Feds say no to LSD Ale (which contains no hallucinogens)

[karl_jones]

Federal regulators have told Indeed Brewing that the illicit drug retains its sole right to use the acronym …

The illicit drug retains its sole right … illicit drug … retains its sole right … ?

It’s bad enough that “corporations are people.”

Now illicit drugs have legal rights to their own acronyms?

[subextraordinaire]

Well, that answers my earlier query!

[redesigned]

@frauenfelder

But federal regulators have told Indeed Brewing that the illicit drug retains its sole right to use the acronym, so Indeed has to change its distinctive label.

I nominate the they change the name to Acid Ale.

@karl_jones

The illicit drug retains its sole right … illicit drug … retains its sole right … ?
It’s bad enough that “corporations are people.”
Now illicit drugs have legal rights to their own acronyms?

I know right?

[charles_richter]

I don’t know why anyone would interpret this story to mean that the feds were enforcing a trademark on LSD–that’s absurd. It’s probably the whims of this one guy, featured here a couple years ago:

All beer labels have to be approved by one guy, and he's a nutcase

[subextraordinaire]

That was already mentioned in third post.

[charles_richter]

So it was; I missed it. Terribly sorry.

[subextraordinaire]

No problem. I just wanted you to know that he was already considered.

[peemlives]

LSD (video game)

[davide405]

@redesigned

I nominate the they change the name to Acid Ale.

Another candidate:

Ellis D. Ale

[IronEdithKidd]

@Dovanna

I say they rename it the “Beer formerly known as LSD”.

Dear FSM, is this still a joke in the Cities?