re: Why the Beer Stops Flowing When the Government Shuts Down

Posted by TigerGman

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:28 pm to jscrims

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Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams aren’t craft beers.

How do you think they got started ? They were excellent craft beers and got so popular they went big time.

Posted by RedPop4

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:31 pm to tss22h8

According to news reports, as I have noticed, the "shutdown" is only 15% of the government.

Posted by LarryDavid

Los Angeles

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:39 pm to tss22h8

Yet they somehow still take taxes out of my paycheck.

Posted by TigerstuckinMS

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:40 pm to LSUbase13

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True, but this is an alcoholic beverage. I'm sure there is some federal law that prohibits the use of a child's image for the marketing of alcoholic beverages.

Blanche du Bruxelles has a pissing toddler on its label.

ETA: A NAKED pissing toddler.

This post was edited on 1/11/19 at 12:43 pm

Posted by BottomlandBrew

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:47 pm to LSUbase13

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Can anyone expound upon this further?

It's a crapshoot to get labels approved.

LINK

Posted by Powerman

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:48 pm to kingbob

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Isn't the problem that they have to go to the federal government in the first place?

yes

Posted by Scruffy

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:48 pm to TigerstuckinMS

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Blanche du Bruxelles has a pissing toddler on its label.

ETA: A NAKED pissing toddler.

That is a cartoon rendition of a famous statue in Belgium.

Posted by TigerstuckinMS

Member since Nov 2005

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:51 pm to Scruffy

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That is a cartoon rendition of a famous statue in Belgium.

Yep... of a pissing toddler!
Manneken Pis

This post was edited on 1/11/19 at 12:52 pm

Posted by TigerNlc

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 12:58 pm to tss22h8

Posted by PrimeTime Money

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 1:25 pm to tss22h8

One good thing about the shutdown is it highlights all of the dumb shite the federal government has their hands in.

Posted by tiger7166

Louisiana

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 1:26 pm to tss22h8

Use the already approved labels

Posted by hob

Member since Dec 2017

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 1:32 pm to Mac

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For years, one man has approved virtually every beer label design in the United States. Among brewers, he’s a tyrant. A legend.

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“There’s one dude in the government who gets to control a multibillion-dollar industry with almost no supervision.”

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Almost every brewer of a certain size has a story about Battle Martin’s unforgiving penchant for denying beer labels, even when it goes against common sense.

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“He’s just amazingly finicky on stupid things that don’t really achieve any government purpose,” said one brewer.

Posted by WhiskeyThrottle

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Posted on 1/11/19 at 1:37 pm to PrimeTime Money

I can't say I've noticed one thing in my day to day life that has changed. Also, all of the bitching about paychecks before today has been invalid. Today is the first paycheck they've missed. I saw stories last week about people running out of life savings. . . before their next scheduled paycheck was set to hit their account. Doh!

Oh, and they haven't affected the sale of grain, hops and yeast to home brewers so I am brewing a new recipe this weekend. Hope they don't shut me down.