To my knowledge, no one has ever accused the Scots of not being good drinkers.  But with this new concoction they’ve crafted up, it looks like they have successfully named themselves a force not to be reckoned with.  Armageddon, Brewmeister’s newest craft beer, is now the strongest known beer in the world.  At 65% (that’s right, SIXTY FIVE PERCENT) alcohol, it’s even more potent than both whiskey and brandy.  Though ABC does not carry this lethal weapon, if you were to travel across the pond you would find it in 330mL bottles, each containing 22 units of alcohol.  To put
that into perspective, a unit is considered 1 standard drink, though in the United States 1 serving is really closer to the size of 2 “standard” drinks. 

    So, we’ll give ourselves some breathing room and say 22 units is comparable to about 10 normal beers.  Think about that, 10 beers in 1 Armageddon, and now let’s consider the percentage of
alcohol.  Armageddon weighs in at 65%, while a regular Scotch is about 40%.  It’s enough of a leap to make you wonder, why create such a strong, dangerous, though possibly delicious, brew? 
Creator Lewis Shand says, “We’ve designed it for people to consume like a fine brandy, in small amounts, not sitting in a park with a brown paper bag ‘round the bottle… These bottles are for sharing.”  Even so, let’s just say I won’t be slurping down any of Brewmeister’s newest recipe anytime soon.  How about you?

Hannah Grantz