Baltimore Brewery Told to Stop Selling Ozzy Bat Beer

March 28, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The Brewer’s Art, a craft brewery out of Baltimore, had high hopes for their new Ozzy beer. With its OZZY fist tattoo as its label (along with some bats, a few of which appear to have their heads bitten off), the beer was sure to be a hot seller, regardless of taste.

But then came the cease-and-desist order from Ozzy’s legal team. Trademark and license-and-image issues, you see. No one thought to ask permission from the Oz-man. As a result, the beer has been pulled from the shelves. All existing stock will sit in their cans getting skunky for all eternity.

(Via Classic Rock magazine)

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