Comments on: End of History Beer http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844033 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844033 Anon @ 22 - how does the fur help? Anon @ 22 – how does the fur help?

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844040 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844040 I am saddened. I always wanted to end up stuffed, a la Lenin. Or Trigger. Danged if I'm gonna foot the bill for the "furless procedure" markup, however. I am saddened. I always wanted to end up stuffed, a la Lenin. Or Trigger. Danged if I’m gonna foot the bill for the “furless procedure” markup, however.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844043 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844043 Oh, and I expect the fur helps hide any stitchery and such. I used to have a stuffed iguana when I was a kid. The stitching had nothing to hide it. Probably an amateur job, sure, but still. Oh, and I expect the fur helps hide any stitchery and such. I used to have a stuffed iguana when I was a kid. The stitching had nothing to hide it. Probably an amateur job, sure, but still.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843795 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843795 I'm laughing at how horrible that is!! I’m laughing at how horrible that is!!

]]> By: Mikemeister http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844052 Mikemeister Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844052 650 to 900 dollars a bottle?? No Belgian-style ale is worth that kinda money, not even in a creepy chipmunk-outfit I drank the so-called best beer in the world (a Belgian Westvleteren 12) last week near the beautiful Abbey of Westvleteren for only 4,30 euro, if you keep in mind that Westvleteren Brewery is known for its smallest production of all the trappist beers & very limited export. 650 to 900 dollars a bottle?? No Belgian-style ale is worth that kinda money, not even in a creepy chipmunk-outfit

I drank the so-called best beer in the world (a Belgian Westvleteren 12) last week near the beautiful Abbey of Westvleteren for only 4,30 euro, if you keep in mind that Westvleteren Brewery is known for its smallest production of all the trappist beers & very limited export.

]]> By: defunctdoormat http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844057 defunctdoormat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844057 I like beer. Quite a bit, actually. But I'm ashamed to live on the same planet as these guys. Er, do me a favor? Go back to Uranus, or wherever it was you came from, please? I like beer. Quite a bit, actually. But I’m ashamed to live on the same planet as these guys. Er, do me a favor? Go back to Uranus, or wherever it was you came from, please?

]]> By: sloverlord http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843802 sloverlord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843802 Article needz moar Shocked Kitty. Article needz moar Shocked Kitty.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843806 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843806 can it really be called beer? was it not distilled? can it really be called beer? was it not distilled?

]]> By: xy9ine http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843808 xy9ine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843808 it is indeed a fermented product; alcohol content is increased by freezing & removing water - ie, an 'ice' beer taken to extremes. love to see them do a pony keg. it is indeed a fermented product; alcohol content is increased by freezing & removing water – ie, an ‘ice’ beer taken to extremes.

love to see them do a pony keg.

]]> By: Daneel http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843812 Daneel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843812 I think I'd call it a bit more than 'high-proof'. At 55% ABV, it's the strongest beer in the world (second place is a mere 43%...) I think I’d call it a bit more than ‘high-proof’. At 55% ABV, it’s the strongest beer in the world (second place is a mere 43%…)

]]> By: briski http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843814 briski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843814 I was under the impression that Brewdog are Scottish not Belgium. I was under the impression that Brewdog are Scottish not Belgium.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843815 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843815 This latest stunt from Brewdog has the beer geek community all in an uproar. Check out the forums on beeradvoate.com for examples. You can probably tell where my allegiance lay with my use of "stunt" to describe it. Pretty typical for these guys. Google "sink the Bismark + beer" for another Brewdog happening. And as to whether it's still beer: probably not. It's not distilled by ATF definitions - it's concentrated - but it's certainly way WAAYYY out of any recognized style. This latest stunt from Brewdog has the beer geek community all in an uproar. Check out the forums on beeradvoate.com for examples. You can probably tell where my allegiance lay with my use of “stunt” to describe it. Pretty typical for these guys. Google “sink the Bismark + beer” for another Brewdog happening.

And as to whether it’s still beer: probably not. It’s not distilled by ATF definitions – it’s concentrated – but it’s certainly way WAAYYY out of any recognized style.

]]> By: Tony Moore http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843817 Tony Moore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843817 want... no, NEED. want… no, NEED.

]]> By: formosan http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843822 formosan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843822 Brewdog are indeed a Scottish brewery, but the drink is a Belgian-style blonde beer I believe. It's a pity that Brewdog feel the need to create these attention-grabbing drinks (partly because of their continuing competition with a German brewery to produce the strongest beer in the world) since their normal brews are topnotch (and available from most supermarkets here in Scotland). Brewdog are indeed a Scottish brewery, but the drink is a Belgian-style blonde beer I believe.

It’s a pity that Brewdog feel the need to create these attention-grabbing drinks (partly because of their continuing competition with a German brewery to produce the strongest beer in the world) since their normal brews are topnotch (and available from most supermarkets here in Scotland).

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843826 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843826 End of history indeed, I am reminded of the decadence at the fall of the Roman Empire. I'll stick to Simpler Times ale, thanks. End of history indeed, I am reminded of the decadence at the fall of the Roman Empire.

I’ll stick to Simpler Times ale, thanks.

]]> By: Baldhead http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843837 Baldhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843837 only 12 bottles made. Let me know when a proper sized run is made only 12 bottles made. Let me know when a proper sized run is made

]]> By: briski http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843845 briski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843845 Ah yes, I should have read the referenced article closer, I missed that bit in the bumph, I suspect I was distracted by the corpse bottles... Ah yes, I should have read the referenced article closer, I missed that bit in the bumph, I suspect I was distracted by the corpse bottles…

]]> By: cubby96 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843847 cubby96 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843847 Baldhead: Good luck, but don't hold your breath waiting for a proper-sized run. This stuff likely cost far more than the selling price to make. The cost of the taxidermy alone is probably approaching the sale price. The alcohol would have to be freeze distilled numerous times to get that high an alcohol content. The power costs were likely enormous, not to mention the grain bill. Things like this are a marketing ploy, pure and simple. It is an interesting pursuit, but very few people would really want to drink this, given the likely price due to the costs of production. It does make for excellent press, and that's cheap advertising. If you want to try one of their beers available in North America (where I assume many, if not most BB readers reside), I would recommend their collaboration with Stone Brewing Company, <url=http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16315/53388>Bashah<url>. Baldhead: Good luck, but don’t hold your breath waiting for a proper-sized run.

This stuff likely cost far more than the selling price to make. The cost of the taxidermy alone is probably approaching the sale price. The alcohol would have to be freeze distilled numerous times to get that high an alcohol content. The power costs were likely enormous, not to mention the grain bill.

Things like this are a marketing ploy, pure and simple. It is an interesting pursuit, but very few people would really want to drink this, given the likely price due to the costs of production. It does make for excellent press, and that’s cheap advertising.

If you want to try one of their beers available in North America (where I assume many, if not most BB readers reside), I would recommend their collaboration with Stone Brewing Company, Bashah.

]]> By: RJP http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-847445 RJP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-847445 hmmm....looks a little familiar..... from 2005 http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/15/taxidermy-decanter.html hmmm….looks a little familiar…..
from 2005
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/15/taxidermy-decanter.html

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843871 anansi133 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843871 The beer cozy cries out for a plush stuffed animal re-make. The beer cozy cries out for a plush stuffed animal re-make.

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843878 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843878 I would want one of those bottles just for the WTF factor. Would also love to taste the drink, but not holding my breath. I'll definitely be on the lookout for their other products, their sense of marketing appeals to me :D I would want one of those bottles just for the WTF factor. Would also love to taste the drink, but not holding my breath. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for their other products, their sense of marketing appeals to me :D

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844404 Itsumishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844404 Oh no! They took road kill and turned into beer packaging. Won't someone think of the poor widdle animals. I'm not sure if this beer would be nice, although I'd certainly be interested to try it. Whether it's "technically beer" or not I think is half the point of what they're doing. Which is to say creating a new product through some very interesting techniques. Still it's fermented and not distilled and has all the ingredients of a beer, so I' say it's still a beer. All in all I don't care if it's a publicity stunt or whatever else. The packaging is art, the product is unique and possibly delicious and they're pushing boundaries to create something very unique. <strong>Hats off to them I say!</strong> Oh no! They took road kill and turned into beer packaging. Won’t someone think of the poor widdle animals.

I’m not sure if this beer would be nice, although I’d certainly be interested to try it. Whether it’s “technically beer” or not I think is half the point of what they’re doing. Which is to say creating a new product through some very interesting techniques. Still it’s fermented and not distilled and has all the ingredients of a beer, so I’ say it’s still a beer.

All in all I don’t care if it’s a publicity stunt or whatever else.

The packaging is art, the product is unique and possibly delicious and they’re pushing boundaries to create something very unique.

Hats off to them I say!

]]> By: Laroquod http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-845175 Laroquod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-845175 Perfect. I'll keep an eye out for this beer, the next time I have the urge to drink something piped through a squirrel's ass. Perfect. I’ll keep an eye out for this beer, the next time I have the urge to drink something piped through a squirrel’s ass.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843896 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843896 and humans win again and humans win again

]]> By: hijukal http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844664 hijukal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844664 But wait, *I* drank the so-called best beer in the world last week... and it was a different one! Cue dramatic music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium_Tremens_(beer) But wait, *I* drank the so-called best beer in the world last week… and it was a different one! Cue dramatic music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium_Tremens_(beer)

]]> By: kc0bbq http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843902 kc0bbq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843902 Wierdness aside, BrewDog does create some excellent beers. At 500 pounds a bottle, a squirrel in a top hat or a stoat in a kilt is a bare minimum of what I'd expect. :P Wierdness aside, BrewDog does create some excellent beers.

At 500 pounds a bottle, a squirrel in a top hat or a stoat in a kilt is a bare minimum of what I’d expect. :P

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-848514 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848514 I recently brown bagged one of these in central park. Only half the bottle knocked me out; I fell asleep on the bench and woke to a squirrel using the rest of my fine beverage as a sex toy. The first half was awesome; the second half had a weird taste to it. I recently brown bagged one of these in central park. Only half the bottle knocked me out; I fell asleep on the bench and woke to a squirrel using the rest of my fine beverage as a sex toy. The first half was awesome; the second half had a weird taste to it.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843913 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843913 Add'l marketing touch: each roadkill bottle accompanied by signed document from drunk driver responsible. Add’l marketing touch: each roadkill bottle accompanied by signed document from drunk driver responsible.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-843923 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-843923 Well, at least the little critters corpses ain't doin' handstands. Well, at least the little critters corpses ain’t doin’ handstands.

]]> By: abeanpie http://boingboing.net/2010/07/26/end-of-history-beer.html#comment-844948 abeanpie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-844948 packaging seems like a take on this from Custom Creature: http://web.me.com/customcreature/Site/NOVELTIES.html#4 packaging seems like a take on this from Custom Creature:

http://web.me.com/customcreature/Site/NOVELTIES.html#4

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