On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 19:43:58 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

Indeed, wine is limited in proof cuz all the yeasties die, en masse, in
their own effing ****, at about 19%.

http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/501/
[
Sam Adams Utopias MMII & Samuel Adams Millennium
Brewed by the Boston Beer Co., Utopias currently holds the record as
the strongest beer in the world. It weighs in at 24 percent ABV and is
limited to 3,000 bottles that looked like mini, old-school, copper
brewing kettles. The beer was brewed with a slew of malts, hops and
maple syrup, then aged in port, scotch and cognac barrels.
]

They evolved a "super yeast" ....
--
Cliff