Making SuperBeer™

Quick Overview

The attempt to create 80% ABV

Key Points: The experiment aimed to create a high-alcohol 'SuperBeer' by freeze-drying regular 5.0% ABV Budweiser beer and then reconstituting the resulting powder with 100% pure ethanol. The initial freeze-drying process successfully removed most of the water from the beer, resulting in a light yellow, fluffy powder. The freeze-dried powder was then mixed with 100% ethyl alcohol (ethanol) hoping to restore the beer's flavor, but the initial mixing resulted in a viscous, gooey substance, not a drinkable liquid. The total yield of freeze-dried material from 20 cans of beer weighed 24.4g, which was then mixed with ethanol. The final mixture, after adding water back to the concentrated residue, tasted surprisingly like beer but was extremely potent and burned due to the high alcohol concentration, which the creator estimated to be around 80% ABV. The creator mentioned using Odoo's website builder to create a promotional website for the 'SuperBeer' concept, which was apparently live at https://superbeer.odoo.com.

Context: The video documents an experiment attempting to concentrate the flavor and alcohol content of regular 5.0% ABV Budweiser beer to create an extremely potent 'SuperBeer' with an estimated 80% ABV. This involved freeze-drying the beer to extract the water, reconstituting the remaining solids with pure 100% food-grade ethyl alcohol, and then testing the final product. The experiment was sponsored by Odoo, an all-in-one business platform.

Detailed Analysis

The creator set out to make 'SuperBeer' by significantly increasing the alcohol content of standard Budweiser beer, which is 5.0% ABV. The process involved freeze-drying 20 cans of beer to remove the water, yielding 24.4g of solids (01:47). These solids were then mixed with 100% pure, food-grade ethyl alcohol (ethanol) in an attempt to reconstitute the beer flavor. The initial mixing with ethanol resulted in a thick, gooey, caramel-colored substance (23:17). After adding water back to the mixture, the result was a yellow liquid that still had some sediment but was mostly clear (27:29). A taste test of the final mixture, conducted by another person, revealed that it tasted surprisingly like beer but was incredibly harsh and burned due to the high concentration of alcohol, which the creator estimated to be around 80% ABV (28:57, 31:17). The process also involved setting up a website for the 'SuperBeer' concept using Odoo's website builder (33:32-34:15). The experiment concluded that while the resulting liquid tasted like beer, the high alcohol content made it overwhelmingly potent.