Do you name your fermenters?

I'm wondering...am I the ONLY one here who names their fermenters? I would LOVE to hear what you call your little buddies who help you make beer :cross:

I have four fermenter buckets and I call them Chuck-V, Viola, Crisco, and Herr Flick.

It makes it easier to remember what brew is in what fermenter if they have names, and it makes me feel less weird when I decide to have conversations with them and give them encouragement too. LOL

I call mine "this one" and "that one". They don't seem to mind.

Uh...No....

*Backs out of this creepy thread slowly.*

"The one that needs cleaning", "The slightly melted bucket that I left too close to the burner", "The one with the spigot I never use"........Currently, The one that needs cleaning is not talking the one one with the spigot I never use. I think they fell out because I stacked one of them inside "Slut bucket" and got her pregnant. The one one with the spigot I never use can't get inside anyone as he has a spigot that gets in the way. I think it makes him grouchy.


Or, the short answer, NO I don't name my fooking fermenters!

Of course not. Naming them could lead to anthropomorphic personification. Which is a perfect indication of insanity.

Ale Pail is Helga, and when i get a Better Bottle, she will be Betty.

Nope.

yes.

Pale Ale, Maibock, Quad, Wit. Whatever is most appropriate at the end of that brewday.

Can't say if I've ever thought of naming them. But I do know people on the forum like to dress them up in T-shirts...

I have a secondary named Homer. I bet a few others on here do as well.

HAHAHA I knew there would be others! I don't guess I would look any more sane if I mentioned the fact that "Viola" is named after my deceased grandmother would it? ...perhaps I should just be quiet and go have beer now lol

Whippy said:

HAHAHA I knew there would be others! I don't guess I would look any more sane if I mentioned the fact that "Viola" is named after my deceased grandmother would it? ...perhaps I should just be quiet and go have beer now lol

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My conservative Mennonite grandmother Viola would turn over in her grave if I named a carboy after her.

The thought never occurred to me, but I just may have to come up with some names.

Candy, Lacey and Stupid Whore.

Just kidding... I don't name them. Kind of weird, but to each their own.

I have quadruplets. If I named them I would have to get nametags or something to tell them apart.

i haven't, but the 8 year old did.

she points to the plastic carboy and says, whats that, the Beer 1000

its now labelled, quite elegantly, with a sharpie as BEER 1000

Only for period of time when I had no girlfriend.

jgln said:

Only for period of time when I had no girlfriend.

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Summon a mental image of jgln masturbating with his fermenter. Your welcome!

maida7 said:

Summon a mental image of jgln masturbating with his fermenter. Your welcome!

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He,he,he.

Whippy said:

I would LOVE to hear what you call your little buddies who help you make beer

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Four are anonymous. Two go by the name of "Brett." They don't get along with the other four.

billvon said:

Four are anonymous. Two go by the name of "Brett." They don't get along with the other four.

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HA! Good one!

1, 2, and 3. I don't name my secondaries though

Yeah, mine are named A, B, C and D.

****, I had enough trouble naming my kids.

jgln said:

Only for period of time when I had no girlfriend.

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maida7 said:

Summon a mental image of jgln masturbating with his fermenter. Your welcome!

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I haven't found a reason to post THESE in a couple of years...Thanks for DISTURBINGLY giving me a reason.

my fermenter's name is the fermenter. my bottling bucket's name is the bottling bucket. although i don't have a secondary fermenter, i'd probably name that the secondary fermenter.

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The Abyss really is that good

Revvy said:

I haven't found a reason to post THESE in a couple of years...Thanks for DISTURBINGLY giving me a reason.

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Well that was a relief, I was afraid to scroll down.

Naming them is one thing. When they start talking back, then you have problems.

logan3825 said:

Naming them is one thing. When they start talking back, then you have problems.

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My favorite part is when they talk back. I like to sit in the ferm room when I have a couple of batches going and listen to the air locks bubble.

I have one named Pabst. Still need to name the others.

iaefebs said:

My favorite part is when they talk back. I like to sit in the ferm room when I have a couple of batches going and listen to the air locks bubble.

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Now, for the part of the story he is not telling.

The room was dark. A sweet, musky smell tinged with sulfur permeated the air. Slowly, I walked to my fermenter. Then I heard it, the slow bubbling of the airlock. Unable to control myself, I bent over, placing my nose on the tip of the airlock, waiting expectantly for the next exhalation of sweet gas. It came. I sniffed. I (to be continued)

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A -possibly- less weird way of telling one fermenter from another is to just buy U.S. Plastics buckets, which are available with lids in your choice of colors. I ordered three of their 7 gallon buckets, and I call mine "the one with the red lid," etc.

The only piece of equipment I've named is my 5 gallon bourbon barrel. I named her Lucille...as in B.B. King's guitar. I take care of her, and she gives me beautifully barrel aged beer in return.

1. Glass carboy
2. Glass jug
3. Old Yingling keg

I didn't name the fermentors, but SWMBO named the kegerator "Richard Beerington the 4th" I call him Drinky Dick for short.