Monday 22 April 2013

Offensive Beer Names

I thought it might be illuminating to look through the names of the beers we've had on tap at Hashigo Zake and check whether anyone might be offended by them. This could be an invaluable resource the next time the Dominion Post are looking for a story. By the time I got to the Es I was exhausted.

But to be fair to the Dominion Post, Garage Project do appear in this list an alarming number of times, and this is without getting as far as Golden Brown and Pernicious Weed.

Beer
Brewery
Possibly offended group
AK4.7
Founders
victims of gun violence
Avarice IIPA
666
saints
Bastard Rye
Garage Project
children of rye farmers
Beach Bum
Twisted Hop
beach goers
Beastwars IPA
Hallertau
victims of beast attacks
Black Arrow Pils
Townshend
victims of terrorism
Black Dwarf
8 Wired
black people of small stature
Black Magic IPA
Golden Bear
victims of voodoo
Black Ops IPA
Coronado
victims of counter-terrorism
Black Power
Moa
victims of gangs
Black the RIPA
Renaissance
Victorian era prostitutes
Blackbeard Porter
Golden Bear
victims of piracy
BlitzGreig IPA
Townshend
victims of the Blitz
Bumaye Imperial Stout
8 Wired
George Foreman
Bye Bye Blanket Man
Tuatara
Blanket Man
California Uber Alles
Garage Project
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cherry Bomb
Garage Project
victims of chemical weapons
Clusterfunk
Funk Estate
prudes
Czar Imperial Stout
Wigram
Bolsheviks
Dasher’s Envy
Moon Dog
Prancer
Day of the Dead
Garage Project
the undead
Dead Good Pilsner
Free House
the living
DeadCanary
ParrotDog
victims of mining disasters
Defibrillator Weizenbock
Doctor’s Orders
victims of heart disease
Dirty Blonde
Cock and Bull
blondes
Emerson's last of the Mohicans
Emerson’s
native Americans
Epic Armageddon
Epic
survivalists
Expat Pom Porter
Twisted Hop
poms

5 comments:

  1. Haha, quality! Bastard Rye Ale, offends children of rye farmers. Brilliant!

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  2. Some people/groups make a business out of being "offended".

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  3. Is there a list of beers that actually offended people in Hashigo Zake? Maybe something with a label with a picture of a stickman, a webcam and a youtube logo? ;)

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  4. Did you ever have BitterBitch on tap?

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  5. BitterBitch was launched here.

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