10. Pabst
Blue Ribbon 1844 – $44/bottle
When most
people think of Pabst, they think of a cheap beer that can be bought in just
about any store that sells beer. It is certainly not a high-end beer here in
America, however, in China, it’s a whole different story. This is the Cadillac
of all beers and is only sold in China. The brewer wanted this beer to be one
that competed with some of the high-end wines and Brandies on the market, and
that it does. The beer is made from German caramel malts before it is aged
in uncharred American Whiskey barrels. This is one of the most expensive
bottles of beer in the world, which has some beer surprised to hear, knowing
what they pay for a Pabst here in the U.S.
9.
Tutankhamun Ale – $75/bottle
The name
sounds Egyptian, which is exactly what this beer is, Egyptian. A
Cambridge archaeologist discovered the royal brewery of Queen
Nefertiti back in 1990. Some old beer residue was found and brought back
for analyzing and all of the ingredients were identified. Once it was
clear what the beer was made of, a Scottish master brewer, by the name of Jim
Merrington, was hired to recreate this rare and ancient beer. The concoction
was sold for $7,865 a bottle in the beginning, but over time, the prices dipped
all the way down to just $75 a bottle. Today, since the brewery has since
closed down, it is said that any remaining bottles could go back up in price
since there is no longer any production of the beer.
8. BrewDog Sink
the Bismarck – $80/bottle
Yes, this
is a name that does have links to a World War II battleship, the Bismarck),
however, the name was also derived as a way to fight back against a German
brewery who had claimed to have the strongest beer. BrewDog decided to create
it’s own, very strong beer that had four times more alcohol as the German
brewery’s beer, and to do this, they had to add four times the amount of hops,
then distill four separate times, and finally, freeze it four times. The final
product produced a beer that gives you four times the punch of a regular beer,
so you have to drink with caution, or you could wind up four times drunker than
you expected, and this experience will cost you $80 a bottle to get that
way, so yo may not want to plow through a six pack just for that reason alone.
7.
Sapporo Space Barley – $110/bottle
Many sci-fi
movies like to portray space and spaceships as being able to grow some sort of
agricultural plants, so when Japanese and Russian scientists decided to give it
a shot and try this on their own in 2006, they were surprised to learn that is
indeed possible. In 2006, barley was planted on the International Space Station
to see if by chance they could get it to grow and after five months in space,
it was the fourth generation of the planted barley that was finally sent home
to earth and given to the Japanese brewer, Sapporo, who then brewed the first
batch ever, of space beer. Despite this being the first space beer, it’s not
the only beer created from space-grown barley. The Russians then gave it a
crack and brewed their own, called 4pines Vostok Space Beer. It’s also a cheaper
version, listed at about $20 per whole 6-pack, while Sapporo is $110 per
bottle.
6. Sapporo Space Barley – $150/bottle
This is not
only supposed to be a very luxurious beer in the way of taste, but it comes in
a beautiful copper bottle that you will want to hold onto long after you down
the beer. The Utopia beers were brewed using the main, traditional ingredients
found in beer, along with four different types of noble hops to give it a bit
of an herbal flavor. After the brewing process, the beer was put into
barrels that are typical used to age fine wines, and in the end, the flavor is
described as a bit “fiery.” This is a beer that is made to sip on and enjoy,
like a Brandy, and due to its distinct and rare flavor and gorgeous bottle, not
to mention that only 3,000 were ever produced, the beer sells for $150
each, making it one of the most expensive bottles of beer.
5. Schorschbrau’s Schorschbock 57 – $275/bottle
This is a
beer that is said to be the strongest beer globally. Yes, BrewDog created a
beer that is 55% alcohol, but this German beer is said to have gone a bit above
this and produced a beer, the 57, stronger than what the German Beer Purity Law
allows. The beer has several different testable flavors noted, such as, nutty
and smoky, along with light tastes of raisins. Of course, with an alcohol
content as high as they claim to have in this beer, that will be the first and
foremost flavor you taste. This beer sells for $275 a bottle, earning it a
place on the list of most expensive bottles of beer.
4. Crown
Ambassador Reserve Lager – $90-$800/bottle
Only 8,000
bottles of the Australian beer, Crown Ambassador Reserve Lager were produced.
It’s a beer that is comparable to fine wine, in the form of beer, and was
marketed as a fine wine’s alternative. The beer has an expensive taste and
price, at $90-$800 a bottle, you can expect that all the ingredients are of the
highest quality, like the handpicked green Galaxy hops used for each batch that
was brewed, and the ale was bottled in an expensive looking bottle, then placed
in a beautiful velvet case.
