mmmHop

December 3, 2011 10:24 AM

Hanson beer: MMMHop Hanson, those three brothers who brought us MMMBop back in the mid-90s have decided to make beer. Not just any beer, however, this one is called....MMMHop. Apparently it's an IPA, because you know, the craft beer world just doesn't have enough of those.

But a band or musician creating their own beverage is hardly original, as is pointed out in this LA Times blog.

posted by nickthetourist (173 comments total)

See also:

- Justin Biebeer
- Rebecca Black & Tan
posted by cortex at 10:30 AM on December 3, 2011 [15 favorites]

Brittney's Beers
posted by lalochezia at 10:33 AM on December 3, 2011 [15 favorites]

Nice song, but I think it needs a hook.
posted by ob1quixote at 10:33 AM on December 3, 2011 [6 favorites]

The range of IPAs is truly astounding. I've been to several tastings where there was nothing but IPAs, and there was always a full spectrum of flavors and intensities presented.

There's nothing wrong with having a lot of a single type of beer, when it's as flexible and entertaining as IPA seems to be.
posted by hippybear at 10:34 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Cole's Porter?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 10:36 AM on December 3, 2011 [5 favorites]

Flagering Molly?
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 10:38 AM on December 3, 2011

There ARE other good types of beer, though. I'm serious!
posted by basicchannel at 10:39 AM on December 3, 2011

Bob Marleywine.
posted by pts at 10:39 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

There's nothing wrong with having a lot of a single type of beer, when it's as flexible and entertaining as IPA seems to be.

The one thing about Portland that makes me wonder if it's the right town for me is just how goddam nuts all the craft brewers are for IPAs. I appreciate that a lot of people like the damned things, but for me the range is from "eh..." on the good side to "I am only pretending I will finish this to be polite" on the not so good side.

I'd complain more if not for the fact that the nutso amount of beer here means that even the non-IPA choices are kind of a goddam splendor, but, jeez. It's like IPA is someone's new girlfriend that they can't shut up about. Gimme an amber, a stout, a porter, gimme a nice hefeweizen, a Belgian white, a nice lively red. Get down with your Bavarian self, put together a nice dunkel or doppelbock. Seven out of ten taps don't have to have IPA on them.
posted by cortex at 10:39 AM on December 3, 2011 [50 favorites]

Well, I agree with you there, cortex. The joy of beer is that it comes in a wide range of types, and having the majority of your offerings in a bar be IPAs is narrowminded and silly.

BTW, the Snow Day from New Belgium is one of the better seasonals I've had recently. And it's certainly not an IPA.
posted by hippybear at 10:42 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

CORTEX CANNOT COPE WITH HOPTACULAR DELICIOUSNESS.

Being an embittered mod, you'd think he could drink the flavor that he has been forced to embody
posted by lalochezia at 10:42 AM on December 3, 2011

having the majority of your offerings in a bar be IPAs is narrowminded and silly

And yet that is becoming the norm.
A few months ago I was in Bend, OR at the Deschutes Brewpub and found that had roughly 8-10 different IPAs available. After closer inspection, however, I realized that most of them were IPA only in name. It was as if the marketing guys were in charge of naming each special brew and figured they had better call it something familiar to the masses.
posted by nickthetourist at 10:49 AM on December 3, 2011

Well, I was going to (barley) whine about the editorializing against IPA's, but it looks like our mods share this bias (or at least the one piping into this thread).

(cortex, if there aren't IPA's you like, perhaps gracefully declining them when offered to you will make your life a bit better[less bitter]).

[I could just be bitter because I'm stuck with the Ontario beer selection at the moment, and don't live in the IPA rich world known as Portland].
posted by el io at 10:49 AM on December 3, 2011

ZZ Hops.
posted by el io at 10:50 AM on December 3, 2011 [12 favorites]

The t-shirt I'll always regret not buying in the 90s: "I fucked that chick in Hanson".
posted by fatbird at 10:54 AM on December 3, 2011 [10 favorites]

Van 'Ale-n.
posted by vrakatar at 11:02 AM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

No Stout
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:04 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Cyndi Lager.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 11:06 AM on December 3, 2011 [7 favorites]

Seth Roggenbier
posted by cnelson at 11:06 AM on December 3, 2011

Indigo Gir... um....

U2... hrm.

Pearl J....

Yeah I got nothing.
posted by hippybear at 11:08 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Thanks for the earworm, OP.

by thanks I mean I hate you
posted by desjardins at 11:09 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Oh, wait!

ABBEER!
posted by hippybear at 11:09 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Personally, I think it is great that those guys want to celebrate finally turning 21.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 11:10 AM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Rage Against the Poitín
New Kids on the Bock (THIS ONE IS ESPECIALLY FUNNY)
Ryebeer Cooder
posted by Jehan at 11:10 AM on December 3, 2011 [12 favorites]

Lambic Pentameter?

I tried
posted by jquinby at 11:10 AM on December 3, 2011 [4 favorites]

Also, with a name like MMMHop, they should ironically release a mead or cider.
posted by Jehan at 11:13 AM on December 3, 2011

cortex, if there aren't IPA's you like, perhaps gracefully declining them when offered to you will make your life a bit better

It's gotten to the point where you look down the beer list and then ask your server what they might have besides IPA and they give you a confused look as though nothing else exists.
posted by nickthetourist at 11:14 AM on December 3, 2011

Coal Porter is a velvety stout on tap here in the other Portland. Love it. (from Bar Harbor, ME.)
posted by Jubal Kessler at 11:14 AM on December 3, 2011

Are we not men? We drink PEVO
posted by Hoopo at 11:22 AM on December 3, 2011 [8 favorites]

Cortex,

There are definitely a lot of IPA's in town but I don't know of anywhere that ever has more than two on tap except for maybe some of the much larger beer bars like Horses Brass or Baileys, and even then they typically have 20 or so other offerings.

That said I like the rest of the city can't get enough of the hoppy goodness.
posted by sourbrew at 11:24 AM on December 3, 2011

Pop Will Mead Itself.

Brew Order.

Yeastie Boys.

Draft Punk.
posted by loquacious at 11:26 AM on December 3, 2011 [17 favorites]

UB40(oz)
posted by cnelson at 11:31 AM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Baby Got Bock
posted by argonauta at 11:35 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Shaun Ryder's Pilsner Thrills 'n Bellyaches
posted by Flashman at 11:37 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Hüsker Brew

Dunkel Tupelo

Mead Puppets
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:40 AM on December 3, 2011 [12 favorites]

Nickelbock?
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:40 AM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Oh! Oh!

Wort Tang Clan
posted by jquinby at 11:42 AM on December 3, 2011 [5 favorites]

Bright IPAs
Aesop Bock
Porterishead
Tame Im-Pale Ale
Cocktail Twins
Ghostface Pilsnah
Lager Rós
Gil Scott-Head-on
posted by fungible at 11:44 AM on December 3, 2011 [6 favorites]

Tom Waits for the specific gravity to level out before bottling

:\
posted by Flunkie at 11:48 AM on December 3, 2011 [4 favorites]

More like MMMBurp.
posted by Splunge at 11:49 AM on December 3, 2011

Talking Head

Lady Laga

Adrian Brew

Meadonna

Sonic Brewth

Merzbrau
posted by idiopath at 11:49 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

The one thing about Portland that makes me wonder if it's the right town for me is just how goddam nuts all the craft brewers are for IPAs.

Oh, it's not just Portland, it's the entire Northwest beer industry.

And while nickthetourist is right and most of the brews bear only a passing resemblance to an IPA, it doesn't stop them from cranking up the IBUs whenever possible.

(and if one more beer snobs tells me "it's an acquired taste."...., but that's a entirely different rant.)
posted by madajb at 11:50 AM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Que es IPA?
posted by dejah420 at 11:52 AM on December 3, 2011

Que es IPA?

India Pale Ale
posted by asnider at 11:54 AM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

And while nickthetourist is right and most of the brews bear only a passing resemblance to an IPA, it doesn't stop them from cranking up the IBUs whenever possible.

It's as if when tasting their creation and said, "yeah, this is good, but lets dump in some more hops just in case."
posted by nickthetourist at 11:59 AM on December 3, 2011

Fiona Applejack

David Drambuie

Brew Reed

Anisette Morisette

The Coors

Dick LipSchlitz
posted by idiopath at 11:59 AM on December 3, 2011

Vanilla Icehouse
posted by idiopath at 12:00 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

It's as if when tasting their creation and said, "yeah, this is good, but lets dump in some more hops just in case."

Which has me wondering if the hops shortages which have been going on for the past 5-6 years are actual shortages because of poor crops, or whether the whole hoppy beer fad is simply outstripping the supply no matter how much they grow.
posted by hippybear at 12:04 PM on December 3, 2011

Needs more cowbell.
posted by moonmilk at 12:05 PM on December 3, 2011

Brauhaus
posted by Flashman at 12:08 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Vanilla Eisbock
posted by bbuda at 12:08 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

The sheer volume of IPAs was one of my favorite parts about visiting Portland, actually. As a former brewer myself, I think the diversity of hop-types plays a role in this - you get much more distinctive flavor and aroma by adding different hops at different times during the brewing process, and it's just more fun to tinker with as you brew (as opposed to, say, selecting the right grain type and steeping it for x amount of time).

I had one of those band-pun things, but Stan ForGetz
posted by antonymous at 12:11 PM on December 3, 2011

shit, now I got that song stuck in my head. Not cool.
posted by Neekee at 12:13 PM on December 3, 2011

Fill Up Glass
posted by seanmpuckett at 12:17 PM on December 3, 2011 [11 favorites]

I read "the craft beer world just doesn't have enough of those" and thought, "Hah, sounds exactly like something nick would say." Then saw the poster. ;p
posted by curious nu at 12:24 PM on December 3, 2011

Bjórk.

Ok, it only works in Icelandic.
posted by aldurtregi at 12:25 PM on December 3, 2011

Beers For Beers
posted by Sys Rq at 12:28 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Also Elysian Avatar Jasmine IPA is delicious, and doesn't taste like any IPA I've had before, which goes to show how the IPA label can be stuck to all manner of beers without them being super hoppy boozealicious. Not that I mind a lot of hops and a slightly elevated alcohol content, mind you, just saying that if a bar is offering more than a couple IPAs there can be a whole world of difference between them.
posted by Hoopo at 12:29 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

I think the IPA situation in Oregon is a point of local pride--Oregon State University has been breeding hops for decades, and has developed some of the best hops strains in the game. Oregon itself is the second biggest grower of hops in the country.
posted by mullingitover at 12:29 PM on December 3, 2011

King Crimson Lager

ZZ Hop
posted by KingEdRa at 12:30 PM on December 3, 2011

The Red Stripes.
posted by 4ster at 12:50 PM on December 3, 2011

MetallIPA
posted by 3FLryan at 12:52 PM on December 3, 2011

Godspeed You! Black Lager
posted by Wolfdog at 12:53 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Godspeed You! Black Imperial Stout
posted by cortex at 1:06 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

dammit Wolfdog
posted by cortex at 1:06 PM on December 3, 2011

Elliot Brewed
The Flaming Sips
The Darkest of the Hillside Liquids [which I would drink so much of]
Hot Hot Wheat
posted by Lemurrhea at 1:07 PM on December 3, 2011

Engelbert Doppelbock
posted by Sys Rq at 1:10 PM on December 3, 2011

Hot Hot Wheat

I'm imagining a jalepeno infused hefe.
Which reminds me of a chipotle beer I tasted at Rogue several years ago.
posted by nickthetourist at 1:11 PM on December 3, 2011

Grizzly Beer
posted by fings at 1:13 PM on December 3, 2011

Pretty Girls Make Gueuze
posted by glip at 1:13 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

PiLsener
posted by Sys Rq at 1:14 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

...And You Will Know Us By The Robust Head
posted by cortex at 1:15 PM on December 3, 2011 [4 favorites]

Nine Inch Ales
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:17 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Taylor Hanson is a really good tipper. He and his brood went into a cafe where my friend worked, and he left a $20 in the tip jar. Hanson aren't my particular cup of ale, but I had to give them a few extra pints for that.
posted by pxe2000 at 1:19 PM on December 3, 2011

Godspeed Brew! Bock Importer
posted by Mikey-San at 1:19 PM on December 3, 2011

Bronski Wheat.
posted by ericb at 1:41 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Einstürzende Neubrauereien
posted by Dumsnill at 1:42 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Beery Manilow.
posted by ericb at 1:42 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Smashing Pumpkin Ale
posted by Wolfdog at 1:42 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Bjórk

Damn that's some subtly good punning right there. Icelandic or no, you deserve a prize.
posted by Jehan at 1:43 PM on December 3, 2011

I forgot to mention the two lead brewers of Bright IPAs: Conor Obeerst and Mike Mug-is.
posted by fungible at 1:50 PM on December 3, 2011

And while nickthetourist is right and most of the brews bear only a passing resemblance to an IPA, it doesn't stop them from cranking up the IBUs whenever possible.

Sure, that's because we grow a tremendous amount of hops out here. It's true that the IPA label gets stuck on a lot of things though. I blame Red Hook dropping the "Ballard Bitter" because they were worried about selling something called a bitter.

That said, give me the bitter over the sweet any time.
posted by lumpenprole at 1:53 PM on December 3, 2011

Fill Up Glass

He wrote that opera Eine Stein On The Beach, right?
posted by BitterOldPunk at 1:53 PM on December 3, 2011 [11 favorites]

Oh, and I find it ironic given that the other, better, Hansons have been singing about brewing for years.
posted by lumpenprole at 1:54 PM on December 3, 2011

Against Wheat!
posted by dismas at 1:59 PM on December 3, 2011

Pint Floyd
posted by cortex at 2:05 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Yeastie Boys is a real thing.
posted by roobot at 2:07 PM on December 3, 2011

What's with the Eraser Head haircut on the Hanson on the left?
posted by MexicanYenta at 2:09 PM on December 3, 2011

Billie Hollidale
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:13 PM on December 3, 2011

Coldplay Lite Lime
posted by gompa at 2:23 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Tiers For Beers
posted by dickasso at 2:26 PM on December 3, 2011

Emerson, Lake and Porter
posted by Curious Artificer at 2:27 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Gorky's Zygotic Murgy
posted by dickasso at 2:27 PM on December 3, 2011

The BeerGees
posted by nickthetourist at 2:28 PM on December 3, 2011

Mötley Brüe
posted by gompa at 2:29 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Daft Drunk
posted by dickasso at 2:30 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Weird Ale Yancovic

When it hops around your house, it really hops around your house
posted by Dumsnill at 2:31 PM on December 3, 2011

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Beer
posted by 3FLryan at 2:31 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

C+C Brewsic Factory
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 2:42 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

The Brew
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:52 PM on December 3, 2011

Gwort
posted by robocop is bleeding at 2:54 PM on December 3, 2011

Wheatloaf
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:04 PM on December 3, 2011

Captain Beerheart?
Gourds of Canada?
The Smashed Bumpkins?
The Dead Barmen?
posted by dickasso at 3:05 PM on December 3, 2011

Keg Cudi
dragging myself away...
posted by dickasso at 3:11 PM on December 3, 2011

American Analager Set
posted by cortex at 3:13 PM on December 3, 2011

Oh, wait!

ABBEER!

Oh, hippy... really?

PS your favorite band sucks
posted by wallabear at 3:18 PM on December 3, 2011

They have eight albums?
posted by avoision at 3:32 PM on December 3, 2011

Schoolhouse Bock.
posted by ericb at 3:46 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

I read "the craft beer world just doesn't have enough of those" and thought, "Hah, sounds exactly like something nick would say." Then saw the poster. ;p

See, for me, the order was a bit different. I saw a post about beer by nickthetourist and thought, "Ooh, I hope he complains about IPAs." (It's a discussion we've had many times.) And lo! I was not disappointed.

...I can't think of any puns. *sniff*
posted by maqsarian at 3:48 PM on December 3, 2011

Hall & Oat Beer.
posted by ericb at 3:49 PM on December 3, 2011

Prefab Stout.
posted by ericb at 3:51 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Anything Bochs.
posted by ericb at 3:52 PM on December 3, 2011

James Brown Ale
posted by Lanark at 3:52 PM on December 3, 2011

Err ... 'Anything Bocks.'
posted by ericb at 3:53 PM on December 3, 2011

Blood, Sweat and Beers.
posted by ericb at 3:54 PM on December 3, 2011

Burt Bockarach.
posted by ericb at 3:55 PM on December 3, 2011

Yngwie Malmstout.
posted by middleclasstool at 3:58 PM on December 3, 2011

I read "the craft beer world just doesn't have enough of those" and thought, "Hah, sounds exactly like something nick would say." Then saw the poster. ;p

See, for me, the order was a bit different. I saw a post about beer by nickthetourist and thought, "Ooh, I hope he complains about IPAs." (It's a discussion we've had many times.) And lo! I was not disappointed.

I'm so glad I haven't let you down.
When I saw this thing about Hanson (a band I've never cared for) making a beer that happens to be an IPA (a beer I detest), I just had to post it.
posted by nickthetourist at 3:59 PM on December 3, 2011

PS your favorite band sucks

My favorite band may suck, but I bet I can earworm you any of a dozen songs with just a few words...

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?

If you change your mind, I'm the first in line.

Friday night and the lights are low...
posted by hippybear at 4:10 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Bob Marleywine

Neil Young's album Zima

Guided by Beers which isn't a pun - it's what Guided by Voices was dubbed by Kim Deal after she produced some of the sessions for Under the Bushes, and she seems to be somebody who should be good at recognizing that sort of thing.
posted by ardgedee at 4:40 PM on December 3, 2011

oh, so evil

David Brewie?
4 Non-IPAs?
Lisa Steinsfield?

Man, I got nuthin.
posted by wallabear at 4:42 PM on December 3, 2011

And anyway, in the 90s there was a race to make the bitterest bitters, with everybody churning out varieties of Bitters, Special Bitters, Extra Special Bitters, XX Bitters, and so on, some small brewery even pitching Alimony Ale, "The Bitterest Beer on Earth".

The current fashion seems to be mostly a case of putting new names on the same bottle. Especially since almost nobody brews bitters any more and the standard British style menu will be a pale, an IPA or three, and then a variety of dark beers.

I tend towards bitterer beers, since usually when they're brewed with a strong malt profile they end up feeling syrupy in the mouth. Some brewers are good at balancing that with acidity and carbonation rather than tons of hops, but on the whole it appears to be a rarer skill than it should be.
posted by ardgedee at 4:50 PM on December 3, 2011

Neil Young's album Zima

Tasteless pun.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:50 PM on December 3, 2011

Meth Lab for Cutie.

Wait, is this drugs? I thought it was drugs.
posted by Willfull at 4:59 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Kate Busch
Zymurgy Stardust (shit I kinda like that one for a username)
Bock The Monkey
Jethro Tull's Jungle in the Bung
posted by jquinby at 5:08 PM on December 3, 2011

hippybear: "BTW, the Snow Day from New Belgium is one of the better seasonals I've had recently."

Good to know. I've always enjoyed their 2 below, and was kinda bummed it was discontinued. I have one left from last year (I always carry over a beer from one year to the next for comparison) that I will toast with.
posted by notsnot at 5:10 PM on December 3, 2011

Emerson, Lake and Pilsner

SOMEBODY STOP ME
posted by jquinby at 5:12 PM on December 3, 2011

Porter Gabriel
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:13 PM on December 3, 2011

well damn someone already did ELP
posted by jquinby at 5:20 PM on December 3, 2011

Barbra Streisamber
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:22 PM on December 3, 2011

well damn someone already did ELP

Well, obviously one of you did the version with Palmer, and the other did the version with Powell.
posted by hippybear at 5:23 PM on December 3, 2011

Electric Miller Lite Orchestra
posted by cortex at 5:23 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Fat Boys
posted by 4ster at 5:26 PM on December 3, 2011

Lambic Tentacles
posted by Stonestock Relentless at 5:38 PM on December 3, 2011

The Bird and the Beer
posted by cortex at 5:46 PM on December 3, 2011

I've only tried a few IPAs and I have not enjoyed them. Give me a sin-dark stout any day of the week.
posted by Doleful Creature at 6:16 PM on December 3, 2011

Sure, that's because we grow a tremendous amount of hops out here.

Sure, more than 90% of the U.S. harvest.
But that doesn't mean we have to put it all in _our_ beer. Save a little for the other hop-deprived regions of the country.
posted by madajb at 6:44 PM on December 3, 2011

Rum DMC
posted by ardgedee at 7:25 PM on December 3, 2011

The Embeerassment
posted by bendy at 7:38 PM on December 3, 2011

A Lambic Lies Down On Broadway
posted by hippybear at 7:45 PM on December 3, 2011 [2 favorites]

Keg Zeppelin
posted by swift at 8:09 PM on December 3, 2011

Brews Traveller
posted by middleclasstool at 8:23 PM on December 3, 2011

That great NOFX beer - The Brews.
posted by el io at 8:25 PM on December 3, 2011

Oh, and to any bands/breweries out there that want to steal any of these incredible incredible ideas - please send a case of your brew to your favorite mefi moderator and to the originator of the idea (poster). (Unless your brew is an IPA, then make sure cortex gets it as well).
posted by el io at 8:30 PM on December 3, 2011

The Tragically Hip Flask
posted by el io at 8:31 PM on December 3, 2011 [1 favorite]

Brewy Brewies and the Brews
posted by Dumsnill at 8:43 PM on December 3, 2011

Brew Öyster Cult
posted by cortex at 8:53 PM on December 3, 2011

Bockencamera
posted by lakersfan1222 at 9:12 PM on December 3, 2011

I didn't even read the thread.

Again, The Yule Goat, right on schedule.
posted by lakersfan1222 at 9:13 PM on December 3, 2011

If you like the smell of rotten eggs and the taste of vinegar, you're going to love IPA.
posted by w0mbat at 9:15 PM on December 3, 2011

I didn't even read the thread.

Did you even post in the right thread?
posted by hippybear at 9:27 PM on December 3, 2011

Amy Winehouse

wrong thread, sorry
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:34 PM on December 3, 2011 [3 favorites]

Beergarden.
posted by jimmythefish at 10:42 PM on December 3, 2011

U2... hrm.

UBrew?
posted by jimmythefish at 10:55 PM on December 3, 2011

keystone temple pilots
posted by 0bs01337 at 1:02 AM on December 4, 2011

I hope this happens with gin so Me thirst and the gimlets, gimlets can be a thing.
posted by 0bs01337 at 1:14 AM on December 4, 2011

So are they building a brewery and growing hops out back and making up their own recipes and whatnot? Or is this more of a jokey exercise in branding, one of those famous-name contract brewer things?

Because if I wanted mediocre booze with some asshole's name on it, I've already got that Sammy Hagar tequila.
posted by box at 6:38 AM on December 4, 2011

De La Stout
posted by Pallas Athena at 6:56 AM on December 4, 2011

Beertown
Stella Artofnoise
LL Coors J
Lisa Michelob
Primus
Nickelbock
posted by emelenjr at 8:43 AM on December 4, 2011

Alexander Keith's Sweat
posted by Sys Rq at 3:20 PM on December 4, 2011

Porter Waggoner.
posted by box at 3:39 PM on December 4, 2011

MmmBock would have been funnier.
posted by Lieber Frau at 5:48 PM on December 4, 2011

MmmBock would have been funnier.

And probably more drinkable.
posted by nickthetourist at 6:59 PM on December 4, 2011

YOU BASTARDS, I'VE HAD FUCKING MMM BOP STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR TWO DAYS NOW.
posted by Dasein at 7:11 AM on December 5, 2011

Asian Pub Foundation
posted by cortex at 7:50 AM on December 5, 2011 [1 favorite]

Doctor Bocktagon
posted by jquinby at 7:53 AM on December 5, 2011

Creedence Beerwater Revival
posted by cortex at 7:57 AM on December 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

Dave Brewbeck Quartet
posted by cortex at 9:59 AM on December 5, 2011 [2 favorites]

uncle
posted by jquinby at 10:31 AM on December 5, 2011

SUZANNE KEGA
posted by cortex at 10:38 AM on December 5, 2011

Iron & Beer
posted by cortex at 1:25 PM on December 5, 2011

Beerhunter.
posted by box at 1:34 PM on December 5, 2011

Beerhoof.
posted by box at 1:55 PM on December 5, 2011