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My Father's Firm International Brewery
Nick Mamatas Jr., Exec VP

Molotov Black And Red (in longnecks)

Brewed by an underground cabal in Eugene, Oregon on the eve of Seattle's World Trade Organization protests in 1999, the explosive Molotov Longnecks were never used by the Black Bloc against the repressive police forces they faced. Unfortunately, the only known sample of Molotov Black And Red was thrown out of a Volkswagen minibus twenty miles out of town, after the Revolutionary Anti-Capitalist Group "consensed" that the brew was bourgeois, phallocentric, "fratboyish", oppressive to yeast, and that it tasted a lot like the ring around the bathtub back at the squat.

Spudsy McBoozeAlot's Family Time Deep-Fried Everything Beerhall Beer

Just prior to the Great Family Restaurant Interregnum of 2018, the Spudsy McBoozeAlot chain attempted to orient towards the single/divorced father demographic by offering traditional family meals, moosehead-and-traffic sign décor, and decorative pitchers of deep-fried beer served with a shot of hickory barbeque sauce. Today, a small cult of collectors called "Spuddies" actively seek out the leprechaun-themed pitchers, sing old jingles at gatherings, and decorate their homes in the Spudsy style for parties. However, most people realize that the whole concept was extremely fucking stupid.

Chalchiuhtlicue Beer

The only lager to make both Rolling Stone's annual "Hot" list and Amnesty International's boycott list after every employee was declared a prisoner of conscience for the slave-like conditions they worked under, Chalchiuhtlicue Beer is a Mexican import named for the Aztec goddess of running water. Embraced by hipsters in Brooklyn's up-and-coming Williamsburg area for its price (35 cents per 12 oz. can), the brand really arrived after a tainted can killed alcoholic socialite Paris Hilton at a party hosted by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. Having finally contributed to the death of an actual white person, the US promised to levy NAFTA-based sanctions against the Mexico City-area brewer.

Bobby Beer

Overshadowed by the more famous and far tastier "Billy Beer" (1977), Bobby Beer was in fact the first brew to be named after a presidential sibling. The Friendly American Brewing Company of New Orleans never received the permission of the then-Attorney General to use his name or likeness on its product. Hit with an injunction, the firm seemingly went out of business, though company principles have since been spotted in "dollar hotels" along the beaches of Havana. As far as Bobby, well…

St. Christina The Astonishing's Malt Liquor

This inexpensive malt liquor is available primarily in urban areas. "Chrissy-A" as it is called on the street is known to cause seizures, visual and aural hallucinations, delusions of grandeur, catalepsy, NDEs, visions of purgatory, spontaneous firewalking, levitation, and week-long ecstatic experiences. Available in 120 oz. bottles and fifty-five gallon drum "party cans" only.

Schadenfreudenbier

"'The Pride Of Bavaria's Kings' my ass. I ain't never seen any goddamn 'Master Brewer' on the floor either. When we got stiffed on our Christmas bonuses last year, Larry dipped his friggin' wang in the hops, and I spent my break rubbing longnecks on my crack. Yeah, I still drink the stuff though. Oh Mary, Mother of God, why am I such a miserable shit?"

-- Jimmy Mancuso, Machinist. Schadenfreudenbier Brewery #4. Gary, Indiana.

 

Story © 2004 Nick Mamatas. Artwork © 2004 Robin Catesby. All other content © 2004 Jeremiah Tolbert
   

   

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