{"id":44358,"date":"2014-08-14T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/the-bowdlerizer-of-beer-bottles.html"},"modified":"2014-08-14T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T22:28:21","slug":"the-bowdlerizer-of-beer-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/14\/the-bowdlerizer-of-beer-bottles.html","title":{"rendered":"The Bowdlerizer of Beer Bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"
Did you know there's one guy in Washington who has to review — then approve or reject — every beer label design in the US? This year, that's been almost 30,000 to date. It's enough to drive one to drink …<\/p>\n

No, but seriously, it's got to be a thankless job, given the (presumed) parameters he has to work with as far as having labels not be misleading as to contents, assert medical benefits, promote drug use or drunkenness — all of which seem fairly straightforward parameters in theory but in effect are highly subjective. It seems crazy to have one man doing it — but, heck, it's probably more consistent than having three people doing.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator<\/a>
\n Widely regarded as an eccentric bureaucrat, Kent \u2018Battle\u2019 Martin approves essentially every beer label in the United States, giving him awesome power over a huge industry.\n <\/p>\n

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Did you know there's one guy in Washington who has to review — then approve or reject — every beer label design in the US? This year, that's been almost 30,000 to date. 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