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Most expensive beers in the world

Last updated on: February 22, 2012 18:04 IST

Image: Let's take a look at some of the most expensive beers in the world.
Photographs: Courtesy, beercollege.net

Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic bevera#8805 it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented beverage.

Let's take a look at some of the most expensive beers in the world, according to most-expensive.net.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Antarctic Nail Ale.
Photographs: Courtesy, ecorazzi.com

Antarctic Nail Ale

Price per bottle: $800

Australia's Nail Brewing Company has been brewing craft beer for nearly a decade, and their limited edition Antarctic Nail Ale sold at auction for a record-breaking price.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: It was brewed with actual Antarctic ice.
Photographs: Courtesy, beerinbaltimore.com

This expensive beer was brewed with actual Antarctic ice. Only 30 bottles were produced.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Brewdog's The End of History.
Photographs: Courtesy, dezeen.com

Brewdog's "The End of History"

Price per bottle: $765

Only 11 bottles of this expensive beer, named after a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, were produced.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: The bottles, however, are the beer's most striking aspect.
Photographs: Courtesy, webecoist.momtastic.com

The bottles, however, are the beer's most striking aspect - each one is encased in a squirrel or weasel stuffed by a gifted taxidermist.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Carlsberg Vintage 3.
Photographs: Courtesy, carlsberggroup.com

Carlsberg Vintage 3

Price per bottle: $348 per bottle

The Carlsberg Group, a brewing company founded in 1847 and named after founder J C Jacobsen's son Carl, is best known for their light-bodied lager.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Vintage 3 is the third in the trilogy.
Photographs: Courtesy, carlsberggroup.com

Vintage 3 is the third in the trilogy of beers created from 2008 to 2010.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Samuel Adams Utopias.
Photographs: Courtesy, thecampussocialite.com

Samuel Adams Utopias

Price per bottle: $100

Utopias was brewed with a blend of high-quality hops and sold in an ornate copper-plated brew kettle.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Production was limited to 8,000 bottles.
Photographs: Courtesy, onlythemost.blogspot.in

Production of Utopias was limited to 8,000 bottles.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: Tutankhamun Ale.
Photographs: Courtesy, mostexpensivelists.com

Tutankhamun Ale

Price per bottle: $52 per bottle

It's brewed in a Cambridge laboratory from a recipe discovered in the Queen Nefertiti's Temple of the Sun in Egypt.

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Most expensive beers in the world

Image: The beer is named after the queen's stepson.
Photographs: Courtesy, mostexpensivelists.com

The beer is named after the queen's stepson, more commonly known as King Tut.

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