posted
09/17/10
With more than 30 different beer types and almost 2,000 craft breweries operating in the U.S. alone, choosing a beer name is no easy feat. Not to mention that label has to be OK’ed by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The following are just a few beers that’ll make you scratch your head as to how they got approval. And you may not want them hanging around your fridge the next time the fam is in town.
1. Flying Dog Brewery Pearl Necklace Stout
OK, so this beer is actually made with oysters as a key ingredient, but that still doesn’t explain how this sexual euphemism got past the censors. Flying Dog is also home to Raging Bitch Belgian-Style Pale Ale, In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen and Horn Dog Barleywine. Then again, you’d expect nothing less from labels featuring the art of Ralph Steadman, sidekick to gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
