Froggy Style

January, 1997

Bad Frog Beer, one of the fastest-growing microbrewed beers in the country, recently lost bids for statewide distribution in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio on the grounds that its product labels are obscene. The labels, which depict a frog giving the finger, have been called "insulting and inappropriate" by John Jones, chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Bad Frog Brewery president Jim Wauldron responded philosophically: "Many people might consider Mr. J...