The beer scene is bubbling over with a kaleidoscope of mainstream eccentricities, starting with the buzzworthy rise of non-alcoholic beer. But we’re cranking up the weirdness with avant-garde flavors that push the boundaries of craft brewing, diving into the realm of the bizarre—think ingredients like animal testicles in the mash! Ready to explore the wild side of the weirdest beer flavours on planet earth?
Here are three of the most outrageously and weirdest beer flavours you’ll ever encounter—dare to spit or swallow?
Lucky Charms Beer
Smartmouth Brewing in Virginia used toasted marshmallows and cereal marshmallows in the mash. The result is supposed to remind drinkers of Saturday mornings spent planted in front of the TV, downing bowl after bowl of sugary cereal during a stoner movie marathon session.
Whale Testicle Beer
Stedji’s beer combines two of nature’s finest resources: pure Icelandic water and whale testicles smoked in sheep dung. The sheep shit adds smokeness to the beer, the brewery says, while the whale testicles—one massive ball used per batch—help give the brown beer its porter-like flavor. Hvalur brewed in the winter months, when Icelandic people eat rotten shark and special meats in honor of Thor, the thunder god, like their ancestors did before them.
Super Spicy Ghost Face Beer
Billed as ‘the hottest beer this side of hell,’ Twisted Pine‘s Ghost Face Killah lands with the kind of bold proclamation that the rapper of the almost identical name can effortlessly toss off at a moment’s notice. Ghost Face Killah only has 5.2% ABV, but thanks to the six chili peppers used in brewing it, the beer might just blow your head off. Besides ghost pepper, there’s serrano, jalapeño, habanero, Fresno, and Anaheim peppers in this wheat ale. And it also has GhostFace Killah of the Wu Tang Clan’s blessing. Apparently.