You know, often when I'm drinking a beer while sitting on my couch and staring off into space for hours in an attempt to make the darkness and pain I've tried so long to keep bottled up in the depths of my heart from bubbling up to the surface, I sometimes think to myself, "Man, if only this beer was stronger and I were drinking it out of a stuffed roadkill coozie. THEN maybe I could get my life back on track."
Finally, someone has heard my silent prayers.

 
The End Of History, the newest brew from Brew Dog, is a 55% ABV (yes, 55% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME) beer that not only seeks to "get you krunk" faster than any other beer in history, but also comes in this fetching dead rodent package! From the site:
"This blond Belgian ale is infused with nettles from the Scottish Highlands and Fresh juniper berries. Only 12 bottles have been made and each comes with its own certificate and is presented in a stuffed stoat or grey squirrel. The striking packaging was created by a very talented taxidermist and all the animals used were road kill.
The impact of The End of History is a perfect conceptual marriage between art, taxidermy and craft brewing. The bottles are at once beautiful and disturbing – they disrupt conventions and break taboos, just like the beer they hold within them."
Sadly, it seems all eleven bottles of the limited run are sold out now, even though they were going for over $750 a pop. Rats. I mean, "Tree rats".
[via The Daily What]