The Brew World....Now That's Expensive Beer

This could be the first of many beer articles here on The Manalyst. Because we all enjoy beer. So we might as well go into the dark depths of the brew world and see what we come up with.
Carlsberg A/S ads have said that it is, "the best beer in the world." Well I suppose at nearly $400.00 a bottle it should be.

Carlsberg is just one of many gourmet brewing companies in Denmark where microbreweries are sprouting like wildfire. The prune and caramel flavored Vintage No. 1 is said to have exceptional quality and is pretty exclusive as said by Christian Weinberg of Bloomberg.com,

"The brewer, Scandinavia's biggest, introduced a beer today (Jan. 25) that costs 2,008 Danish kroner ($396.47), the price being based on the year of its introduction. The Vintage No. 1 brew will be sold at three Copenhagen restaurants, including Noma, a holder of two Michelin stars and the world's 15th-best restaurant in 2007, according to S.Pellegrino."

Carlsberg brews over 150 brands of beer and are sold all over. The Vintage No. 1, however, probably won't be exported any time soon. And that is disappointing. I would love to see what makes this brew superior. Wouldn't you?

I personally enjoy darker, flavorful, high point beers and this one seems to fill my requirements. At 10.5 percent proof it is said to have hints of vanilla and oak from the French and Swedish wooden casks that it is stored in.

Well that all sounds fine and dandy, but I'll still take an ice cold glass of $2.00 malt liquor. That suits me just fine.