A Seattle-based brewery deeply hates law enforcement officers. They demonstrated that hate by printing “ACAB” on the bottom of its beer cans this summer. It stands for “All Cops Are Bastards,” and they added, “MEANS ALL COPS.”
ACAB has become a prominent rallying call for anti-police rioters since the death of George Floyd in the custody of the Minneapolis police in May. That includes antifa, Black Lives Matter, and their subsidiaries.
THE STORY
Mirage Beer Co. released a beer called “Choosey Lover” in June. It had the words “ACAB MEANS ALL COPS” stamped on the bottom of its cans, KIRO reported.
“I used the markings because I stand against institutional racism, of which modern policing is a militarized arm,” Mirage’s owner Michael Dempster told KIRO in a text message.
This man is misinformed and you can thank the media for all this hate.
Dempster set off both the left and right.
“I’ve never seen or tasted a Mirage beer, and now never will,” @PollackJaxon tweeted.
Some attacked the store that carries the beer, but this is far-far-left Seattle with a Lenin statue in the square.
Dylan Ziegler, manager of Chuck’s Hop Shop, told KIRO that he recommended Mirage beers to his customers on a regular basis.
The store manager said he doesn’t have a problem with the message that Mirage printed on the bottom of its June batch’s cans, KIRO reported.
“I don’t think it hurt his sales at all. I believe that his message is right and I think that uh, I’m proud of him for taking a stand, honestly,” Ziegler said.
Different Story in Pennsylvania
While politicizing adult beverages might work in Seattle, a brewer in Philadelphia learned the hard way in June that some people want to just buy beer without any political opinions, the Philly Voice reported.
The publication Breweries in Pennsylvania inadvertently outed the head brewer at Evil Genius Beer Co. in Fishtown in June after he posted a series of social media posts that featured him in an ACAB shirt and advocated violence against police officers.
“Violence is the only message thugs are able to hear,” head brewer Jon Defibaugh posted, according to Breweries in Pennsylvania. “If they could listen to reason, they wouldn’t become cops. Destroy all systems of control. All cops are bastards. It has been this way for as long as any of us can remember. The time for change is now. This is our country, let’s take control of it. By any means necessary.”
The post captioned a photo of Defibaugh wearing an ACAB shirt and giving the middle finger, the Philly Voice reported.
Social media blowback was so intense that the brewery had to shut down all of its social media pages temporarily.
Defibaugh apologized to save his job and deleted the tweet. He said he wrote it out of anger. It didn’t work.
They don’t believe in violence allegedly:
Then Evil Genius posted an open letter that said they had terminated Defibaugh for posting something that ran contrary to the brewery’s values, the Philly Voice reported.
“We do not believe in hatred, inequality or violence,” the brewery wrote. “We firmly believe in everyone’s right to be treated equally and fairly; everyone’s right to not live in fear; and everyone’s right to peacefully pursue their own happiness. Those values are paramount to our business. We will not stand by and allow anyone who acts contrary to our values to publicly represent our brand — not now and not ever.”
Defibaugh has been head brewer at Evil Genius since 2015.
Evil Genius has also posted support for peaceful Black Lives Matter protests, the Philly Voice reported.
Defibaugh appears to be working as a building manager for St. Joseph’s Landing.
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It is ironic the amount of hate thrown at Michael for this stance. Trump supporters from all over the country tried to flood review sites that sold his beer, like Chucks Hop Shop, with one star reviews. By the way, they are a retailer who sells his beer, and have nothing to do with the actual brewery or operation. They tried calling from far away places to tell our local businesses to stop selling his stuff. Yea…..that definitely backfired. Our entire community went around and bought every last bit of his beer available. And when the beer was gone, we started donating the money to police reform groups and charities in the area. Now that he has been put on the national stage, its tough to find his products because they are sold out all the time. Because there are literally millions across the country that know something is wrong with the training initiatives with law enforcement in 2020. Whoops, guess the people have spoken…..
Guy uses his parent address to run his company out of, I think there more of a connection to chucks than we are being told.
Taxpayer Name DEMPSTER HAROLD R & ELLEN J
Mailing Address 4109 N 37TH ST
TACOMA, WA
98407-5610
https://atip.piercecountywa.gov/#/app/propertyDetail/5515000540/summary
https://www.redfin.com/WA/Tacoma/4109-N-37th-St-98407/home/2913941
Contact Information
Mirage Beer LLC
4109 N 37th St
Tacoma, WA 98407
Contact: Michael Dempster
Title: Principal
Phone: (253) 759-0947
Website:
Mirage Beer LLC is the only company located at 4109 N 37th St, Tacoma, WA 98407
Business Description
Mirage Beer is located in Tacoma, Washington. This organization primarily operates in the Beer (Packaged) business / industry within the Miscellaneous Retail sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 3 years. Mirage Beer is estimated to generate $207,185 in annual revenues, and employs approximately 3 people at this single location.
“It was a thing,” Dylan Ziegler told the station. “People talked about it.”
But the anti-cop message didn’t appear to impact sales of the beer at Ziegler’s store, he said.
“I don’t think it hurt his sales at all,” Ziegler told KIRO. “I believe that his message is right, and I’m proud of him for taking a stand, honestly.”
https://nypost.com/2020/08/14/seattle-beer-company-defends-anti-cop-acronym-on-cans/
You have to wonder how many beer drinkers pay attention to what is stamped on the the bottoms of the cans? Am glad that the brewery fired this die hard commie bastard, but you have to wonder who these messages are being marketed to?? Perhaps the BLM rioters are supposed to pop open a can of their suds before they begin their evening of violence and chaos???
A die-hard Communist, great they fired him.