Brew Names

[TetersMillBrewing]

I name beers after the style, like Brown Ale, Pale Ale or Hefeweitzen. I'm creative but more interested in being brutally descriptive than obscure.

Yep, I am the same. I haven't gotten to the point of naming beers other than to be descriptive. Of course I give 80% of my beer away so an odd name doesn't make sense at the moment.

 

[Sunfire96]

Yeah, only the good ones. I'm not creative enough to waste time naming something that I'll rarely, if ever, brew again.

I got tired of having a really clever name and the beer turned out bad lol

 

[Donoroto]

I really enjoy the creativity of a lot of members here. Some of the names are real funny.
Unfortunately, I'm not that creative...

So you think... But I think you are a practical creative - get it done somehow. And you do, every day.

 

[Donoroto]

If I was only brewing German beers I’d go
Holschuhbrau as Holschuh is the family name from my paternal grandma. But I brew more British beers. Something with the Hanoverian monarchy? History nerd here

So Hohlschuh-Windsor Brewing? I think Windsor is a popular name in the UK?

 

[Josh Hughes]

I'd think you'd have a huge amount of ideas with everything Kentucky.
Bourbon, Horseracing, moonshining, Coal, KFC, just to name a few.
I could have some fun with it!

I guess I never really thought outside the box like that. Thanks for that. I tried for names to make “sense” but really fun and memorable would do

 

[Josh Hughes]

So Hohlschuh-Windsor Brewing? I think Windsor is a popular name in the UK?

Not a bad idea Don. The royal family took the name of Windsor due to WWI. Beautiful castle btw

 

[Minbari]

my brewery is "bent nail" so most of the beers I name have something to do with carpentry or actual nails. like my "16 penny Pilsner"

 

[GFHomebrew]

I suck at anything creative….. I’ve named a few after yeast origin to differentiate different type of the same style. Named one after my paternal grandmothers German family name but have since brewed other German lagers I’d like to move that name too haha. Only one that has stuck is my Tolbooth 80 Shilling, after the first pub I visited in Edinburgh, which I’ve made the same way each time and loved it. I’m pretty generic.

Hey you create some pretty tasty bevvys Though Josh.

 

[Nosybear]

I have also lack the creativity to have a Brewery name

I'm with you, brother.

 

[MaxStout]

I usually give them descriptive, rather than creative names. "Idaho 7 pale ale," "Dunkelweizen," etc. Sometimes, I come up with a snarky name for a clone, like "Elk Snot" (Moose Drool clone), "Piss Yellow Beer" (blonde ale), "The Evil Goat of Einbeck" (Doppelbock), and so forth. Sometimes I cobble together beers from leftover grains, calling them "Leftoverture."

I don't print labels, so the naming is more of an in-joke.

 

[The Brew Mentor]

I guess I never really thought outside the box like that. Thanks for that. I tried for names to make “sense” but really fun and memorable would do

It could also be something as simple as;
J Hughes Brews

 

[jmcnamara]

It could also be something as simple as;
J Hughes Brews

Tagline: you're hughesin for a brewsin

 

[Minbari]

Tagline: you're hughesin for a brewsin

@Josh Hughes this! Lol

 

[jamesmurfyiii]

When brewing up a beer I find myself trying to come up with a fun name for the brew. I have a background as a Dungeon Master and Player of D&D. I have been playing for many years. As part of this, I have a Character that is my default to go to when I get to play. Additionally, I have a Discord game server called the Cracked Bell Inn. I have been coming up with D&D related names for beers and meads that are in the wings.

My question to all of you is this.

How do you come up with names for your beers?

I can think of any association when I drink beer. And it is in the name of this association that I name the beer

 

[Josh Hughes]

Funny stuff

 

[Jericho Brew]

When brewing up a beer I find myself trying to come up with a fun name for the brew. I have a background as a Dungeon Master and Player of D&D. I have been playing for many years. As part of this, I have a Character that is my default to go to when I get to play. Additionally, I have a Discord game server called the Cracked Bell Inn. I have been coming up with D&D related names for beers and meads that are in the wings.

My question to all of you is this.

How do you come up with names for your beers?

Being a renaissance faire enthusiast I tend to use names that associate with the 15th and 16th century as well as mythical names.

 

[MaxStout]

Once I named a beer due to an event during brewing. I was brewing a Kolsch in the garage and a yellowjacket decided to kamikaze into the boiling wort and I had to fish it out. I named the beer Buzz Lightbeer.

Some years ago I thought about doing labels and did some crude Photshopping. But I kind of lost interest in the idea and didn't want to be scraping off labels every time I reuse bottles.

 

[Ward Chillington]

I kind of lost interest in the idea and didn't want to be scraping off labels every time I reuse bottles.

Yuppers....that's why I took a hint from the masters

and why I'm a fan of "crown art" because after a while...all the brown bottles look the same and it helps with the menu!

And all you that think that you are not creative...stop selling yourself short! The Art is in the glass!

 

[Herm brews]

Yuppers....that's why I took a hint from the masters View attachment 23324 and why I'm a fan of "crown art" because after a while...all the brown bottles look the same and it helps with the menu!
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And all you that think that you are not creative...stop selling yourself short! The Art is in the glass!

Great post. The art is in the glass!
Out of all the bottle caps, the one I like best is the owl (Great Horned?) in the upper right corner.
When I have multiple batches available in bottles, I mark the caps, simply writing with a Sharpie the mnemonic that will remind me of what is in the bottle. I hope to have that “problem” pretty soon.

 

[Josh Hughes]

I got an idea when I don’t feel embarrassed to bring it up. Still “shopping it” in my head