Back when we saw the Scurvy label, we were a bit surprised to see much discussion about disease, on a TTB label. This one goes quite a bit further in the same direction. It mentions “rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lame back, lumbago, contracted muscles, toothache, sprains, swellings, and all manner of distress” — after emphasizing that this will “give relief” from none of those. Instead, it’s “good for everything a stout ought to be good for.” It is tough to judge whether this is funny and playful, or among the types of messages that TTB ought to block. This breakfast stout is brewed with chocolate and coffee, by Founders Brewing of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We could not find the approval here, but did find it here.
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This post will start short but is likely to grow long over time. Very long. We will try to show the enormous range of foodstuffs from which wine is produced. With each post we will add to the list, and I predict it will grow way past 50. Today we add Cantaloupe wine to the list.
- Avocado wine
- Banana wine
- Cantaloupe wine. Made by Lone Maple Farm, of Binghamton, New York.
- Dandelion wine
- Grape wine
- Kiwi wine
- Linden flower wine
- Lychee wine
- Mangosteen wine
- Marionberry wine
- Onion wine
- Pomegranate wine
- Pear wine
- Pepper wine
- Pineapple wine
- Rhubarb wine
- Tomato wine
- Watermelon wine
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Nut Beer
First there were Beer Nuts. Now there is Nut Beer. Uber Goober is beer made with “roughly a handful of peanuts in every glass.” It is made by Short’s Brewing of Elk Rapids, Michigan.
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Linden Flower Wine
This post will start short but is likely to grow long over time. Very long. We will try to show the enormous range of foodstuffs from which wine is produced. With each post we will add to the list, and I predict it will grow way past 50. Today we add Linden flower wine to the list.
- Avocado wine
- Banana wine
- Dandelion wine
- Grape wine
- Kiwi wine
- Linden flower wine. Wild Wines Linden Flower Wine is made and bottled by Wild Wines, of Ashland, Oregon.
- Lychee wine
- Mangosteen wine
- Marionberry wine
- Onion wine
- Pomegranate wine
- Pear wine
- Pepper wine
- Pineapple wine
- Rhubarb wine
- Tomato wine
- Watermelon wine
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Vas Deferens Ale
Here is Caldera’s seasonal release. It is Vas Deferens Ale. The text explains that it has “a little snip of this and a little snip of that.” “This is an extremely rare release, as this ale is not meant to reproduce.” For those who have been away from health class or Latin class for quite some time, Wikipedia tells us more about the vas deferens here. This ale is made by Caldera Brewing Company of Ashland, Oregon.
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