What is the best value high-ABV beer?

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Message Fin P beers 17269 º places 1653 º 12:58 Mon 8/16/2010 Originally posted by cgarvieuk westveletern 12 10.8% and only E1.58 (~$2) Yes that is going to be quite difficult to beat for quality and ABV it wins hands down, but unless you’re lucky enough to live close by then the travel costs would make this poor value for all but the lucky few.
Message Fin P beers 17269 º places 1653 º 13:08 Mon 8/16/2010 Another tramps favourite in the UK is Tennent’s Super its £1.36 a can in Asda but it is only a 440ml can and doesn’t score as highly as Special Brew.
Message 17thfloor beers 2444 º places 19 º 13:12 Mon 8/16/2010 SN Bigfoot 9.6% $11-13 sixer GD Hibernation 8.7% $8.99ish a sixer those are the two I try and keep in stock.

Message Gustav1996 beers 333 º places 24 º 13:15 Mon 8/16/2010 Almost anything from Stone
Message pbrick beers 13 º places 4 º 13:18 Mon 8/16/2010 Old Rasputin - $8 a four-pack, 9% ABV and simply spectacular.
Message cgarvieuk P beers 37620 º places 457 º 13:23 Mon 8/16/2010 Originally posted by Fin Another tramps favourite in the UK is Tennent’s Super its £1.36 a can in Asda but it is only a 440ml can and doesn’t score as highly as Special Brew. Yeah ironicly Tennents beer is the favourite beer of the homeless
Message mmmbeer beers 1693 º places 66 º 13:25 Mon 8/16/2010 A personal favorite of mine- Budweiser + Everclear (190 proof) Some fun facts about Everclear from Wikipedia.org: Everclear is also used in cooking because its high concentration of alcohol causes it to extract flavors well. Everclear can be used to prepare medicinal tinctures and spice extracts. This is done by soaking herbs in it for several days and then straining out the solid material. The 190-proof variety of Everclear is sometimes used by backpackers as fuel in alcohol stoves (often a homemade beverage-can stove). It burns cleanly, and since it is not as toxic as methanol and isopropanol, it can be stored inside cookware without contamination. Everclear can be used as an antiseptic. It is used by home perfumers to make perfumes. Everclear can also be used to clean electronic parts, such as circuit boards and heatsinks. It evaporates quickly and leaves little or no residue. Woodworkers and luthiers favor it for use with shellac, because it evaporates more slowly than denatured alcohol, which may cause minute surface cracks (called "crazing" or "crackle") because it evaporates too quickly. Everclear is occasionally used by biologists to preserve invertebrate specimens. Everclear is perhaps the best cleaner for the restoration of tobacco smoking pipes.

Message Shonkers beers 17 º places 13 º 13:37 Mon 8/16/2010 Originally posted by Gustav1996 Almost anything from Stone Not to be a jerk, but I have to take exception to that post. $16.99 for a sixer of Ruination doesn’t quite fit into my definition of high value (low comparative price) for high ABV. Just sayin’, and no offense meant. In my humble opinion, I’d echo the earlier post that mentioned Lagunitas. Great beer for a lower comparative price, with high(er) ABV than most. I can get a sixer of Maximus for a dollar (or more) cheaper than a sixer of DFH 60 Minute (a sixer of Laugunitas’ Undercover Shutdown Ale goes for the same price as the 60 Min). Their Wilco Tango Foxtrot is the same price as most bombers, yet has a rather large ABV.
Message 502Che beers 999 º places 47 º 13:41 Mon 8/16/2010 4 Loko
Message Frank beers 4561 º places 92 º 14:23 Mon 8/16/2010 Originally posted by whaleman Expedition, if quality counts toward value. I think this is more what he meant. I’ll throw Bigfoot into the ring. I think it’s like $12/six here.