{"id":679,"date":"2010-07-22T09:14:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tombedell.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2012-10-03T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:48:12","slug":"the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/679\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part I: The Arms Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/07\/brewdog-end-of-history.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-680\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/07\/brewdog-end-of-history.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Rest easy, Scotland.\u00a0 In the high alcohol arms race that has been brewing between BrewDog in Scotland and Schorschbr\u00e4u in Germany (see my previous post and comments <a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/563\/tap-beer-of-the-week-17-bashah\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), the irreverent Scots have responded, and have seemingly reached the end of the road in their experimentation with sky-high ABV beers. BrewDog has produced 12 bottles of a 55% ABV beer costing \u00a3500 each and wrapped in dead animal skins: The End of History.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t appear to be a joke, as the brewers suggest at the BrewDog website (brewdog.com) that the beer is a blond Belgian ale infused with nettles and juniper berries.<\/p>\n<p>Yet they display it all jokingly. As the website says, each bottle &#8220;&#8230;comes with its own certificate and is presented in a stuffed stoat or grey squirrel. The striking packaging was created by a very talented taxidermist and all the animals used were road kill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This has already set off criticism from animal rights groups in Scotland, and comes on the heels of a BBC News report that Scots drink 25% more alcohol than other Brits.<\/p>\n<p>No word from Germany yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nRelated Posts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/1352\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-iii\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/3427\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-iv-beer-with-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\">The End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/1352\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-iii\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/3427\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-iv-beer-with-balls\/\" target=\"_blank\">IV: Beer With Balls<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/1352\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\">The End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part III: Arise, Prince Willy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/732\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it-part-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\">The End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part II: Fried Beer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rest easy, Scotland.\u00a0 In the high alcohol arms race that has been brewing between BrewDog in Scotland and Schorschbr\u00e4u in&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/679\/the-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it\" title=\"ReadThe End of the Beer World As We Know It, Part I: The Arms Race\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[939,18],"tags":[667,2028,28,2032,112208],"class_list":["post-679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer-on-tap","category-lifestyle","tag-germany","tag-brewdog","tag-scotland","tag-schorschbrau","tag-end-of-the-beer-world-as-we-know-it"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/07\/brewdog-end-of-history.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}