Go ahead, try Legal Weed

by Shayna Glick, Posted Aug 10th 2008 @ 4:31PM

Bottle cap for a beer from Weed Ales that reads

I remember hearing about the legal troubles of Weed Ales a few months ago, but now the government has given us the go ahead to "try Legal Weed".

The brewery is named after its home town, Weed, California, and as a joke their bottle caps have the slogan "Try Legal Weed." The Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau didn't appreciate the joke, though. The federal agency had originally ordered Weed Ales to stop using those bottle caps because they said the slogan was a drug reference.

Real Beer reported recently that Weed Ale has prevailed. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau decided that the bottle caps, taken in context with the rest of the labeling, is not a drug reference, and is acceptable. I'm always happy to see the little guy win.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Drink Recipes
Tags: beer, Real Beer, RealBeer, try legal weed, TryLegalWeed, Weed Ale, WeedAle

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8-10-2008 @5:32PM Alex said... "The brewery is named after it's home town, Weed, California" ... shame you're happy to pepper your piece with random apostrophes though!
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8-10-2008 @7:46PM Red Icculus said... They also make really good beer.

http://red-icculus.com

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8-11-2008 @1:16PM ShadowGod said... Funny, since marijuana is a lot safer than alcohol.
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8-11-2008 @3:46PM ChillyWilly said... The company that produced the energy drink Cocaine found themselves victims of the ATF. They lost.

Good to see that this beer maker won.
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