$150 Beer banned in 12 states

[harley89]

The maker of Sam Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias -- now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science to boost potency and enhance taste.

"Just part of trying to push the envelope," said Jim Koch, founder and owner of the Boston Beer Co. the maker of Sam Adams. "I'm pushing it beyond what the laws of these 13 states ever contemplated when they passed those laws decades ago."

Since the 1990s, craft brewers like the Boston Beer Co. and the Delaware-based Dogfish Head have produced a number of "extreme beers" that challenge old notions of beer and the decades-old laws that have governed them.

By law, these specialty drinks still are classified as beer when they are based on fermented grain. And despite the hefty prices of the high-scale beer, brewers still have to pay the required nickel deposit on bottles.

Paul Gatza, director of the national Brewers Association based in Boulder, Colo., said new yeast research allowed brewers to experiment with the emerging science that pushed the traditional cap of 14 percent alcohol by volume for beer.

[jamrow32]

it's tempting....but I'm waaayyy to cheap to pay for that....especially with new badges coming out soon..lol

[C~M]

I'll take 3 and put them on Homer's tab.

[harley89]

I'll take 3 and put them on Homer's tab.

Homers tab is $1500 and he hasnt even started yet

[Homer]

It's all good. I have the BadgeHelp corporate card.

[Joe C]

It's all good. I have the BadgeHelp corporate card.

[Hocky]

Beer = 

[Homer]

Beer = 

[Joe C]