By Steve Graham

Despite its non-descript business title, Something Brewery is not afraid to push the envelope on beer flavors … and beer names.

“We specialize in being crazy for the sake of being crazy,” said David Allegrezza, co-owner and brewer at Something, which was Brighton’s first craft brewery.

To that end, they brewed an autumn porter with pumpkin, then aged it with vanilla and chai tea. The result is called Basic Bitch, a snide reference to customers who gush over fall fashion and seasonal pumpkin drinks at a certain major coffee chain.

“Get your Uggs, scarfs and yoga pants out because we have the beer for you” reads the bottle label from last year’s edition, which also has a background that mimics the pattern on a Louis Vuitton bag.

Allegrezza said the brewers are also making fun of themselves for jumping on the fall pumpkin bandwagon. And, of course, some controversy can be good for business.

“We wanted the beer to stand out with the ingredients we used, but we also wanted the name of the beer to stand out in the crowd,” said Brian Castillo, another co-owner and brewer. “The Basic Bitch does just that by combining a memorable beer name and unique ingredients.”

To be sure, the name attracted some attention when the first batch was released last fall. But Allegrezza said it was mostly positive.

“People loved the name,” he said, adding that many customers bought extra bottles as whimsical Christmas gifts.

Something Brewery specializes in tea-infused beers. Allegrezza said some brewing experts told him it would be impossible to brew beers with tea without destroying the flavor of the beer. However, he experimented with steeping tea in the beer while it ages. The brewery has since made a wide variety of tea-infused beers.

The chai porter is infused with two types of chai, Tazo pumpkin spice chai and a spiced chai from In-Tea, which is a gourmet tea café and importer in Littleton. It also features vanilla beans.

“It has lots of different flavors that are all really subtle,” Allegrezza said. “The pumpkin and chocolate notes will really pop as it ages.”

After a successful run of bottles and taproom kegs last year, Allegrezza hopes to distribute the porter to other bars in the area.

“We plan on getting it out to the major taprooms to have a fun crazy beer you’ve never had, and to get a different kind of pumpkin beer,” he said.

Something also has plenty of other creative brews in the works, including a hazelnut coffee milk stout, a New England IPA infused with matcha tea, and a tea-infused vanilla bourbon stout slated for the brewery’s second anniversary in December.

Steve Graham is a Fort Collins writer who enjoys the outdoors and great beers.