World's Expensive Beer |145 Year old beer
How much would you pay for a bottle of beer you will probably never drink?
An un-opened 140-year-old bottle of beer brewed for an Arctic expedition has been sold for $503,300USD at auction. The beer, fittingly called Allsopp's Arctic Ale, was brewed in Staffordshire, England for an expedition led by explorer Sir George Nares in 1875 and was recently discovered in a box in a garage in the county of Shropshire, a village about 50 kilometres south of Liverpool.
In this video we going to see the amazing story of Rarest Historic Beer in the World
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how this beer sold for $503,300?
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Allsopp’s Arctic Ale has a fascinating history
the history of this company can be traced back to the 1740’s. Samuel Allsop acquired the brewery in 1807 in Horninglow Street.
In 1859 to 60, Samuel allsop constructed and another brewery with a large malting tub which is close to the railway station and stretched till Horninglow Street.
Throughout the 19th century Allsopp’s brewing business was second only to Bass in size. Samuel Allsopp was the first to export Burton Pale Ale to India in 1822. By 1890 their output had reached 460,000 barrels However, the 20th century was not so favourable for the company.
in 1851 the Lords of the Admiralty invited all the great brewers to submit an ale to accompany Admiral Sir Edward Belcher’s 1852 mission to rescue Sir John Franklin, who had been lost whilst charting the Northwest Passage.
Samuel Allsopp and Sons won the prestigious commission and Belcher set sail with 540 gallons of Arctic Ale. Two further brews were provided for Sir Leopold McLintock in 1857 and Sir George Nares in 1875. The beer was the strongest ever brewed by Allsopp’s and was so viscous it had to be lifted out of the mashtun using buckets as it would not flow via the usual tap.
The 1875 brew was sampled by Brewing Historian Alfred Barnard in 1888, who noted that the beer had a large amount of unfermentable sugar, making it also a valuable foodstuff. The beer was around 9% alcohol by volume with an Original Gravity of 1126o and was designed to withstand the extremes of the Arctic, remaining liquid even at temperatures of -41oC.
The cork of the bottle was soft and crumbled beneath the corkscrew. The beer was a luscious chestnut brown, still as a lagoon, slightly viscous, with just a touch of acidity. Cherries and tobacco dominated the flavor, with a raisin-like fruitiness in the background. Tasted blind, you’d never guess it was beer. More likely port or madeira.
Versions of Arctic Ale would continue to be brewed until modern times; in 1897 it was advertised at seven shilling per dozen pint bottles and records show it was produced by Ind Coope & Allsopp in 1937. By 1956 the name had changed to Arctic Barley Wine, it “Keeps out the cold” according to the advertisement. In the 1970’s it became known as Triple A, with the three A’s signifying Allsopp’s Arctic Ale.
The story doesn’t end there though, in 2007 a bottle of the 1852 brewing sold on eBay for $503,000.
Yes,A few summers ago, a collector (and budding investor) from Tulsa, Oklahoma ended up making the ultimate beer purchase.
He won the auction for a bottle of Allsopp’s Arctic Ale in which the seller made a typo in his auction and spelt it “Allsops.” The auction ended with very little interest and only 2 bids for the bottle that was obviously worth so much more than the winning bid of $304.
To add insult to injury, the winning bidder turned around and listed the bottle again on eBay, but this time with the name spelled correctly, and got a whopping 157 bidders and a sale price of $503,300.
The rare beverage, which was carried on the ship that was later turned into the US President's desk in the White House, attracted 157 bids and eventually sold for $503,300
By losing one "p" the seller missed out on more than half a million dollars.
I believe this fascinating history of Allsopp's Arctic Ale beer will be useful for your personal knowledge.