Oatmeal no more, Casey chugs 11 a.m. beer after Pennsylvania certifies results

What’s in the bottle, Bob?

That’s the question that has riven Pennsylvania Politics Twitter, after U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, posted a video Tuesday of him celebrating the certification of Pennsylvania’s election results for President-elect Joe Biden,

In the 10-second video, Casey opens the beer, holds it up for the camera, before taking a big glug and nodding.

PENNSYLVANIA UPDATE 40/40: The votes are in. The count is certified. @JoeBiden has won the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (again). And that's a wrap on the 2020 election here in the Keystone State. pic.twitter.com/UPtjeL5VXE

— Bob Casey Jr. (@Bob_Casey) November 24, 2020

In the background is a map of Pennsylvania’s counties, a nod to a series of 40 social media videos Casey made explaining the election results to viewers.

“The votes are in. The count is certified. @JoeBiden has won the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (again). And that’s a wrap on the 2020 election here in the Keystone State,” Casey wrote in the Tweet. We should note — it was posted at 11:11 a.m. on a Tuesday morning.

While the certification of Pennsylvania’s almost 7 million votes, and 20 electoral votes, is a big deal, what many politicos seemed to latch onto was a simple question — with which potent potable did Casey choose to celebrate? 

In the video, we get only a brief glimpse of the bottle. But its label is clearly a robins egg blue, similar to a color used by Victory Brewing Company, based in Downingtown in Chester County.

Democratic County Commissioner Josh Maxwell noted that Casey, of Scranton, is “a fan” of the brewery.

That led Pennsylvania Twitter’s assorted drinkers to suggest a wide variety of Victory’s brews, from a Winter Cheers — 6.7 percent alcohol — to a Dirt Wolf  — 8.7 percent — to a Golden Monkey — 9.5 percent — as culprits. 

To emphasize again, the video was posted before noon, on a weekday, from a politician who was once compared to oatmeal.

I've a 9%er early in the day tailgating… Never made it to the game

— Jack (@111victories) November 24, 2020

But astute viewers also pointed out that Casey is wearing the same outfit in this morning’s video as he wore in a Nov. 22 video describing Democrats’ mail-in ballot advantage. 

Counties across PA are still diligently working to certify the vote & I'm still making election videos. Pres. Trump had a lead on Election Night, but it was always clear that once all the votes were counted @JoeBiden would win PA. Why? It's simple: Ds overwhelmingly voted by mail pic.twitter.com/Xz7Cv0PK6R

— Bob Casey Jr. (@Bob_Casey) November 22, 2020

And “those close to Casey on Twitter” told Pittsburgh City Paper the beer was, in fact, a Hop Devil IPA, at 6.7 percent.

So perhaps Casey didn’t let loose as much as we thought. But some mysteries are better left unsolved.