George's beer isn't "make beer, add molasses," Bud's is. George's is the classic moonshiners' wash or prohibition "beer," which goes back a long way: the molasses IS the fermentable, not an addition. Sugar would be used if you weren't being so miserly; molasses is the waste product of sugar production, so this is literally scraping the bottom of the barrel. The bran is the source of yeast nutrients (minerals and vitamins,) itself a waste product of milling, and the hops are almost gratuitous.