Buddha Beer Bites The Dust

Monks at a Buddhist temple in east China have forced a local brewery to give up making its “Buddha” brand beer, claiming the brew insulted them.

The monks at Dafo Buddha Temple in Zhejiang province, went to court to force Xinchang Brewery to stop producing the beer, but the suit was settled out of court, the newspaper China Daily reported Monday.

It said the brewery also agreed to pay $600 in compensation and apologize to the monks for the “loss of face” they suffered when advertisements for the beer were aired on local TV stations.