Danish brewer Mikkeller has certainly started the new year with a bang, producing the country’s strongest ever beer, a barley wine weighing in at 17.6% ABV.

Called Big Worst Barley Wine it is a development of Mikkeller’s previous beer of almost the same name (Big Worse Barley Wine – which was a mere 12% ABV) and is described as tasting like an orgy of hops, sugar and alcohol.

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Breaking news……. You either love em or you hate em but there’s no questioning those guys over at BrewDog love their beer and breaking the rules.

Today they’ve even broken a world record with the announcement within the last hour that they’ve managed to brew the world’s strongest ever beer, which weighs in at a jaw-dropping 32% ABV.

Tactical Nuclear Penguin (TNP) is an imperial stout that was aged in two different whiskey for 16 months before being stored at -20 degrees in a Scottish ice cream factory for three weeks to get it down to 32%..

See how the two BrewDog owners (yes, they’re the ones dressed up as penguins) did it by clicking on play.

More details to follow shortly………..