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Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic bevera#8805 it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented beverage.
Let's take a look at some of the most expensive beers in the world, according to most-expensive.net.
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Antarctic Nail Ale
Price per bottle: $800
Australia's Nail Brewing Company has been brewing craft beer for nearly a decade, and their limited edition Antarctic Nail Ale sold at auction for a record-breaking price.
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This expensive beer was brewed with actual Antarctic ice. Only 30 bottles were produced.
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Brewdog's "The End of History"
Price per bottle: $765
Only 11 bottles of this expensive beer, named after a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, were produced.
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The bottles, however, are the beer's most striking aspect - each one is encased in a squirrel or weasel stuffed by a gifted taxidermist.
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Carlsberg Vintage 3
Price per bottle: $348 per bottle
The Carlsberg Group, a brewing company founded in 1847 and named after founder J C Jacobsen's son Carl, is best known for their light-bodied lager.
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Vintage 3 is the third in the trilogy of beers created from 2008 to 2010.
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Samuel Adams Utopias
Price per bottle: $100
Utopias was brewed with a blend of high-quality hops and sold in an ornate copper-plated brew kettle.
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Production of Utopias was limited to 8,000 bottles.
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Tutankhamun Ale
Price per bottle: $52 per bottle
It's brewed in a Cambridge laboratory from a recipe discovered in the Queen Nefertiti's Temple of the Sun in Egypt.
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The beer is named after the queen's stepson, more commonly known as King Tut.