Beer naming question

[netprocess]

Hello,

I am a noob brewer wondering about beer naming and the etiquette of naming extract brewed beer. Do you all change the name of beer brewed from extract kits or do you keep the name of the kit?

Thanks!

 

[1977Brewer]

Call it whatever you want. You made it.

 

[meatcleaver]

I'm of the opinion that only the recipe author/creator can name it.

 

[netprocess]

I get the impression that most people name it whatever they want, but I feel like meatcleaver has a point.

This is why I just had to ask! Thanks for the quick responses too ��

 

[budbo]

name it Bob! .... You brewed it, you name it

 

[JimRausch]

Even if you are doing the exact same recipe time after time, there are always fermentation differences. So each batch is different. Therefore, each batch I do has a different name. It may just be 'the style and date', or something different I've added. For example, I currently have bottles left from 4 batches of Wayne's Blue Moon clone: Winter Solstice Moon, Apricot Moon, Blueberry Moon, and Memorial Moon.
If you look around the end of posts you'll see some truly original names.....

 

[netprocess]

So it seems like most brewers think it's ok to name it whatever you want. I will probably keep the same names...unless I think a slightly different name fits the end product better.

 

[slym2none]

Yeah, all I had on this last recipe was "Russian Imperial Stout recipe". So, I picked Duroracat as the name for my brewing of this RIS recipe - my "brewery" name is Tri-County Run Brewery, and that's a mash-up of the three counties' names (Durham, Orange, & Chatham - yes, "Durorachat" would have looked weird & computer-ish so I dropped the "h") I used for the name.

 

[Komodo]

I don't have a brewery name, and all of my beers are numbered, no names. I just named the last two, but I had been drinking and forgot I wasn't naming them.

 

[bobeer]

I usually name the beer from something that happened on brew day or the way I was feeling when I brewed it. Even if it's not my recipe you still brewed it and every batch is different. If it bothers you that much then put a little twist on it. Use a different hop or yeast, or, add something at flame out or in secondary to make it more your own.

 

[Gameface]

There is no etiquette in regard to naming the beer you make. It's your beer. You make the rules.

 

[sportpak]

I'll name a beer when I settle on a recipe I'm going to make regularly. I usually scribble the style and number on the cap so that I know what I'm looking at. The style and number then can be referenced to my log book for details. IPA22, Bel12, ect...

When you get the pipeline rolling you will have several brews rotating in constantly.

 

[netprocess]

Thank you all for your responses. I just wasn't sure if it was frowned upon...but you guys have made it clear! I won't let it bother me too much

 

[kh54s10]

Naming beers only gets iffy when it is a commercial beer that has a name to close to another brewery's product name. Coors would probably get upset if you sold a light lager called Koors.

I brewed a brown ale a few years back out of leftovers. I called it Brown Eyed Girl. I have made Another Brown Eyed Girl and Brown Eyed Girl #3. For a whopping total of 15 gallons for personal consumption and sharing with friends. I don't think Van Morrison will be suing me over the use of the name.

I also made a Porter during a thunderstorm and called it Thunderhead Porter.

When I have done a Kit I just called it what the kit was.

 

[brick_haus]

I name all of mine the same "sumamybeer" Then when friends come over I ask, hey, you want sumamybeer? The answer is always a resounding yes.

 

[slym2none]

I usually name the beer from something that happened on brew day or the way I was feeling when I brewed it. Even if it's not my recipe you still brewed it and every batch is different. If it bothers you that much then put a little twist on it. Use a different hop or yeast, or, add something at flame out or in secondary to make it more your own.

I spit in my wort at flame-out.

 

[SnakeRidge]

I brew a lot of commercial inspired beers, so I usually make a play on the original name so I remember what inspired it. So, the beer that started off as a clone of Double Sunshine becomes Summershine after 4 or 5 batches. But you made it, name it! It's part of the fun.

 

[1977Brewer]

I name my beers after the first pour, except repeats. My SonRise IPA is a recipe I wrote, I'm on my 4th batch and not one has been the same. I brewed the Cottage House Saison recipe from here Saturday, I'll make a stupid name up for what's in my glass...because I didn't stick to the book. If I brew one to the letter, or a cline recipe, I might stick to the real name. Otherwise, I made it.

 

[Mishraile]

While I do feel like I own the beer more now that I do my own recipes not from a kit, what others are saying here is true. You bought it, you brewed it, and you can name it. Sure you copied their recipe, but I am fairly certain you changed the process, and your beer tastes different than theirs.

Name it and claim it. Then drink it. and send me some.