The well-known phrase “Knowledge is Power” hit a little too close to home this past week at Pine Box Rock Shop, as they were tipped off by a customer that a beer they had on tap came from a brewery that wasn’t exactly, erm, in a nutshell, chill.

A customer asked Jeff Rush, co-owner of Pine Box: “By the way, did you know that that War Flag brewery is owned by the Koch Brothers?” referring to their offering of the brewery’s American Pilsner.

After a little research, the owners Jeff and Heather Rush found out that the Greenpoint-based brewery contributes to conservative Super Pacs, which means that Pine Box was inadvertently fueling the Tea Party.