Hong Kong tipplers to get taste of world's strongest beer, Snake Venom

Hong Kong is set to get a taste of one of the most expensive and strongest bottles of beer in the world - a dizzying brew with an alcohol content of 67.5 per cent.

And if that doesn't knock you over, the price will, at a staggering HK$1,200 a bottle.

Made in Scotland, the 33cl Brewmeister Snake Venom, the world's strongest beer by volume, is on the order list at The Roundhouse Taproom in SoHo, though a delivery date has yet to be determined.

The costly import comes as the 2015 beer price index ranked Hong Kong as the second most expensive city in the world for beer drinkers.

The overall average price of a 33cl beer in Hong Kong is US$6.16. In the supermarket, the average is US$1.46, but in a bar it will set you back US$10.86.

However, the survey measured the most expensive price based on major hotel chains.

Toby Cooper, director of The Globe, one of Hong Kong's best-known pubs, slammed the survey's ranking of this city as the second most expensive watering hole for beer.