Best names for your beer batch?

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I've bounced back and forth between "Whale Tail Pale Ale" and "Snail Trail Pale Ale", but I've never been able to choose which one I like better.

Allz I’m gonna say is most people like whale tails a lot more than snail trails.

 

[Pehlman17]

Allz I’m gonna say is most people like whale tails a lot more than snail trails.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

I kegged my first batch of Lug Nut Porter, I can’t wait for it to be ready. It may be going to the homebrew jamboree in September. We shall see. Dunkel’s Weizen and Roggen’s Bier will be going too.

This is Porter, sometimes called Lug Nut.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Forgot about this thread. I recently brewed a Munich Dunkel that I named "Dunkelganger." I used AI to design a label. Well, the picture anyway, I never actually finished the actual label.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I kegged my first batch of Lug Nut Porter, I can’t wait for it to be ready. It may be going to the homebrew jamboree in September. We shall see. Dunkel’s Weizen and Roggen’s Bier will be going too.

This is Porter, sometimes called Lug Nut.
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The first Porter I brewed I named Power Outage Porter. During my brew day we had to evacuate to the basement from a tornado, power was out too

It was during my boil so I had to carefully move the kettle out of the way to make room. The next day, the threat behind us, I was able to finish brew day.

 

[Dgallo]

I tend to think I’m pretty good at naming my beers. I do a lot of sentimental and nostalgic names and also silly ones

One of my favs is a beer I brewed for my oldest son right when he was born. It was a milkshake ipa that I called “Milo’s First Latch” to play on his first “batch” and breast feeding

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

The best names I use are no names at all, just the beer style.

 

[BrewZer]

A friend texted me a couple nights ago. I'm not sure if she was drunk, but she told me that if I ever brew a lambic, I *must* name it "lambic pentameter".

I'll consider it.

Depending on the font you use, nobody will be able to tell the difference!

 

[Willy]

When my base grains get low, and it's time to restock - I always do a recurring batch with the range of Pale Ale styles ... Called "What I got left". Couple pounds each of MO, Pilsner, Munich, with flaked corn, biscuit, and carapils. Hops? What I got left that I am not sure what to do with.

 

[Saunassa]

Split a big batch of wort and made two different cream ales.
One was Bippity Boppity Brew and the other was AbracadaBrew.
No I am not creative. Left names to my wife

 

[fluketamer]

one of my favorite stouts is sweet baby jesus . in that vein i think i will make a sour imperial stout with some matzoh as specialty grains..

it will be called: Sour Adult Moses.

 

[day_trippr]

An advantage of brewing clone recipes is the names have already been given

Beyond that...I am reminded nightly during the evening "Pharma Hour" on TV that "names are hard", so I generally don't try to get creative and just stick to style and maybe a notable ingredient for any original recipes...

Cheers!

 

[Willy]

Inspired for my next Pale Ale ... Calling it Barley Gene Therapy. Brew on... Ha.

 

[mac_1103]

You should get some GMO malt for that.

 

[BrewZer]

Inspired for my next Pale Ale ... Calling it Barley Gene Therapy. Brew on... Ha.

I would have called that beer Barely Legal(e)

 

[Snuffy]

I would have called that beer Barely Legal(e)

Beerly Legal

 

[Snuffy]

Platypus Venom
Bear Attractant
Meet Tenderizer

 

[scrap iron]

Die Commie Bastard - American Pale Ale
Space Junk Red - American Amber Ale
Greta - German Pilsner
Victoria - English IPA

 

[T Murph]

My newest and current favorite is
"Julio Uno Lago" a Mexican style lager brewed on July 1st. And it turned out to be a great lawnmower brew that is lite straw in color about 5 percent abv with a hint of Saaz that goes down oh so easy.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I'm currently soft-crashing a Cascade/Simcoe/Mosaic pale ale with a name that gives off kind of a Dexter vibe. The name, "Six Bags of You" came to me as I was vacuum sealing and freezing the six separate hop additions a few days before brew day.

 

[Willy]

Just did a pale ale with a wonderful dark golden caramel color.
Calling it Copperhead

 

[Willy]

Decided on a different name for the American Pale Ale - on day two of carbing, and wow is it good. Used a late Magnum hops addition along with Centennial.

Calling it Magnum PA.

 

[titleguy99]

Love it! Next up should be an Irish red to tie in the Ferrari.

 

[Willy]

Love it! Next up should be an Irish red to tie in the Ferrari.

Already have the Irish Red made. Calling it Higgins now. Haha

 

[worlddivides]

My brew names fall into 3 categories:
1. Just the style: Mosaic APA, Maple Brown Ale, Dubbel, Simcoe SMaSH West Coast Pilsner, etc.
2. My wife's name + something related to the beer: Marmalade <Wife's Name>, Golden <Wife's Name>, Juicy <Wife's Name>, Smoky <Wife's Name>, etc.
3. Something creative. Prince of Darkness Stout, In the Mouth of Madness Double IPA, Deeper into the Mouth of Madness Triple IPA, End Bringer: In the Mouth of Madness 2025, Wildfire, Berliner Wise Guy, Eclipse, Stardust, Thor's Hammer, etc.

The creative ones are the most fun, but they also are the hardest. Would be a lot easier if I just randomly named them, though.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My German Wheat beer is called Day Tripper because:
“I’ve got a good Weissen “
My APA with Chinook hops is called Helicopter Ale

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

My German Wheat beer is called Day Tripper because:
“I’ve got a good Weissen “
My APA with Chinook hops is called Helicopter Ale

I love it, "Helicopter Ale"!

Rotation would be proud!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

My brew names fall into 3 categories:
1. Just the style: Mosaic APA, Maple Brown Ale, Dubbel, Simcoe SMaSH West Coast Pilsner, etc.
2. My wife's name + something related to the beer: Marmalade <Wife's Name>, Golden <Wife's Name>, Juicy <Wife's Name>, Smoky <Wife's Name>, etc.
3. Something creative. Prince of Darkness Stout, In the Mouth of Madness Double IPA, Deeper into the Mouth of Madness Triple IPA, End Bringer: In the Mouth of Madness 2025, Wildfire, Berliner Wise Guy, Eclipse, Stardust, Thor's Hammer, etc.

The creative ones are the most fun, but they also are the hardest. Would be a lot easier if I just randomly named them, though.

I can see the fun naming our beers. As stated earlier I don't like names that have zero clue of what they are. I see too much of that in the craft world.

Some I have used:
Raptor Red (SpaceX successful raptor engine launch)
Power Outage Porter (brewed during a power outage)
Roxy''s Red Tail Ale ( my bird has red tail feathers)
Autumn Red
Helles Resurrection (a new recipe I did for a Munich Helles)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I can see the fun naming our beers. As stated earlier I don't like names that have zero clue of what they are. I see too much of that in the craft world.

Some I have used:
Raptor Red (SpaceX successful raptor engine launch)
Power Outage Porter (brewed during a power outage)
Roxy''s Red Tail Ale ( my bird has red tail feathers)
Autumn Red
Helles Resurrection (a new recipe I did for a Munich Helles)

Why not Helles in a handcart

 

[Zadkiel]

My UK version of a California Common, substituting the grain for closest EU equivalent: Ex-Cali Beer (Excalibur)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My UK version of a California Common, substituting the grain for closest EU equivalent: Ex-Cali Beer (Excalibur)

If you have to explain it it’s not working.

 

[BrewZer]

If you have to explain it it’s not working.

A sword on the label would push the viewer in the right direction.

 

[Willy]

Early brewing bird catches the wort.
Brewing up a batch of Czech Pilsner, about 1/4 way thru the mash, calling it:
Czech's in the Mail.

 

[Zadkiel]

If you have to explain it it’s not working.

I explained because any of my UK friends drinking it would get it, but I didn't want to make that same assumption with a US crowd. Also my label makes it more obvious, down to which specific cali common I'm trying to replicate

 

[worlddivides]

I can see the fun naming our beers. As stated earlier I don't like names that have zero clue of what they are. I see too much of that in the craft world.

Some of mine are only unclear what they are until you hear the style. For example, "Stardust" was a Galaxy hop-centric pale ale. "Eclipse" was a really dark stout. "Wildfire" was named that way because the American hops used reminded me of the forest, but the color of the beer was an orange-red that reminded me of fire. I think my double and triple IPAs and high alcohol imperial stouts and so on can just have names themed around craziness and people will just be like "Hm, yeah. That makes sense."

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I also brew Andromeda IPA using ????? hops, answers on a post card only.

 

[jdauria]

Have a cream ale going to a few comps with the name Jenny C's...a play on Genesee Cream Ale...and the funny thing is one of the comps it's in, in upstate NY, the judging is being held at Genesee brewery! So hope it medals so that they say the name out loud and it gets some laughs.

 

[jdauria]

Anotther current one on tap, a Berliner Weiss is named "Riding the Metro of Life", which only 80's new wave fans would get, as it's a line from the band Berlin song The Metro.

 

[worlddivides]

Czech's in the Mail.

I really like that one. Punny beer names are ALWAYS good in my book.

 

[Willy]

Why not Helles in a handcart

My last Helles batch was called -
Scorned Woman Fury.

(Hell has no fury like a woman scorned)

The name most memorable was during the 2002 World Cup. I made a nut Brown ale using Argentinian Cascade hops (a little more "grassy, earthy).

Called it:
Maradonna's Messi Brown Nuts Ale.
Amazing batch that disappeared on the final match with Brazil taking home the trophy.