Beer with 32 percent strength launched

A controversial brewery in Scotland has launched what it claims to be the world’s strongest beer – with a 32 percent alcohol content.

BrewDog of Fraserburgh has recently unveiled their Tactical Nuclear Penguin. The brewery was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2 percent beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a low alcohol beer called Nanny State.

Managing director James Watt said a limited supply of Tactical Nuclear Penguin would be sold for around $50 each.

He said: “This beer is about pushing the boundaries, it is about taking innovation in beer to a whole new level.”

Watt added that a beer such as Tactical Nuclear Penguin should be drunk in “spirit sized measures”.

A warning on the label states: “This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.”

However Jack Law, of Alcohol Focus Scotland, described it was a “cynical marketing ploy” and said: “We want to know why a brewer would produce a beer almost as strong as whisky.”

The beer has been launched on the day alcohol was at the top of the political agenda with the unveiling of the Scottish government’s Alcohol Bill including proposals for minimum pricing on drink.