Naming your beer ?

It's popular to give the beer you have brewed a name. Like we can suddenly somehow identify with the beer itself. Like an old college buddy or something?

If that's the case, and yes I really suspect it is...what was the name of your very first batch?

As of today - and a new brewer suddenly - my first batch is now named "Zatoichi Ale". Zatoichi was the name of a warrior monk in Japan - incredibly famous for his movies - where he had no sight, yet could fight, smell, hear, and feel his way out of a bloody battle.

Whats Zatoichi? Well, think : Bruce Lee, but he's Japanese, and blind, with a katana. Oh, and wearing sandals. Yeah...that's Zatoichi.

I mostly read and smelled and read some more - then brewed this beer how I *thought* it should be brewed...for what that's worth. The IBU of the hops, brew time, extract, OG, and the FG is helpful - but can become noise and chatter in the background.

Glass vs. plastic fermentors. Neo vs. Agent Smith.

I don't name every beer I brew, just the ones that turn out really well and i tend to repeat. So my first brew had no name, except the name that was on the kit-Geordi Lager. Interesting name, considering it is an ale......

I named mine Jebediah... Then it ran away and I never heard from it again... =(

I think my first "original" name was Busted Nut Brown... It ended up being a mix of my overly malty brown porter and an overly hoppy nut brown ale...

Granted I am sure someone used that moniker before, but it felt right for my beer at the moment...

I'm with Bernie, why name it if you aren't going to brew it again. You might be wasting a good name. A good name can bring interest to your beer.

we've name ours after our cats.
first was Hona-Weizen (cat named hanna, but we call her hone)
second was Pale Bubba Ale
third was Banner Amber

rinse wash repeat for subsequent batches.. banner-weizen, hanna-amber, etc..
each cat has 2-3 nicknames.. plus two of them are torties.. the names are endless really.

torta-girl trippel. just thought of that one, and I just bought a trippel ingredient kit!

Despite my sig, I don't feel the need to name my brews.
Unless, of course, I'm brewing someone else's named recipe.
I have BM's Cream of 3 Crops in primary right now. And my first 3 brews were from kits/LHBS recipes.
I prefer to just describe the brew.
Dry English cider.
American pale ale.
Traditional IPA.
West Coast IPA.
Etc.