Beer drinkers can get fussy about their favourite brew and are prepared to debate its merits while downing several litres of it – especially if somebody is paying. But some people just have to meddle with the classic brew. Quid has compiled a snapshot of arguably the top eight weirdest things that have been put in beer:
8. Antarctic Ice
A tiny Perth brewery has produced 30 bottles of beer using ice from Antarctica. They brewed it in Edith Cowan University and claim the Antarctic Nail Ale beer is superior due to the purity and age of the water. And it’s not cheap either. The second bottle sold went to auction in 2010 and sold for $1,850 not surprisingly breaking the record for the most expensive Australian beer. All proceeds will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society famous for attacking Japanese whale hunting vessels in the Antarctic.
7. Food Colouring
As the world celebrates St Patrick’s Day with their Irish friends on 17 March, many pubs serve a green beer. It’s made with green food colouring and with the strong taste of the beer hardly affects the flavour at all… at all.
6. Blue Cheese
A few years ago Britain’s Belvoir Brewery created a beer fermented with Stilton whey, a by-product from the powerful Stilton blue-cheese. Some tasters claimed it was merely creamier but others could distinctly taste the cheese.
5. Mashed up Pizza
Some American home brewers have created the world’s first real liquid lunch: a beer fermented with mashed up pizza. They now produce it commercially and have a website that says: “The goal was to create a beer that would pair with a whole variety of foods, especially our favourite, Pizza! In the end, we were pleasantly surprised.” They sell it online (link http://www.halftimebeverage.com/search.htm?searchterm=Pizza+Beer&s_category=0&step=2).
4. Oysters
Irish brewery Porterhouse Brewing Co. claims their Oyster Stout brew has extra sweetness from the shucked oysters they chuck in the conditioning tank. And unlike many strange brews that only last a year or two these guys are still making it.
3. Egyptian tomb dust
The Ancient Egyptians apparently loved their beer. But we didn’t really know what it tasted like until archaeologists from Cambridge University excavated Queen Nefertiti’s Temple of the Sun. They found and tested residues from what they were convinced had been the temple’s onsite brewery and teamed up with brewers to replicate the ancient beer. They sold the limited batch – not marketed in the queen’s honour but instead under the name Tutankhamun Ale.
2. Beef Flavouring
Paws Point Pet Deli & Boutique market a beef-flavoured beer for dogs. They say they were motivated to find a non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beer for dogs when they discovered their dogs loved beer but it was bad for them.
1. Road Kill
Alternative Scottish brewery BrewDog don’t actually put road kill in their beer; they put their beer in road kill. Their single batch brew The End of History has the beer bottle encased in small stuffed animals like weasels and squirrels. Grab the fury little guys around the waist and pour the beer out their mouths. The beer itself is a little different too, with juniper berries and nettles from the Scottish Highlands. Don’t even think of drinking and driving. With a whopping alcohol content of 55%, drink drivers might otherwise only add to amount of road kill in the area.
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