Micro-brewers are generally a pretty creative bunch, concocting some unique beer flavors and attaching labels to their bottles which are inventive and often — to some whiny types — offensive.
St. Louis brewer Derrick Langenecker (now there’s a brewer’s name!) just created the Mother of all Offensive Beers which he plans to release on August 1 through his Alpha Brewing Company.
It’s a beer mocking Islam originally named “Submission Ale.” One part of the label, depicting a pig in a burkha, reads “Alpha Ackbar,” and “This smoked ale will blow your mind.”
August 1st Release. Smoked Brown Ale. pic.twitter.com/MCMaawegjZ
— Alpha Brewing Co (@AlphaBrewingCo) July 8, 2015
And, on cue, the social justice warriors were outraged! Outraged!
Incredibly offensive. This should not be tolerated. Period. https://t.co/NM5716FkyK
— Femme Ferment (@FemmeFerment) July 8, 2015
Yes, we get that you crave negative attention and weren't loved as a child. Still not buying your beer. https://t.co/BWUxMO3yT3
— Sheppy Meal (@Shep133) July 8, 2015
Ah, but Langenecker is an equal opportunity offender. He scoffed, “This is the eighth in our Indoctrination Series. No one was upset when we put the Pope on the label.”
The Pope? Yes, the Pope.
And Scientology.
Xenu XIPA brewed with Lemondrop and El Dorado hops released April 1st. pic.twitter.com/esIh4Jo9ea
— Alpha Brewing Co (@AlphaBrewingCo) March 19, 2015
And atheists are mocked as well.
New series comes out #NYE. We will send you a case on the house @TheScienceGuy pic.twitter.com/ZOmmShjrxJ
— Alpha Brewing Co (@AlphaBrewingCo) December 27, 2014
Langenecker has now decided to scrap the name “Submission Ale,” but not due to pressure from the outraged. There is another beer in St. Louis called Sub-Mission IPA, produced by 2nd Shift Brewing, which has nothing to do with Islam but is part of a collaboration with a popular taco joint. He hasn’t decided whether or not to discard the label, admitting that “I got whacked in the face by a big wet fish this morning.” Ironically, Langenecker noted, the outrage doesn’t seem to be coming from Muslims but from perpetually angry social justice warriors.
It’s not the first time Langenecker has had to pull back his horns a bit. Last year he wrote an apology to the St. Louis brewing community after engaging in some rude Twitter exchanges between beer industry professionals and beer drinkers.
Why does the 28-year-old CEO find himself in such hot water? “Because I’m young and stupid,” he says.
I have a feeling that this young stupid guy has the cajones to become a real success in the microbrew world.
Jodi Giddings says: Does it come in pints? I’m getting one! (from one of my favorite LOTR Hobbits).
Appalled By The World says: “No one was upset when we put the Pope on the label.”
That’s because Catholics tend to shy away from such popular pastimes such as beheading and car bombing that another group greatly enjoys.
Wfjag says: No. The current Pope is an Argentine and the prior one was German. Both places have great beers and wines. As long as it’s a good microbrew, they won’t mind, since they grew up enjoying some of God’s gifts to man. But, relabel Budweiser as Pope’s Suds, and you could trigger a new Reformation.
Sea Dragon says: Two of my favorites are Arrogant Bastard and Double Bastard. Should I be offended? Naahhhhhhh.
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