Is this beer a stab at the Obama administration?

[Sky Masterson]

It reads: Limited Release
Lagunitas
Wilco Tango Foxtrot
A Malty, Robust
Jobless Recovery Ale
We're not quite in the Red,or in the Black..
...Does this mean we're in the Brown?!

I bought this beer yesterday without completely reading the label.
What do ya think?
Is it Racist? It's a Brown beer to be fair.
And it doesn't taste all that bad.

[sharp_stick]

1. I'd drink it

looks pretty tasty, it's a brown ale.

[Sky Masterson]

3. It's malty without being too hoppy

I couldn't drink more than one in a sitting. It's a bit sharp.

[damntexdem]

29. Well, WTF -- it HAS BEEN a jobless recovery.

Think of it as an anti-globalization, anti-corporate ale.

[Deep13]

2. "And it doesn't taste all that bad."

Well, THAT's a ringing endorsement.

Whatever the maker means, it is not anti-Obama on its face. It is simply pointing out the economic reality. There's something else that's brown that people generally don't want to be in.

[LWolf]

4. No.

But it's fine with me to take a stab at the jobless recovery.

[el_bryanto]

5. fairly clearly racist in a good old boy kind of way

What else does "in the brown" mean when crossed with "Jobless Recovery?" Either of those phrases wouldn't be a big deal by themselves - but together - it seems clear to me.

Bryant

[frylock]

22. are you familiar with shit creek?

fairly clearly racist?! clear as mud. fail.

[el_bryanto]

24. I am familiar with shit creek - i've been up it many a time

But when you use "in the brown" with "jobless recovery" . . . it seems clear to me what the reference is.

Bryant

[frylock]

38. looks like you stand alone in believing that this is racist..

is Obama black or is he one of the other races associated with brown? Indian? Mexican? Arab?

[izzybeans]

35. Brown Ale. It's a beer.

[WilliamPitt]

6. Lagunitas is one of the best brewerys in the country.

And they're a bunch of pot-smoking hippies pretty much from top to bottom.

[Sky Masterson]

9. It is California.

That's good to know.
Thank you.

[frylock]

23. i like their IPA..

may have to give this a try.

[Blue Owl]

7. I'd crack a WTF

or two...

[name not needed]

8. I'd probably drink it.

That said, there's not much I wouldn't drink these days.

[tularetom]

10. Hard to argue with that name

I haven't had any and I don't think it's racist, but I have had their pale ale and I wasn't too impressed with it.

But hey, WTF?

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Petaluma is just north of San Francisco

Sonoma County area. I seriously doubt they would be anti Obama in any way or form.

[Initech]

12. I love Lagunitas - great beers and a really warped sense of humor.

[Lance_Boyle]

13. No more than their 'Hairy Eyeball' was a veiled shot at

Nancy "Stinkeye" Pelosi.

[Sky Masterson]

14. That was Harry Reid

;)

[NeedleCast]

15. Sometimes a beer label is just a beer label

[yawnmaster]

16. why wilco...whiskey tango foxtrot is the proper usage...

or does wilco have some meaning I don't understand??

[NeedleCast]

18. Probably just poor useage of military phonetic alphabet

I hear it all the time in movies, especially those horrible Sci-Fi original movies that they play at 3:00 PM on weekends that I just can't seem to turn off.

[Spike89]

19. Probably can't say whiskey on a beer label...n/t

[Morning Dew]

20. that was my guess.

[Toasterlad]

27. Exactly.

[izzybeans]

32. Wilco is a band that has an album called Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

it's a play on words.

Tweedy is popular in San Fran.

[HughMoran]

17. WTF ale?

:rofl:

[anigbrowl]

21. No - if anything, it's a commentary on California's economy .nt

[proteus_lives]

25. Made me laugh. I'd try a bottle of it.

[mod mom]

26. A reference to the Wilco album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"? btw lead singer Jeff Tweedy was a big

Obama fan and he's from chicago.

Obama rocks the vote with members of Wilco
THE RIV | Concert and speech aim to energize young fans


December 8, 2007
BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter/[e-mail]
White House hopeful Barack Obama won even louder cheers than Wilco Friday night as he kicked off a series of Ba-rock concerts he plans to hold around the country energizing young fans.

"The speech was awesome!" Matt Marneris, 23, said as Obama finished at the Riviera in Uptown. "I just came here with my friend. I would have considered myself a Republican, but not anymore."

» Click to enlarge image

Barack Obama hugs a member of the band Wilco before speaking to a crowd of supporters at Friday night's fundraiser in Uptown.
(Chris Sweda/Sun-Times)



"Jesus Christ our president..." Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy sang in a Woody Guthrie song written before Obama's candidacy.

But from the enhusiastic cheering for the man Tweedy introduced as "the next president of the United States," it might have seemed like it was written for Obama.

-snip

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/687313,CST-NWS-obama08.article

[izzybeans]

33. Tweedy is also in high demand in the San Fran area.

Solo gigs there a lot.

[nemo137]

28. I figured "in the brown" = "in the shit"

Especially combined with "jobless recovery."

[MisterP]

30. mentioning the jobless recovery is deadender hater leftbagger wickedness! nt

[izzybeans]

31. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a pretty ace Wilco album and we are in a jobless recovery.

Lagunitas is a pretty tasty beer. I think I'll try to find this. I like brown ales.

But that being said they could have just as easily brewed a white or pale ale!!!! I'm series!

[bigwillq]

34. No (nt)

[Sebastian Doyle]

36. Think I saw a bottle of this in the store the other day

Didn't really pay close attention to the label, just saw the initials WTF. Looks like a beer worth trying in any case though. :beer:

[Quantess]

37. Code for: Now that you have no job, you have more time to drink!

So, chug-a-lug!