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The world's strongest ever beer, Tactical Nuclear Penguin at

               32% launched.




               2010

               In July 2010, BrewDog produced the world’s strongest beer

               named after the Francis Fukuyama book that declared

               liberal capitalist democracy the peak of human political
               evolution, The End of History beer.


               Roadkill


                                                                                  At 55% alcohol-

                                                                                  by-volume
                                                                                  (APV), the

                                                                                  brew, a “blond

                                                                                  Belgian ale

                                                                                  infused with
                                                                                  Scottish

                                                                                  Highland

                                                                                  nettles and

                                                                                  fresh juniper
                 Diagram 16: Image copyright BrewDog                              berries”, was

               stronger than most whiskies, vodkas and gins. It sold in a
               limited run of 11 bottles, each artfully stuffed inside a

               deceased wild animal – seven stoats, four grey squirrels –

               costing between £500 and £700.


               Awarded the Gold Medal for Hardcore IPA at the World Beer
               Cup


               Watt became Scotland's youngest ever Entrepreneur of the

               Year.
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