Plenty of strong ale recipes on this forum, just need to search for them. Most of them are dark beers although there are some lighter (colour) strong ones.
Get a few brews done, you might find as I did, that your tastes do start to change.
Had a tin of Brigalows GB and a tin of Tooheys Draught no one wanted so have chucked the whole lot in the spare fermentor with 1kg dex and 1 kg raw sugar and all the yeast and feeder topped to 22 lts Shocked
Boy.. is it goin to town
4 months on yer swear you were drinking Bundy and coke
Certainly takes the wrinkle outa the front of ya trousers
If you search on Karmeleit Triple, you'll find a brew I did which came out at 10.6%. A friend throws them back like they're regular beer, but I find them more of a sipping drink.
Perhaps a "sneaky beer" list is worth gathering....?
Erdinger Pikantus (7.3%) - A smooth dark wheat bock beer that goes down far too easily and gets your brain in a classic pincer movement by the 4th bottle...!