The Feds Ordered Sixpoint to Shut Down 'Hop Obama'
A tipster just forward an email that just went out to Facebook fans of Sixpoint Craft Ales alleging that the Federal Government raided the beer maker’s Red Hook headquarters recently forced the beer maker to shut down production of its popular ‘Hop Obama’ line started during campaign season. Even the Department of Homeland Security got…
A tipster just forward an email that just went out to Facebook fans of Sixpoint Craft Ales alleging that the Federal Government raided the beer maker’s Red Hook headquarters recently forced the beer maker to shut down production of its popular ‘Hop Obama’ line started during campaign season. Even the Department of Homeland Security got involved, threatening to seize the brewery. Bummer: It may be the best beer we’ve ever tasted. (N.B. It’s Sixpoint Night at Barcade next week.)
Next up – Cherry Garcia.
I never got to taste it, I went looking for it once but it was sold out. Back to absinthe!
we never did this to make money, we did this to promote his campaign. We donated all of our profit to getoutthevote.org, so this whole thing is ridiculous.
We also had ceased production of it weeks before the Feds ordered us to stop. That is why the whole thing is silly.
I hope they make those people selling all the Obama merch on the streets cease and desist. I feel like I’m in North Korea surrounded by all these fawning images of our Dear Leader.
Honeymoon over.
Time to write the our president and remind him of his very large Brooklyn voting block’s love of this beer.
Suggest that we’re asking the brewery to change the name to ‘one term barry’ ale.
I hope they didn’t model it after a certain cookie!!!!!
no, you won’t find any taps or bottles or anything in existence – all of it had to be called back or destroyed.
altough…. 🙂 I do think Pacific Standard made their own “custom” Hop Obama tap handle
So there are taps out there right??? I need to go find a bar and relieve them of one. I did it back in my college days and got ahold of that lady sitting on the globe Schlitz tap from the 70s
They put a warning shot out a few weeks ago:
White House Lawyers Look to Limit Commercial Use of President
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama’s popularity makes him a marketer’s dream. Now, the honeymoon may be over for those trying to profit from his appeal.
http://tinyurl.com/dl2k93