The Simpsons has been an American staple since 1989 and Duff Beer has been a Simpsons’ staple for all 22 season. The beer is portrayed as a typical American light lager: drunk by the masses and in large quantities. Homer and his drinking pals can usually be found sucking down a few belch inducing Duff beers at their local watering hole: Moe’s Tavern.
It turns out that this fictitious brand of beer as its roots in the real world. Ex-Guns “N Roses bassist Duff McKagan recently revealed that he was the inspiration behind the brew. Said McKagan:
“When Guns N’ Roses began to break into the public consciousness, I was known as a big drinker… In 1988, MTV aired a concert in which Axl introduced me — as usual — as Duff ‘The King of Beers’ McKagan. Soon after a production company working on a new animated series called me to ask if they could use the name ‘Duff’ for a brand of beer in the show.”
Now if we could only pinpoint who inspired Duff Beer’s charismatic mascot: Duffman. He seems like someone we’d like to party with.