A BRITISH brewery has scuppered a German bid to create the world’s strongest ale.

BrewDog sprang into action after rivals Schorschbock announced a 40% tipple called Bismarck.
The Scottish-based firm has unveiled a record-strength 41% bitter which it has named Sink The Bismarck!
The beer, which is stronger than vodka and whisky, costs £40 for a 330ml bottle. It will be sold on the website brewdog.com.
Managing director James Watt said his drink “takes beer to a whole new level” and would “restore national pride” after the Germans broke the record earlier in the month.
He added: “We will fight them in the mash tuns. We will fight them in the fermentation tanks. By golly, we’ll physically get into the freezers and fight them there if we have to. God save the Queen!”
Sink The Bismarck!, a pale ale, contains four times the normal amount of hops. It is also four times more bitter and frozen four times to create the massive alcohol content.
The company says the drink is left with a “deeply fruity, resinous and spicy aroma”.
It adds: “The beer’s flavours explode into crescendos of malt, honey, sweet alcohol, hop oils, coating hop resins, then kick you with a torpedo of hop bitterness.”
BrewDog, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, was blasted as “irresponsible” by watchdog the Portman Group last year when it launched 32% beer Tactical Nuclear Penguin. It was the world’s strongest beer ... until Bismarck came along.