# For real men who can handle "the big one".\<on the label of beer I'm drinking

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**Created:** [February 1, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401 "2012-02-01T08:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/1 "2012-02-01T08:30:32Z")

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I have got up to viewing it as a triple entendre, is my beer questioning my masculinity OR praising it?:dubious:

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/2 "2012-02-01T21:32:41Z")

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Depends - I mean, I wouldn’t say that bottoming makes you any less masculine. 🙂

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/3 "2012-02-01T21:49:02Z")

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In fact, the bigger you can handle, the more manly and raunchy you are. Only the dainty boys can’t take “a big one”

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/4 "2012-02-02T00:15:26Z")

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What kind of beer? A nice frothy brew?

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/5 "2012-02-02T00:21:03Z")

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Drink enough and you’ll barely notice the big one.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/6 "2012-02-02T00:58:05Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> What kind of beer? A nice frothy brew?

…& is it an oversized bottle, is that why it’s ‘the big one’?

Sounds like some cousin of Stone’s Arrogant Bastard Ale

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**Author:** ![noonespecial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@noonespecial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noonespecial)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-real-men-who-can-handle-the-big-one-on-the-label-of-beer-im-drinking/611401/7 "2012-02-02T23:04:24Z")

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I was also thinking that it must somehow be related to Arrogant Bastard Ale!