Thursday, July 09, 2015

St. Louis Microbrewery Introduces New Beer That Mocks Islam


From RIFT:
A St. Louis-based craft brewery is backing away from plans to market a new beer mocking Islam called Submission Ale, after outrage immediately flared on Twitter this morning. 
But Alpha Brewing Company isn’t necessarily scrapping the label, which depicts a pig wearing a hijab, or even the idea of a beer targeting the Muslim faith. T 
he company’s head brewer, Derrick Langeneckert, says Submission Ale will get a new name because he didn’t realize 2nd Shift Brewing already makes a beer with the same moniker. 
That beer, Sub-Mission IPA, has nothing to do with Islam — it’s part of a collaboration with St. Louis’ much-beloved Mission Taco Joint. 
Alpha Brewing’s Submission Ale, on the other hand, is explicitly aimed at Islam. “Alpha Akbar,” one part of the label reads. 
“This smoked ale will blow your mind.” But Langeneckert says the criticism is silly. 
“This is the eighth beer in our Indoctrination Series,” he says. “No one was upset when we put the pope on a label.” 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where can I buy this beer??? We have to support their business and their guts!

Was not even aware of its existence.

Anonymous said...

Update: Alpha Brewing Scraps "Submission Ale" -- But Not Necessarily a Beer Mocking Islam
Pity their cowardly submission (pun intended)
Quote: "A St. Louis-based craft brewery is backing away from plans to market a new beer mocking Islam called Submission Ale, after outrage immediately flared on Twitter this morning."
However, there appears to be an alternative from Australia:
FoxNews 12/2014: 72 Virgins wine sold to raise funds for anti-Islamic group in Australia

Anonymous said...

OT:
On Tuesday's FoxNews "The Five", the following exchange took place between Juan Williams and Greg Gutfield link to transcript & video (note, curiously, video ends before point in transcript) :

WILLIAMS: OK. But I think I would say about Bernie Sanders is, you know what? Bernie Sanders is drawing people who are excited to see someone who was you said is authentic and who speaks about things like, guess what? He says Obama is too moderate, middle of the road.

(CROSSTALK)

GUTFELD: How can people buy into socialism when the nails in the coffin are all over the world?

WILLIAMS: It's not socialism when people are worried about making ends meet in this country. And people are saying, we want somebody who will speak out against the banks, and we want somebody who will say, you know what, Obamacare is not sufficient because it's not single payer.

GUTFELD: That is socialism, my friend.

Anonymous said...

Shoebat: Saudi Prince pledges to use part of his $32 billion fortune to spread propaganda about Islam throughout America

Anonymous said...

Sorry guys! This is what I found in the Q Society page:

"Sorry but our 72 Virgins are sold out. If you are interested in ordering, please email qshop@skipngirl.com.au with "72 Virgins" in the subject line and indicate how many boxes you would like.

We will update you once we know whether we can source extra supply.

Thanks to everyone who supported our 2014 fundraiser."