Tactical Nuclear Penguin

[lazyitus]

Blimey !

[BertB]

Love the other brewdog beers, shame about the price on this one.

[lazyitus]

Yeah, 30 quid a pot is steep.

[Wadeski]

Love the name, the idea, but how the hell do you get a beer to 32%? It must be distillled?

[calibrax]

Wadeski said:

Love the name, the idea, but how the hell do you get a beer to 32%? It must be distillled?

Make beer. Add vodka. Job done.

[130R]

That's my Christmas present for my brother sorted then

[dcw@pr]

i'm not sure what the fuss is about this (politically). If they had made a "beer flavoured spirit" then no one would bat an eyelid.

I'd love to try some, I doubt it's very nice though.

[The Prophet]

Wadeski said:

Love the name, the idea, but how the hell do you get a beer to 32%? It must be distillled?

I think they 'freeze-distil' it (chill it until the non-alcoholic contents start to freeze & collect what's left).

[Chuffer]

I've got a couple of bottles of this en-route. It'll be interesting to see what it tastes like.

I have to admit I like a lot of their beers

Don't quite get the 'drink it in spirit measures', will it go flat? does it have a stopper? Are you supposed to take a measure or two then cap it?

S'pose I'll see next week.

[Simpo Two]

Beer no. Gimmick yes.

git said:

'it is about taking innovation in beer to a whole new level'

Add 'iconic' and he'd have got a full house in bullst bingo.

Edited by Simpo Two on Friday 27th November 23:55

[kiteless]

The Prophet said:

Wadeski said:

Love the name, the idea, but how the hell do you get a beer to 32%? It must be distillled?

I think they 'freeze-distil' it (chill it until the non-alcoholic contents start to freeze & collect what's left).

That's what I thought initially. But German Eisbier is produced in the same manner, and EKU28 Kulminator can only just achieve 13% before the yeast is killed off.

Unless this Penguin beer uses a unique and very robust yeast??

We use a more "resilient" yeast for making our cherry wine and plum wine, as without it fermentation stops too early resulting in an overly sweet vino.

[Chuffer]

Simpo Two said:

Beer no. Gimmick yes.

I'd go for Beer yes. Gimmick yes. It's a beer, it's potent, but its interesting. I don't see anyone else doing it. They've already said that they want to get as much media attention as possible to grow the brand.

That's why it was recently revealed that they themselves complained to the Portman group about their 18.2% Tokyo* beer. Portman subsequently tried to ban it, saying it was irresponsible.

No such thing as bad publicity?

I love the name of the 1.1% 'Nanny State' beer, released after the last outrage

[Simpo Two]

Yep, they did it with freeze-distiling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer



But I still don't think 'beer' should have any element of distillation - it's nothing to do with brewing. Distillation is for spirits IMHO.

[bint]

They rather generously posted 3 bottles of beer to MOH after a drunken email sent at 11pm one night after he drank the beer and read the alcohol content on the back. From memory, the email went along the lines of "You bds, I'm going to have such a hangover tomorrow."

[RizzoTheRat]

Chuffer said:

I love the name of the 1.1% 'Nanny State' beer, released after the last outrage

The name's good, the taste isn't though.

[Chuffer]

Well it's 7am and I'm buzzing in the Christmas spirit. A few friends round tonight and decided it was time to crack open the TNP.

fk me!!!

It smells lovely, scent of Dark Rum, but also roast chestnuts, Brandy and molasses.

'tastes'



Nice consistency...
coats the tongue...
oh...
hold the feckin phone...
tastes like cigar smoke....
cigarette ash...
bitter liquorice...
with a soupçon of creosote....



Judge for yourself, but at £35 per 330ml it's an expensive acquired taste.

[lazyitus]

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nice review.

[Don]

Reminds me of my review of Sainsbury's "not finest" White Table wine...£1.99.

It was remarkable

[Puggit]

Don said:

Reminds me of my review of Sainsbury's "not finest" White Table wine...£1.99.

It was remarkable

[Don]

Puggit said:

Don said:

Reminds me of my review of Sainsbury's "not finest" White Table wine...£1.99.

It was remarkable

Did you see all of that? I reckon half is missing!