I'm not sure it's really beer, at that strength
...since above a certain strength, normal beer yeast won't work. That's why Barley Wine is so called - it uses wine yeast.

However, I can't be arsed to google it, so by all means tell me I'm wrong.

Or maybe they simply inject raw alcohol into the beer in a lock-up in Bolton?
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 11:07, 2 replies)

Cool...
They're generally produced via Fractional Freezing, the same process that creates an Ice-Wine, therefore causing the ability to create super-strong beers via fermentation rather than distillation, therefore still being recognisable as a Beer.
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Thu 4 Aug 2011, 11:57, closed)

It's still distillation.
it's just freeze distillation rather than heat distillation.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 13:45, closed)

I stand
corrected.
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Thu 4 Aug 2011, 14:07, closed)

I don't think that they achieve that strength by brewing. I think that they use fractional crystallisation to achieve that strength.

The argument runs that because most of the brew is left (apart from some of water) then it can be classed as beer rather than spirit..
(silene, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 12:01, closed)

they can call it what the fuck they like
however the process runs, it'd still legally be a spirit as it is distilled.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 4 Aug 2011, 13:48, closed)