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<\/a>\nIt helps to have a sense of humor on April Fools’ Day, especially for those at the receiving end of pranks–a place golfers often feel they visit year-round. To help put it all in light-hearted perspective, we\u2019ve corralled a few brews that don\u2019t take themselves too seriously–except when it comes to flavor. These taste splendid, not funny, but they pair well with jokes. Did you hear the one about the blonde who asked the bartender for a double entendre? He gave it to her.<\/p>\n
Wilco Tango Foxtrot<\/strong> (Lagunitas Brewing Co., Petaluma, CA, 7.8% ABV): If it weren\u2019t a brewery Lagunitas might be a stand-up comic with expert timing. Being the first under the wire with a WTF beer in a WTF zeitgeist is no mean feat. The seasonal was first brewed in 2010 (as a \u201cMalty, Robust, Jobless Recovery Ale\u201d) as a riposte to the 2009 Correction Ale, when no economic correction seemed to be happening. Luckily, this brown ale happens big time. (lagunitas.com)<\/p>\n Old Leghumper<\/strong> (Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Akron, OH, 5.8% ABV): As the label puts it, \u201cSo many legs\u2026so little time,\u201d a notion that has made this robust porter the flagship beer of the Ohio brewery, which names all its beers doggy style. With spring here, officially anyway, a bock wouldn\u2019t be stylistically out of order, so there\u2019s always the Maibark alternative. (thirstydog.com)<\/p>\n Monty Python Holy Grail Ale <\/strong>(Black Sheep Brewery, Masham, England, 4.7% ABV): This is the beer for those familiar with the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow, and those who eat ham and jam and Spam a lot. It\u2019s actually a fairly straightforward but sturdy pale ale, and despite what the label says, no witches were burned during production. (blacksheepbrewery.com)<\/p>\n And here\u2019s one for the road: A skeleton walks into a bar and says to the bartender, \u201cI\u2019d like a beer–and a mop.\u201d<\/p>\n In somewhat different form, this piece was originally featured in the March-April 2011 <\/em>Fairways + Greens Magazine, courtesy Madavor Media. <\/em><\/p>\n Related post: Novelty Beers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a>Clown Shoes Hoppy Feet<\/strong> (Mercury Brewing Co., Ipswich, MA, 7% ABV): Speaking of clowns, this one puts its big feet down in black IPA territory, a relatively new beer world category people can\u2019t quite agree on (others call the style Cascadian Black Ales, and which the Brewers Association recently termed an American-Style Black Ale). As you\u2019d expect with an India Pale Ale, this is loaded with hops; as you wouldn\u2019t expect, it\u2019s black. What we\u2019d like to see–like those old clown cars–is an endless stream of bottles pouring out of the refrigerator. (clownshoesbeer.com) [This is the beer no longer extant, which may or may not have anything to do with\u00a0Harpoon acquiring Clown Shoes in late 2017.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Delirium Tremens<\/a><\/strong> (Huyghe Brewery, Belgium, 8.5% ABV): Make a strong beer, name it after the severe effects of acute alcohol withdrawal, and then festoon the label with dancing pink elephants. That takes some ballsy whimsy, and this heady golden ale has been such a hit since its introduction in 1989 that it has spawned two sequels, a dark Delirium Nocturnum (9% ABV) and a Christmas beer, Delirium Noel<\/a> (10% ABV). (delirium.be)<\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/a>\n