# Maine Kicks Santa's Butt Out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853 "2006-12-04T19:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/1 "2006-12-04T19:50:25Z")
…and they don’t like Liberty either, at least as she’s portrayed by Eugene Delacroix. > [@](#): > > PORTLAND, Maine - A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew. > > In a complaint filed in U.S. District, Shelton Brothers accuses the Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement of censorship for denying applications for labels for Santa’s Butt Winter Porter and two other beers it wants to sell in Maine. [Story here, with illustration of Santa’s Butt](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15995399/) (safe for work, I believe). Now, admit it: Haven’t you had a secret yen to run Santa’s Butt across your tongue? 😉 (The possibilities for off-color humor here are endless. Not to mention Seriously Bad Elf Ale.) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/2 "2006-12-04T20:12:53Z")
Santa’s Butt is actually pretty refreshing with a little head. It’s good for what ales you. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/3 "2006-12-04T20:25:40Z")
I like porter. In fact, regardless of the label, I hope it outsells every other beer on the shelf in the state of Maine. It would be a come-from-behind victory. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/4 "2006-12-04T20:50:08Z")
I doubt it’ll stick around. It’ll just take a back seat to all the other brews, though it may become the preferred ale of the state’s bottom-feeders. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/5 "2006-12-04T20:59:16Z")
Once again, an **SDMB** thread descends into juvenile humor of the type favored by Beavis and Butt-head. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/6 "2006-12-04T22:55:14Z")
So the state of Maine actually believes that an illustration of Santa Claus drunk on his ass would appeal to children? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-kicks-santas-butt-out/382853/7 "2006-12-04T22:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Once again, an **SDMB** thread descends into juvenile humor of the type favored by Beavis and Butt-head. [/QUOTE] I know. Ain’t it grand?