Beers that you regard as Bad Ass due to marketing, taste, effect, Etc.

Molotov Cocktail Heavy.

 

Did somebody say 211? I thought I heard 211 and, yeah.

 

Stone - Ruination for it's intense hoppy bitterness and cool looking gargoyle character

 

Milwaukee Beast tastes like ass... does that count?

 

Sofie.
Everything about it screams bad ass.

 

black tuesday

 

This one seemed to want to reach that level:

 

The Stone Cold Steve Austin Beer

 

Founders Curmudgeon and Old Rasputin by North Coast

 

Coors Light? That's not very bad-ass.

 

Bud Light, every time I pop one, I end up going through a portal to a rock concert fully of scantily dressed women! No craft beer can match that!!!

If I'm not in a concert mood, I prefer Budweiser, so I get transported to a monster truck rally and bbq.

If I'm feeling sophisticated and important, I choose Stella Artois, I get transported to a fancy event and find myself wearing a white tuxedo and my girlfriend with me wearing a nice white dress and a flippity floppity southern hat.

Why you people drink anything that doesn't give you these experiences is a mystery to me...

 

3 Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf

 

Stone Barrel Aged Arrogant Bastard

 

3 Floyd's Amber Smashed Face---just because Cannibal Corpse rocks----and Corpse Grinder is the nicest feller I have ever met at a death metal show.

 

Locally, I don't think Young Veteran's marketing/look can be beat. Old-time military rah-rah images in an area that, could be said, depends on the military for their livelihood (Hampton Roads).

Beer names include Semper FiPA, Goat Locker, Jet Noise, and they just released a black pilsner called Death By Powerpoint.

 

Samichlaus Classic. Nice old man that kicks the living shit out of you when you don't show him a little respect.

 

Budweiser, proudly macro and not backing down!

 

Champion's Shower Beer. Great name to promote/market the most obscure place/purpose to drink beer. Love it for the humor.

 

I'm probably going against the grain here, but I'm going with an entire brewery. Russian River. Their LACK of marketing, the simple label/bottle designs, high quality beer and general dedication to quality over quantity makes Vinnie and Natalies little brewery pretty badass. They let their product do the talking and that means a lot to me.

Runner up. Duvel.

 

Budweiser, because it's bad and tastes like ass and if you drink too much you might start thinking you're a badass. This is the impression I get from their marketing, I'm a badass that scores hot scantily clad women if I drink this "bad" "ass" beer.

 

Clean. Crisp. To the point.

 

Founders Dirty Bastard. And that's also what my wife calls me.

 

They were just getting started when I moved out of the state. My son knew them and brought me samples of some of their product. Pretty good beer IMO. Glad to see they are doing well!

 

Warped Wing Mr. Mean. Super hype for a killer DIPA.

 

Avery's Demons of Ale Series.

 

I think metal is badass, so anything that conjures that type of imagery looks/feels tough to me. I've sadly not had anything by these breweries, but every time I see one of their labels or hear someone talking about them, I just think they're so fucking cool.

Surly has some cool ones:



Burial Beer Co.:


Trve Brewing:

They also win for coolest taproom:


I think 3 Floyds wins for me, though. Tons of cool, metal inspired art and they've worked with a lot of awesome bands:

 

Sigh...once upon a time twas true, even...

 

I've always loved Oskar Blues' marketing... and of course their awesome beers!

 

Those big horses are pretty badass.

 

Aventinus Eisbock - a beer that has knocked me on my ass on more than one occasion.

 

Gulden Draak bites my ass every time.

 

Dogfish Head 120 Minutes with a few years on it.

 

There's nothing not awesome about that can.

 

That's how you're going to start this thread?



I have enjoyed a fair share of it in my time. It's sole purpose is to mess you up In a hurry. The craft equivalent would be Arrogant Bastard? Although, AB doesn't wreck my palate quite like it used to back in 2002.

 

This too:

 

Anything from Wicked Weed.