Camra calls time on sexist names at Great British beer festival

[An Ankoù]

Just came across this in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/food/20...n-sexist-names-at-great-british-beer-festival
...makes you wonder whether CAMRA's campaign no longer needs campaigning for and they're looking for a reason to stay in existence. No doubt there'll be a few Skinners' beers missing.
I prefer my cider a little tart, by the way!

 

[Rodcx500z]

I love a Wychwood Toothless Hooker

 

[MyQul]

Isn't this an old story? I seem to remember a similar thread a year or two ago

 

[An Ankoù]

Isn't this an old story? I seem to remember a similar thread a year or two ago

Dunno! It's in today's Guardian and Independent. It's not surprising that they drag up old stories when there's nothing much happening in the world! (I'm jesting of course).

 

[Hopperty]

It seems to be par for the course with the eager to be offended at the gruinyard, what next? A dark stout, now to be refereed to as a stout of darkness

 

[Horners]

Isn't this an old story? I seem to remember a similar thread a year or two ago

Seem to recall there may have been something about Robinsons having to rename/ rebrand Dizzy Blonde?

 

[robster62]

Can we call it stout or is that a slur on large people

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I remember that thread I think many of the older members couldnt see the harm and a few of the younger ones thought they needed changing, I still don't see the harm, are people really offended by a beers name?

 

[MyQul]

Seem to recall there may have been something about Robinsons having to rename/ rebrand Dizzy Blonde?

I think that was it

 

[Gerryjo]

I remember that thread I think many of the older members couldnt see the harm and a few of the younger ones thought they needed changing, I still don't see the harm, are people really offended by a beers name?

Around the same time as they were pulling the ladies from F1 and soon to be all sports as it was considered degrading for the female sex.I seen it never made its way to the biking circuits though.

 

[GerritT]

"It’s hard to understand why some brewers would actively choose to alienate the vast majority of their potential customers with material likely to only appeal to a tiny and shrinking percentage."

That's good reason imho.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yet again other people being offended for other people, I listened to am iterview at the time where they asked one of the models their view and she said she wouldn't do it if she felt uncomfortable, they make good money and now they are going to lose that Income.

 

[DavidDetroit]

The names of craft brews around here are out of hand--shocking, crude, crass, sexist, denigrating, etc. Just because you can come up with a witty pun doesn't mean you necessarily should put it on a beer label. I suppose the more outlandish, the more appeal there is to whomever they're marketing toward. In any case, it's fairly low on my "things to be outraged about" list.
Although, I do feel silly when someone asks what my current favorite is (Dirty *******). I end up apologizing for saying the name aloud in certain company. I'll start calling it Founder's Scotch ale, now that I think about it.

 

[GerritT]

"Founder's Scotch ale" is a good name, possible opening for a conversation. Where as I'm not seeing Dirty ******* doing that.
This morning I bottled #42. Meaning that there were 41 before. I'm not creative. But neither are some professional brewers.

 

[MyQul]

I dont see why they have to call beer sexist, crude, etc names anyway. If the beer is good, it should speak for itself . It's just trying to get attention for the beer. Perhaps trying to attract a younger market with an eye catching/shocking name. It seems every beer nowadays has to have a individual eye catching name (whether shocking/witty or not). It feels like gone are the days of xxxxx (inset brewery name) Best Bitter. My favourite commercial beer at the moment is Volden Session (incidently, I emailed the brewery and they told me what goes into the beer as theres nothing on the website- Win!)

 

[An Ankoù]

I recall having half a pint of cider in the Red Lion in Swanage called "Far Corfe". It was awful- straight from the gents' urinal and into your glass without the benefit of chilling! Just googled it to see if it's still going, and indeed: http://farcorfe.xyz/

 

[Norfolk79]

The worst PC gone mad is on a menu in a pub we were in a few weeks back. Ploughpersons lunch!

 

[Clint]

I asked the serving wench in a pub up the lakes whether she was offended by serving Dizzy Blonde and if the pump label offended her. She burst out laughing and said it was a load of rubbish... The pc thing not the beer.
My next stout is going to be called Big Fat Slag...after the huge slag heap next to the village where I grew up.

 

[Horners]

I remember a naive girlfriend of a mate tagging along to the Sheffield Uni CAMRA festival in 1997 and her asking what the name of the bitter was I was drinking as she had a taste and really liked it. She was duly dispatched to order 3 "Soiled Jonnies" to the amusement of the serving staff.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I got kicked of B&Qthe other week for asking the young blonde assistant how much a mawl was, also banned from asda for asking a nice young lady in the beer isle if she had dirty tackle,