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A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world's strongest beer - with a 32% alcohol content.
Tactical Nuclear Penguin has been unveiled by BrewDog of Fraserburgh.
BrewDogwas previously branded irresponsible for a 18.2% beer called Tokyo,which it then followed with a low alcohol beer called Nanny State.
Managing director James Watt said a limited supply of Tactical Nuclear Penguin would be sold for £30 each. He said: "This beer is about pushing the boundaries, it is about taking innovation in beer to a whole new level."
Mr Watt added that a beer such as Tactical Nuclear Penguin should be drunk in "spirit sized measures".
Awarning on the label states: "This is an extremely strong beer; itshould be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocraticnonchalance. In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a finewhisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxiousghost."
However Jack Law, of Alcohol Focus Scotland, describedit was a "cynical marketing ploy" and said: "We want to know why abrewer would produce a beer almost as strong as whisky."
Thebeer has been launched on the day alcohol was at the top of thepolitical agenda with the unveiling of the Scottish government'sAlcohol Bill including proposals for minimum pricing on drink.
Meanwhile,BrewDog's plans for a new headquarters to producing millions of bottlesof beer a year have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council.
Thedecision was taken at a full council meeting despite having beenrecommended for refusal by officers because the site at Potterton, nearAberdeen, is in the green belt.