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Is this the world’s most expensive beer?

Published 20:31 6 Dec 2015 GMT

Updated 20:32 6 Dec 2015 GMT

Tom Victor
Is this the world’s most expensive beer?

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If you're the sort of person who complains about having to pay £4 for a pint, look away now.

Because one brewery in Canada is charging $1,000 for a bottle of its latest creation. That's nearly £500. So, what makes the Glacial Mammoth Extinction beer, from Vancouver's Storm Brewing, so special? The clue's in the name. https://www.instagram.com/p/-7FzdNSE7_/?taken-by=stormbrewing Ancient mammoth tusk ivory is used in the bottle itself, although we're not sure how good it makes the beer taste. Two people have already forked out a cool grand for a bottle of their own, from a very limited run of 10. It's not often a beer will cost a comparable amount to a flight from the UK.

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