Carlsberg will sell words most expensive bottle of beer for $400

The Vintage No. 1. is an exclusive beer where there will only be 600 bottles for 2008 Danish kroner in three exclusive restaurant in Coppenhagen.

 Apparently the 10.5 percent proof beer will go well with desserts and cheeses . The number of Danish breweries has increased ten-fold since 2000 with the opening of about 90 microbreweries and brewpubs specializing in gourmet beer. Carlsberg, whose Danish market share has declined from a peak 81 percent in 1971 to 63 percent last year, in 2005 opened the Jacobsen microbrewery in Copenhagen to tap increasing demand for specialty brews.

Carlsberg, which sells more than 150 different beer brands in as many countries around the world, has no plans yet to export Vintage No. 1. Some bottles will be offered for sale next week on the brewer's Web site.