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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Texas Bans Voodoo Lager Beer: Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager Beer has been banned from Texas by state alcohol regulators who are spooked by a name and label they say conjure up witchcraft. “It appears to be a cult entity,” Raymond Hoskins, supervisor of marketing practices for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, said of the label. “It’s a swamp scene with a skeleton in the background and a sort of dark-blue color to it.” Kendra Bruno, owner of Dixie Brewing Co., said, “It’s marketing, not magic.” She said the silver-foil label depicts a Louisiana bayou at dusk. There are no skeletons; rather, the label pictures the eyes of small animals seen in the swamp at that time of day, Bruno said.