: In article > ,
: Dog3 > wrote:

: > Oh man, this stuff sounds killer. A couple of shots of beer and you're on
: > the floor. The article states "everyone" that has tried it has been
: > enthusiastic. I guess so. After a few glasses one is probably unconscious.
: > I think I'll pass.
: >
: > Michael
: >
: > Fri Sep 9,11:24 AM ET
: >
: > BERLIN (Reuters) - A German brewer has concocted what he says is the
: > world's strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4
: > percent that is served in a shot glass.


: I'm sorry, Michael, but this seems ridiculous, and nothing more than a
: publicity attempt (which has apparently worked, at least on this group).
: Techniques for increasing alcohol content have been known for hundreds
: of years. Much whiskey is made out of the same ingredient as beer
: (barley), can be served in a shot glass, and has a much higher alcohol
: content than this stuff. It's just not called "beer". I'm not going to
: call this stuff "beer" either. It is common to call beverages made like
: beer but more than about 10% alcohol "barley wine". They don't taste
: much like beer, and need to be aged more like wine than beer. In normal
: fermentation, the yeast is killed when the alcohol content reaches
: around 14% or a little higher.


Not only that, but champagne yeast can only ferment to around 12-14% ABV,
beer yeasts lower than that. So some other technique must be used to
increase the alcohol content once the ferment has finished. By doing
so it's no longer "beer".