Snake Venom, World’s Strongest Beer Contains 67.5% Of Alcohol

The world's strongest beer, dubbed Snake Venom, contains a massive 67.5 per cent alcohol by volume, costs $85 to buy and should be consumed in tiny doses, its Scottish makers say.

Snake Venom is the product of Scottish brewery Brewmeister, which has upped the ante from its previous record-holding concoction, the 65 per cent ABV Armageddon (vodka, by comparison, is typically 80 proof, or 40 per cent alcohol).
The brewery decided to manufacture an even stronger beer after some customers
complained its first attempt was too weak, Scotland's Daily Record reported. Brewers Lewis Shand and John McKenzie said they didn't want Armageddon, now the world's second- strongest beer, to have an overwhelming taste, so they made it oily. This time around, they didn't try to disguise the sharp taste of the alcohol in Snake Venom.

"The alcohol is very strong but the beer still tastes like a beer rather than a spirit. It's hoppy, malty and very pleasant," says the Brewmeister website.

However, it's so strong the beer comes with a yellow health warning stuck to the bottle's neck, advising "this beer is strong - do not exceed 35ml in one sitting". That's good news because a 275ml bottle retails for £50 ($85) online, not including shipping. “It should be poured like it's whisky,” 
Shand told the Daily Record.

The pair brewed Snake Venom with smoked peat malt and two varieties of yeast, according to Fox News, and reached such high alcoholic content by freezing the mixture several times during the fermentation process.


To put things in perspective, vodka, tequila, and whiskey usually clock in at about 40% ABV — making Snake Venom an exceptionally caustic brew. As some point out, whether it’s “technically beer” is up for debate, as the freeze distillation method used pushes it closer to hard alcohol territory.