Scotland-based Craft beer maker BrewDog has released a canned beer with 12.7% ABV, which is claimed to be the strongest in the world.
The beer, called Black Eyed King Imp, is a Vietnamese coffee-inspired Russian imperial stout and is a celebratory brew marking the setting up of a new canning line at the company's brewery in Ellon.
The imperial stout has been first matured in bourbon casks after which it has been further aged with vanilla pods and coffee beans from Dear Green, an artisanal roaster, reported Talking Retail.
Black Eyed King Imp is claimed to be a super intense and twistedly complex brew, with intense notes of sweet vanilla, rich espresso, smooth molasses and bitter chocolate barely contained by the metal wrapped around it.
BrewDog co-founder James Watt was quoted by Evening Express as saying: "We love big beers, big flavours, and challenging people's perceptions of beer.
"Black Eyed King Imp is the ultimate embodiment of that philosophy, in every dimension.
"This beer is super intense and twistedly complex, rocking intense notes of vanilla, rich espresso, smooth molasses and bitter chocolate with a spicy, oaky underpinning.
"All barely contained by the metal wrapped around it. We've barrel-aged this opulent dark liquid for over a year to create a massive monster of a beery beast."
Available online, the beer is priced at £9.50 for 330ml can.
Set up in Fraserburgh in 2007 by James Watt and Martin Dickie, BrewDog is global bar franchise, with sites present in Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
The Ellon brewery employs 370 people and BrewDog expects the staff count to touch almost 500 over the next four years.
