How do you brew beer to 41%?

**AtW** · 17 February 2010, 15:56

Add a drop of ale to vodka?

**Moscow Mule** · 17 February 2010, 15:56

Carefully...

**Zippy** · 17 February 2010, 16:02

I they have really brewed it, they must have bred a new kind of yeast. I thought yeast dies at around 20%?

**Moscow Mule** · 17 February 2010, 16:03

Originally posted by Zippy View Post

I they have really brewed it, they must have bred a new kind of yeast. I thought yeast dies at around 20%?

Can you "fortify" beer like you fortify wine?

**doodab** · 17 February 2010, 16:11

I believe you freeze it and remove the ice.

**OwlHoot** · 17 February 2010, 16:14

Originally posted by zeitghost

I wonder what it tastes like.

At £40 a bottle, I'll just never know.

Molasses I imagine.

What I can hardly begin to imagine is the thumping skull-shattering hangover you'd have the next morning after drinking a pint of the syrupy gloop.

**Moscow Mule** · 17 February 2010, 16:16

I liked it so much, I bought the company...

http://www.equityforpunks.com/

**DaveB** · 17 February 2010, 16:18

Originally posted by Zippy View Post

I they have really brewed it, they must have bred a new kind of yeast. I thought yeast dies at around 20%?

Not strictly brewed as such, they store it in a cold store for a few weeks and as the water content freezes out they draw of the remaining liquid giving a beer with a much higher alchohol content but without changing the nature of the brew by heating it as you would if you were making whiskey.

**Moscow Mule** · 17 February 2010, 16:21

Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Not strictly brewed as such, they store it in a cold store for a few weeks and as the water content freezes out they draw of the remaining liquid giving a beer with a much higher alchohol content but without changing the nature of the brew by heating it as you would if you were making whiskey.

Is that how they make those "Ice" beers that are popular in yankee land?

How do you brew beer to 41%?