Beard Beer? Rogue Ales to culture and brew with yeast from brewmaster John Maier's beard follicles.

Well, at least it came from facial hair....

Guess I'll give it a try.

I am at once completely repulsed and strangely intrigued...like examining belly button lint

They should brew a chicha with the yeast, that way those with weak stomachs (probably not an inconsequential market segment) can avoid one beer, rather than two.

talk about hair of the dog

Yet another delicious-sounding invention from Rogue!

Oddly intriguing.

Just another Rogue beer that I won't be interested in drinking...

Copy cat!!! I've been getting my yeast from pubic hair for years!

BOOYA! Nice to see they're trying to improve upon their current lineup...

Are they going to put it in a dead squirrel?

Don't be ridiculous.

About 2 and a half months late for for an April Fools joke, lol

Male or female or does it depend on the style?

Sweet. I hope they have a version that is dry hopped with his sweaty socks.

Finding a hair in your beer sucks, but in this beer it means something entirely different.

Lulz @ some of the comments! I will try it.

The new beer name would be more suited if the yeast was cultured from some other type of hair. >_>

I guess the yeast from a vajayjay would be the natural progression of truly wild beers.

It's been done. www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=23562

Dear God.

Weird. Beard.

I thought I'd read an article about this a while back. Somebody (thought it may have even been Rogue) tried brewing beer from beard yeast, but it didn't come out so well.

There's a fine line between "Can we do this?" and "Should we do this?".

I believe Rogue has crossed that line.

It's not like they're throwing beard hairs in the fermenter. It's been cultured, cleaned and bred through dozens of generations by now.

I don't get squeamish over taking Penicillin because it was found on moldy oranges.

Pretty sure I remember the brew master of Alameda talking about this himself at a beer dinner I attended. His beard beer didn't turn out too well either.

This is gross and awesome. I'd try it for sure.

Great, Yeast Infection IPA

I don't even want to click on that link. "What has been done can not be undone."

It was Rogue. It was in a BA article a while back.

So long as they use some of that free range coastal water, im sure it'll be good.

You know, I expected Shorts to cross that line. Guess that means I lost my bet with the bookie...

ISO: OPB

I can only imagine what they're gonna charge for this concoction...

-I remember the same article, and it was rogue, because when I saw this title, I thought two things... "I thought they said it turned out horribly" and "This must be an old article from before they found out that it was horrible".

-Not sure which magazine it was though... although I'm positive it was print and not online. I seem to remember another brewer who used whole pies... in a beer that was actually good.

I remember that too. I think another one from the same company used a smoked pig in a beer of theirs.

I believe that was a BA magazine feature on Right Brain Brewery.

Mangalitsa Pig Porter

Mixed Berry Pie

yuk

I can only assume this beer is deeply complex.