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The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s just some of what’s been happening while you were drinking away the weekend.
World’s Strongest Beer Sells Out In One Day
For years Scotland-headquartered BrewDog has been competing with German brewer Schorschbräu to create the world’s strongest beer. But now the brewers have collaborated and released an 57.8% ABV Eisbock together which, according to them, holds the title.
An Eisbock is a traditional specialty beer that origionated in the Kulmbach district of Germany which is made by partially freezing a Doppelbock and removing the water ice to concentrate flavor and alcohol content.
According to Fox, BrewDog’s contribution to what would become Strength In Numbers Eisbock, was a barrel of their 26% ABV Death or Glory, a distilled Belgian Golden Ale which was aged in a Scotch whisky cask for 10 years. The already high velocity beer was then sent to Schorschbräu in Germany who did the rest.
Released in the UK on September 17 and priced at £ 29 per bottle (about $37.50 in the US) the world’s strongest beer sold out the same day.
Words To Drink By
“When bankers get together, they discuss art…When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money.” Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright
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California Brewery Commits to “Beer for Boobs”
Central California’s longest-standing craft brewery, is teaming up with the nonprofit “Beer for Boobs” to raise support for breast cancer research and recovery organization. And to mark this alliance the award-winning brewery is returning it uber-popular Blood Orange Cali-Squeeze Hefeweizen which returns in pink cans for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
“We have family, friends and fans of SLO Brew that have been affected by breast cancer,” said co-owner Hamish Marshall. “We are proud to continue and partner with Beer for Boobs to help raise awareness for this great cause.”
Since 2017 SLO Brew has been working with Beer for Boobs to promote breast cancer awareness and financially support fellow nonprofit organizations committed to the effort.
