brewing community. Over the years, the two brewers-Ken Grossman and Sam Calagione-have become friends in the industry. They quickly realized how many similarities they share. Grossman's history as a craft-brewing pioneer and his radical approach to brewing are echoed some fifteen years later by Calagione-through his boundary-pushing innovation and tireless promotion for the cause of craft beer.

Both men started out as home brewers obsessed with beer-making. Both share deep values of sustainability and responsibility. Both share the desire to pass their breweries on to the next generation, and both started out small-from humble beginnings-and built vibrant, creative, beer-centered and fiercely independent breweries, despite the long odds.
Their mutual respect, admiration, and none-too-few shared glasses of beer led to the collaborative idea.

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Good luck finding some of that. Two of the greatest Craft Breweries, create surely two of the greatest craft brews!

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