Australian news sources are reporting about a woman who has been ordered to serve 18 months probation for selling cases of Duff Beer on eBay. Duff Beer is, of course, Homer Simpson's favorite beer on the Simpson's. At first I thought she was selling imaginary beer, but apparently Duff Beer really does exist. It was made briefly during the 1990s by an Australian Brewery, until they were sued by the makers of the Simpson's and had to stop. However, the beer the woman was selling was imaginary in the sense that she didn't have any cases of Duff Beer, which is why she's now serving probation. I'll have to add Duff Beer to my list of fictional beers that became real. The list now includes
Olde Frothingslosh Pale Stale Ale, and Duff (it's a short list).
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Billy Beer really existed, but by universal consensus (I never tasted it myself) it was so wretched that no one ever bought a second can of it.
I understand a few intact cans of Billy still survive (after all, who wanted to drink it?) and are now high-dollar items on the political memorabilia circuit.
This did occur to me, but I was trying not to get off on too many tangents at once.
Oxford Bottled Beer Database. As far as I recall (I used to run the website for a local beer shop) the makers justify the name as independently arrived at via etmyology: dubh = Gaelic for black.