Monday, July 26, 2010

But does it come in a Jackalope bottle?

Long time readers will remember Tactical Nuclear Penguin, the world's strongest beer. The brewers were criticized for brewing such a strong beer, what with so many UK residents drinking too much already. After such a vigorous chastening, what do you do?

First, you amp up the alcohol to 55%, to give all the neo-prohibitionists an aneurysm. Second, you put the bottle inside roadkill, freshly back from the taxidermist, for the PETA crowd:

The End of History: The name derives from the famous work of philosopher Francis Fukuyama, this is to beer what democracy is to history. Fukuyama defined history as the evolution of the political system and traced this through the ages until we got the Western Democratic paradigm. For Fukuyama this was the end point of man’s political evolution and consequently the end of history. The beer is the last high abv beer we are going to brew, the end point of our research into how far the can push the boundaries of extreme brewing, the end of beer.
Of course, the bottle has all the Usual Suspects acting, well, usual:

However the decision was described by Ross Minett, campaigns director for the U.K. charity Advocates for Animals, as "terribly out of date" and "degrading" for the animals.

"The modern approach is to celebrate the wonders of animals and respect them as individual sentient creatures," he said, according to the U.K.'s Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I'm sure this would have much greater appeal with the animal-loving public."

Fish, barrel. But still the twitch in his eye is mighty dang funny.

Sadly, not only is the beer retailed at $700/bottle (no, I'm not making this up), the entire production run is sold out.

6 comments:

  1. I would have liked to try a bottle, but do not have the 700 bones. There was a recent issue of President George Washington's Rye Whiskey-made by hand @ Mt. Vernon, for only 90 bones for 750 ml., but, they sold out too...

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  2. Duuuuude. That's 110 proof. That will, quite literally, burn.

    As for the british PETA People... come back to Earth.

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  3. What a coincidence! I was just wondering where I could get a really strong beer served in a dead rodent! Not exactly readily available at the local 11 and 7.

    But $700 or $1000 is pretty steep. Maybe I can kill my own rodent?

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  4. There's a market out there BP.

    Borepatch's Furry Creature Beer.

    Mmmmm.

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  5. "The beer is the last high abv beer we are going to brew, the end point of our research into how far the can push the boundaries of extreme brewing, the end of beer."

    I say "one small drink for man, one giant drink for mankind"

    "The needs of the Stan, outweigh the needs of the many"

    Send me some of this fine brew please. I of meager means could not afford this drink of kings and comrades.

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  6. I just want the bottle. Beer is nice because it is cheap and tastes good. For that money, I would want some good scotch served in a stuffed hooker.

    That being said, I need a nice squirrel coozie for my Lagavulin.

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