Comments on: Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Fictional Beers

By: Matthew Cunningham

Matthew Cunningham — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:10:27 +0000

Correction: the generic beer in Repo Man was NOT fictional. It was quite real. That used to be the design of the generic products the Ralphs supermarket chain out here in California used to sell in the 1980s. I once even bought a six-pack of “Beer” and had a similarly-designed t-shirt that had the blue horizontal stripe and the word “Shirt” emblazoned across the top.

By: Tim Drage

Tim Drage — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:20:10 +0000

Can’t find a picture of the ‘Yebichu’ beer from Neon Genesis Evangelion. :(

If you list top 10 fictional spirits then #1 is definitely Tenafly Viper from ‘Street Trash’ – http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/bjdaug01/Cinema%20Wasteland%20Fall%202006/Viper.jpg

By: Pisswasser

Pisswasser — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:02:34 +0000

1. Must be ”Pißwasser” from GTA IV
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=6966

By: David Greenbaum

David Greenbaum — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:41:43 +0000

My favorite is Norbecker, from the 1985 movie “Beer”:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088781/

“Whip out your Norbecker!”

By: michael reinhardt

michael reinhardt — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:35:41 +0000

I’m glad to see that Dave made the list. “It’ll get you drunk”. I’m with the first commenter, the Chris Farley and Adam Sandler sketch is shear brilliance.

By: Hoperatives - Short Hops: January 7, 2010

Hoperatives - Short Hops: January 7, 2010 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:01:55 +0000

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By: Jess Kidden

Jess Kidden — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:12:45 +0000

One beer missing from the list(s) (and one of my favorites) seems to be “Black Death Malt Liquor”, which was the brand advertised on a T-shirt worn by the “Dr. Johnny Fever” DJ character on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati”. (I don’t recall there ever being a mock-up bottle/can, tho’- which might disqualify it?)

Googling turns up a lot of reproduction shirts currently for sale, but not much more info. Pretty sure I recall the shirts being sold in beer publications (Zymurgy, maybe?) at the time, but not sure which came first- the one worn on TV, or the sale items.

By: fraggle

fraggle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:10:00 +0000

Actually, the Repo Man beer is real. It was part of the plain wrap movement which dominated many supermarkets in the very early 80′s. I believe that particularly label was produced for Ralph’s Market. (the blue stripe over white background).
I remember every supermarket at that time seemed to have its own “plain wrap” brand. Some variation on the product name over a white background.
cheers
fraggle

By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:21:15 +0000

Stephen, Moe offers Homer a Red Tick Ale. They then cut to a scene of the brewmasters tending to a vat of beer with dogs swimming in it. After a taste the brewmaster comments “Needs more dog.”

For SNL beers, my favorite was always AM Ale. http://www.hulu.com/watch/61333/saturday-night-live-am-ale

By: Stephen Beaumont

Stephen Beaumont — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:55:28 +0000

Errors of omission on my part! I skipped over #5 on the list and didn’t follow the link. My apologies.

Sod all this fictional beer nonsense anyway. I’m going for a pint of Newton & Ridley’s!

By: Stephen Beaumont

Stephen Beaumont — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:16:55 +0000

Ah, but surely there is a six-pack or more of meritorious brew from The Simpsons, beginning with Duff Light and Duff Dry, which pour from the same spout as Duff into three separate conditioning tanks, plus, if I can make the umlaut work, the imported Düff, which Moe creates with a black marker. I forget the “real” import Moe offers Homer after his label grafitto is discovered, though.

And lest we forget Drew Carey’s Buzz Beer or The Family Guy’s Pawtucket Patriot, the latter being to my knowledge the first true mass media send-up of craft beer.

By: bob lorb

bob lorb — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:25:53 +0000

“Willer beer” from the The Kentucky Fried Movie,

and “Butz Beer” from – The Groove Tube

By: JW

JW — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:14:32 +0000

I chuckled through the whole list Jay – thanks for a laugh on an otherwise bad day.

Duff Beer all the way!

By: Shauno

Shauno — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:13:19 +0000

Brilliant post Jay!

By: JacobyH

JacobyH — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:19:25 +0000

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/

Schmitts Gay…one of the greatest beer skits ever! Definitely would be on my list, but I thoroughly enjoyed the post!