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Several years ago I made a strong very tasty IPA, kind of a clone of Swamp Head Big Nose IPA. My neighbor who is a hop head loved it and drank several on my back screened in lanai. When he got up to go home he walked towards the screen door but instead walked right into the screen next to the door. He laughed and corrected himself and then walked out the screen door. To this day my son still askes me if I am making "Screen Walker" IPA!

John
 
I suck at names but a few I have stuck with is from a Chinese tale called The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Groove. They were philosophers, writers and poets and evididentaly they were alcohol fueled.
So I have Seven Sages Pale Ale and Bamboo Grove Gold. I still brew an old school Pale Ale, Chinook and Casade and yes I still use Crystal. Therefore it is called "The Professor"
 
Most of mine have a theological bent since that's my day job (theology teacher). But when I make something truly experimental it's under the "Sh!t Sh*w" or "What in the Name..."label. I had the perfect pictures from the zoo for it, also.
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After last night's massive storms that rolled through I think maybe my third batch should be named Windy Wheat!

Last night we huddled up in the basement brewery, our storm safe spot, listening to the beer ferment. An almost calming affect to a tense evening.

All better this morning; lots of branches down but luckily no damage.
 
I like the "-ator" suffix on German dopplebocks, so I called my dopplebock "Salivator Dopplebock". I brewed 10 gallons, kegged half and bottled half. Drank the keg fast (bad idea to hit the dopplebock keg with 1 Liter mugs, take my word on that), and bottled the rest. I lost a case for a few years. It got shoved behind other stuff in the basement. When I found it after it was 2 years old, it was amazing! My favorite name though is "Tropical Mind **** Hazy IPA" but I can't take credit for that one. Got it from my brother in law from these guys https://boomchugalug.com/products/tropical-mind-****-hazy-ipa-all-grain-beer-recipe-kit. I always love giving beers like this to my in-laws and dropping a few f-bombs just to see their reaction!
 
I usually just call them the obvious names, either based on the name of the beer I've tried to clone or the beer style.
Smoked Black Rye IPA for example.

Only if I have a party I change the name a bit.
I haven't had any parties since before the pandemic so my beer menus are on my old laptop, but I do remember calling a clone of Innis & Gunn "Lumberjock"
because it's a Scottish beer with wood chips in it.
Another red ale I called Red Heeler as there was someone at the party who was a fan of Cattle Dogs.
 
WHen I first saw this thread, I thought, "Best name for your beer b*tch"... Hmmm... Any takers?
Well, I guess that would be hijacking a thread... sorry!
 
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