World’s Most Expensive Beers
Beer is one of the oldest drinks known to man—and one of this writer’s favorites. While many people enjoy drinking light and less expensive beer, there are still some beer connoisseurs out there. If you don’t believe it, then check out the proof–the world’s most expensive beers.
Tutankhamun Ale – $52 per bottle
This expensive beer has a peculiar history. It’s brewed in a Cambridge laboratory from a recipe discovered in the Queen Nefertiti’s Temple of the Sun in Egypt. The beer is named after the queen’s stepson, more commonly known as King Tut. The temple, which housed a brewery, is believed to have been built by King Akenhaten, Tut’s predecessor and likely father. This beer is also limited and may be purchased for $52 per bottle.
Samuel Adams Utopias – $100 per bottle
Vintage No. 1 may be four times as expensive as Samuel Adams/Boston Beer Company’s Utopias, the former most expensive beer, but Utopias still holds a Guinness World Record for being the strongest beer at 50 proof.
Utopias was brewed with a blend of high-quality hops and sold in an ornate copper-plated brew kettle and offers a flavor unlike any other expensive beer or beverage in the world. The sweet flavor is richly highlighted with hints of vanilla, oak and caramel. The expensive beer is non-carbonated and should be served at room temperature.
Production of Utopias was limited to 8,000 bottles.
Carlsberg Vintage 3 – $348 per bottle
The Carlsberg Group, a brewing company founded in 1847 and named after founder J. C. Jacobsen’s son Carl, is best known for their light-bodied lager, Carlsberg Pilsner (also known as Carlsberg Beer or Carlsberg Hof). In 2008, however, Carlsberg introduced another beer guaranteed to be linked to the Carlsberg name in the public consciousness, Vintage 1.
Vintage 3 is the third in the trilogy of beers created from 2008 to 2010. At the time of its launch, the “pale barley wine” was the only available beer to have been aged in French Côte d’Or oak barrels in the Carlsberg founder’s original cellar. Only 1,000 bottles of this exclusive beer were hand tapped and labeled with art by Kaspar Bonnén and two artists selected from the Radiant Copenhagen project.
The price of Vintage 1, 2,008 Danish kroner, reflected the year it was introduced. The brewer introduced Vintage 2 in 2009 and Vintage 3 in 2010, priced at 2,009 and 2,010 kroner respectively.
Brewdog’s “The End of History” – $765 per bottle
Well, PETA is going to have a field day with this one. Scottish brewery BrewDog has produced a beer served in bottles as shocking as the beer’s extremely high alcoholic content.
Only eleven bottles of this expensive beer, named after a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, were produced. The blond Belgian ale, infused with nettles from the Scottish Highlands and fresh juniper berries, is 55 percent alcohol and will be BrewDog’s final high ABV beer.
The bottles, however, are the beer’s most striking aspect–each one is encased in a squirrel or weasel stuffed by a gifted taxidermist. The four grey squirrels and seven weasels selected were all roadkill, however, so their immortalization as beer bottles may actually be considered more respectful than ignominious roadside decomposition.
Antarctic Nail Ale – $800
If your conscience rails at the thought of drinking beer clothed in roadkill, perhaps you’ll find this entry on our list of the world’s most expensive beers more to your taste. Australia’s Nail Brewing Company has been brewing craft beer for nearly a decade, and their limited edition Antarctic Nail Ale sold at auction for a record-breaking price. Best of all, that money is going straight to charity.
This expensive beer was brewed with actual Antarctic ice. Only thirty bottles were produced, and the number one bottle was sold by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society at an auction in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Sea Shepherd opposes whaling in the Antarctic sanctuary. They are also selling bottles numbered two through ten to support their cause. The number one bottle was purchased by the Elliot Syndicate.
BigPapaPlatinum
says:kool
wish I had some of that right now.
ben
says:this a really proper beer it tastes lovely well worth the money
Armando C.
says:Got a 12 pack of that in my fridge.
Luka
says:"hints of vanilla, oak and caramel"
wtf thats not beer anymore, lol
Lukas
says:Man that looks so delicious
dan
says:room-temperature beer?!?! isnt that… illegal?
mckl
says:what do you mean the strongest beer? the alcohol concentration? taste? bitterness?
xulian
says:oh my! wish I can drink this stuff every day!
Deepz
says:Man, this is what me and Nichols dream about. I imagine this beer will taste best after a 5 hour drive from Exeter to East Kent. I’m dribbling just thinking about it.
Andy
says:No carbonation? Not cold? NOT BEER
Sticky
says:While Utopia may be the strongest beer, it is not the most expensive. That title goes to Vielle Bon Secours costing around $1000.00 per bottle, it easily costs more than Utopia. It can only be found in a bar called the Bierdrome in London.
HrryNrmn
says:It *is* a beer, you bumpkin. Just because it’s not Keystone Light and you drink it for taste and not to get wasted doesn’t make it not a beer.
MyCsPiTTa
says:No carbonation… Easy to funnel.
amlan
says:be economical…have the cheapest one
BeeGee
says:Best beer in the world is brewed in Orval, Belgium
Leo
says:All that is gonna tun into pee
Steve
says:This is no a beer that you drink to get wasted on!
LYSOL
says:King Cobra 40 is also all goood and its $1.50 ! =]
Regis
says:Now that’s more like it! Beer is always worth the price.
jeo
says:The best beer?????in the philippines
counterfit
says:Utopias is usually brewed every other year. Someone is selling it for $600/bottle. http://www.internetwines.com/rws28347.html
lucky
says:not so expensive
chris
says:ooh… i looked it up on ebay, and my finger is hovering over the "buy it now" button…
ross
says:love great beer try blue point toasted lager dont be some rich disconected wankker
vincent
says:i think it’s the coconut wine is the best….
tom
says:i didnot drink this beer but it looks fantastic and hopefully lovely taste acording to the price
Rock
says:Nuclear Tactical Penguin is the strongest beer… so far
bmitch
says:guess they don't have a 30 pack option on any of these?
Tussin
says:Awww….Natural Ice isn't on the list?
beerjohn
says:buy Pangaea by Dogfish Head . . . it's got antarctic glacier water in it and is like 13 bucks for a bottle. it's a good beer and will save you 787 dollars.
Fjellorreten
says:Just tried the Utopias at Amundsen in Oslo, Norway. The price was 148,- Norwegian Kroner ( like 30 US Dollars) per 4cl. It`s more like Portwine than a beer. With a cognac aftertaste. Calling this a beer is just stupid. It`s more like an expencive, low alcohol, bitter cognac in a fancy bottle. It was good, but not in a beer way.
Aditya K.S.
says:bucket list !!