{"id":7556,"date":"2010-03-01T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T14:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2010-03-01T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T21:20:03","slug":"the-cure-to-what-ales-you-worlds-most-expensive-beers-if-moneys-no-object","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/food\/the-cure-to-what-ales-you-worlds-most-expensive-beers-if-moneys-no-object","title":{"rendered":"The Cure to What Ales You (World’s Most Expensive Beers): If Money’s No Object"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve got beer on the mind here at Signature9 (and, no, it’s not because we’ve gone over the top with hockey celebrations<\/a> recently\u00c2\u00a0– c’mon, we’re classier than that). We featured Brooklyn microbrewery Sixpoint Craft Ales<\/a> last week, and got to wondering – how much would we pay for a good brew?<\/p>\n

We all know that a bottle of Cristal is the official drink of choice for the conspicuous champagne consumer, but what’s the Cristal of beer? And would it have been a better choice for Canada’s women’s hockey team celebration? Well, check out…<\/p>\n

The World’s\u00c2\u00a05 Most Expensive Beers:<\/h2>\n#5: Brewdog Atlantic IPA<\/h3>\n
$\"brewdog\"$ Ahh, we love a beer brewed on the open seas. You can almost taste the salty Atlantic winds, that subtle flavor of months-old fishing boat.<\/p>\n
Scottish brewery Brewdog <\/a>created this beer based on a recipe from 1856 (you can’t beat a classic) and even went so far as to age it on the open seas of the Atlantic Ocean – on the company co-founder’s fishing boat, no less.<\/p>\n
This is a beer that’s been through the elements, all right, including a: “tense barrel-rescue-mission, beatings from force ten storms, 60 foot waves and encounters with killer whales<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
Only 960 bottles were made available for American consumption,\u00c2\u00a0but you can sample this unusual brew for $25.99 a bottle. Not bad, considering this is a beer that’s probably seen more\u00c2\u00a0high-packed adventure in its short existence than most people see in their entire lifetimes.<\/p>\n
#4: Tutankhamun Ale <\/strong><\/h3>\n $\"tutankhamun-ale\"$ Supposedly conjured up in a Cambridge basement laboratory using a recipe taken from Queen Nephertiti’s temple <\/a>in Egypt, Tutankhamun Ale is definitely not your average brew.<\/p>\n
And at $52 a bottle, it’s not your cheapest brew either.<\/p>\n
We’re\u00c2\u00a0just wondering if this beer is as cursed as everything else bearing King Tut’s name supposedly is…of course, come to think of it,\u00c2\u00a0we’ve definitely been cursed by beer before. And we’re pretty sure that\u00c2\u00a0had nothing to do with King Tut.<\/p>\n
#3: Sam Adams Utopias<\/h3>\n
$\"sam$ This pricey beer\u00c2\u00a0is so\u00c2\u00a0luxuriously unique, it’s not even\u00c2\u00a0really a beer any more – it’s more like beer’s more sophisticated, richer\u00c2\u00a0uncle.<\/p>\n
Utopias <\/em>was brewed from the highest-quality hops in single-use bourbon cask<\/a>s. Non-carbonated and a whopping 25% alcohol<\/a>, this is a beer that’s meant to be sipped with a cigar – certainly not chugged at a kegger.<\/p>\n
And at $100 a bottle, you better believe you won’t\u00c2\u00a0 be chugging this ale any time soon.<\/p>\n
#2: La Vieille Bon Secourts $\"Secours\"$ <\/h3>\n
If you’re craving beer, then Belgium would probably be a good place to start. With\u00c2\u00a0the world’s best-quality beers all\u00c2\u00a0coming out of one\u00c2\u00a0relatively small area, it’s no surprise that someone would want to find a way to get ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n
And did they ever.<\/p>\n
London\u00c2\u00a0restaurant Belgo <\/a>invested in a whopping $1,160 12-liter bottle of La\u00c2\u00a0Vieille Bon Secourts, a ten-year old Belgian beer, that’s so big it\u00c2\u00a0takes two people to pour it.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately,\u00c2\u00a0Belgo only has one bottle left <\/a>– so we suggest getting mighty chummy with the owners if you want to snag this bottle for your Olympic ending party (men of the Canadian hockey team, this means you).<\/p>\n
#1: Carlsberg Jacobsen Vintage No. 1<\/h3>\n
$\"jacobsen\"$ <\/p>\n
The world’s most expensive beer?\u00c2\u00a0Carlsberg’s Jacobsen Vintage No. 1 for $400 a bottle – that’s 12 times more per liter than its next leading competitor,\u00c2\u00a0La\u00c2\u00a0Vieille Bon Secourts<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Now,\u00c2\u00a0Carlsberg only produced 600 bottles – but before you go running off to get your own, you may want to consider what else you could buy with the same amount of cash<\/a>:<\/p>\n
480 cans of Bud Light<\/li>\n
280 bottles of Sam Adams<\/li>\n
233 bottles of Leffe<\/li>\n
13 shares in the Carlsberg Group on the Danish stock exchange<\/li>\n
1 night\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s accommodation in the SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen plus <\/em>2 pints of Carlsberg beer on draft<\/li>\n
Ah, decisions, decisions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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#5: Brewdog Atlantic IPA<\/h3>\nAhh, we love a beer brewed on the open seas. You can almost taste the salty Atlantic winds, that subtle flavor of months-old fishing boat.<\/p>\n