Hello Kitty beer now sold in China

FOX ^ | Sept. 4, 2013 | unattributed

[1rudeboy]

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Hello Kitty, the iconic cartoon cat designed by Japanese company Sanrio, is now selling beer in China.

The adorable kitten, known for gracing snack cakes and children’s wardrobes, now has its own fruit-flavored beer, which is sold exclusively in China.

The Hello Kitty brew, licensed by the Shanghai KT trading company and made by Taiwanese beer maker Long Chuan, comes in at least six tropical flavors, from passion fruit to banana.

[1rudeboy]

While the beers are only 2.3 percent alcohol by volume, they are so sweet that it is easy to consume too many.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

[AnAmericanAbroad]

This is so wrong on so many levels it’s really quite hard to imagine. I agree with Mr. Jones’ facial expression. It sums up my reaction perfectly.

[Veto!]

Wonderful. Now kids can start drinking in nursery school and the marketers will have a lot of new customers addicted to their product. Think of that cute colorful sales curve rising. That’s all that counts.

[1rudeboy]

Not to mention, it puts a serious dent in my plan to market Hello Kitty nicotine patches at elementary schools.

[Veto!]

And don’t forget the Hello Kitty condoms.

[CrazyIvan]

I'll stick with My Pretty Pony Malt Liquor.

[max americana]

I expect Naruto, Pokemon and Bleach whiskey anytime soon.

[a fool in paradise]

kitty PING

[a fool in paradise]

It's nothing new, really. Here's a German Becks bottle with Hello Kitty:

And a "special reserve" wine dated 2006.

[BunnySlippers]

Don't forget the matching Hello Kitty taser.

[a fool in paradise]

Welch’s used to make wine and the Flintstones advertised it on television in the 1960s. The Flintstones also used to advertise Winston cigarettes.

[dsrtsage]

ahh yes, the good old days, flintstones cigarette commercials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdHSIquSHMw

[real saxophonist]

Betty was FAR hotter than Wilma.

[knarf]

Yep

[Slings and Arrows]

That’s no taser.

[Slings and Arrows]

I have the perfect accessories.

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[dsrtsage]

“Betty was FAR hotter than Wilma.”

Word

[Snickering Hound]

[Vaquero]

... “I don't always drink beer, but when I do, it would not be Hello Kitty,”