Bad Elf Beer Battle

realbeer,com ^ | October 30, 2005

[JohnLongIsland]

State officials in Connecticut want to ban a holiday beer label they worry might entice children to drink beer, sparking a possible constitutional battle and virtually guaranteeing the beer will sell out.

[JohnLongIsland]

connecticut does it again, on a roll with cofiscating anything and everything.

[JohnLongIsland]

sorry about the spelling above.

[elfman2]

I should make it my graphical posting signature.

[Drew68]

The beer is a English Double Ale. That pretty much guarantees than any child who takes a sip will find it to be the most foulest tasting substance to ever touch his lips. He likely won't drink a beer again until he's 30.

English double ales are an acquired taste.

[Pontiac]

More Here

TheTransscript.com ^

(snip)

The state believes it would be really awful for kids to see the label on the British import Seriously Bad Elf. It shows a mean-looking elf with a slingshot firing Christmas ornaments at Santa's sleigh as it flies overhead.

(snip)

The state Liquor Control Division notified Massachusetts-based Shelton Brothers distributors that it was rejecting its application to sell the beer, a bitter winter ale brewed at the Ridgeway Brewery in England.

(snip)

Dan Shelton cried foul. After all, his company had no such problems when it sold Bad Elf and Very Bad Elf in previous years. It sells the beer in 30 other states and none have complained. ''We even had a beer called Santa's Butt last year,'' Shelton said. ''They didn't notice Santa's Butt, but they notice this one. How can you miss that big red thing? Minors are not going to be looking to buy beer because Santa Claus is on the label.''

Who can figure out State Regulators?