08 Dec Storm Brewing Creates Mammoth-Sized Expectations For $1,000 Beer
Spending $8 on a pint of beer is expensive, at least to me, so the thought of spending $1,000 on a bottle of beer is something that does not compute. But that doesn’t mean the bottle of beer isn’t worthy of its price, which is what Storm Brewing’s James Walton is advertising.
If you’ve never heard of Storm Brewing that’s likely because they are based out of Vancouver, Canada. Headed up by brewer Walton, Storm Brewing is home to some crazy brews like Turkey Dinner IPA and Cherry Whiskey Sour Pilsner. But for his latest creation, Walton took it up a notch, or rather way down (below freezing).
Walton created a sour beer that he then froze at -30 celcius (-22 degrees for us Imperialists) for one month. He then separated the beer from the ice, leaving behind all traces of water, and barrelled it in a French oak barrel. And just to make everyone wait, because he can, he aged it for two years in the oak barrel. The 25% ABV beer was described on Storm Brewing’s website as, “a rich, complex, and viscous 100% malt beverage that resembles Port more than beer.”
Walton then needed a bottle to complement his beer, so he turned to two local artisans: Terminal City Glass Co-op’s Brad Turner and local sculptor Richard Marcus. Turner was tasked with hand-blowing the ornate glass bottle, while Marcus sculpted lovely pendants made from an estimated 35,000-year-old Mammoth tusk.
Only 10 bottles were created and filled with Glacial Mammoth Extinction, but Storm Brewing made sure to have some of the brew available for those who didn’t have $1,000 to spend. For $5 you could get a 10 ounce sample, $40 got you a 16 ounce growler, and $80 for a 32 ounce growler fill.
At $1,000, you are mostly paying for the hand blown bottle and mammoth pendant, but you are also paying for the once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Would you pay $1,000 for this brew? Let us know in the comments below.
Carson
Posted at 22:05h, 08 DecemberYeah. I would.