Brewery names--what's your story?

[glenn514]

^^ The ".." thingie is called an "umlaut" and German-speaking people pronounce the vowel over which it sits as the vowel sound WITH an "eee" sound. Kinda hard to describe. Much easier to understand when you hear it done.

glenn514

 

[Brewdouche-RuBrew]

Thanks for your imput.

Ref/cat/Dino-sourceSee also: Metal umlaut
The umlaut diacritic can be used in "sensational spellings" or foreign branding, for example in advertising, or for other special effects. Häagen-Dazs is an example of such usage.

As the German short /a/ is more open than the equivalent sound in English (/æ/), Germans sometimes use the diacritic <ä> to imitate the English sound in writing, giving an English "feel" to words used in advertising; in a McDonald's restaurant in Germany one can buy a "Big Mäc".

Since the letter ü is very common in Turkish, its inappropriate use can make a text in another language look "turkified", a purely visual mimicry. Because of the large number of Turks living in Germany, this again is a phenomenon familiar in German. The Turkish-German satirist Osman Engin, for example, wrote a book entitled Dütschlünd, Dütschlünd übür üllüs - the opening line of the first stanza from Das Lied der Deutschen, but turkified.

In the heavy metal scene, the umlaut diacritic can frequently be observed as a mere decoration (with no significance for the pronunciation) on the names of bands such as Blue Öyster Cult, Motörhead, Mötley Crüe, Mägo de Oz, Queensrÿche, or Leftöver Crack. The group Sp&#305;n&#776;al Tap places an umlaut over the <n>. A self-referential example is the Finnish group Ümlaut.

 

[HSB]

Hedges & Sons Brewery...kinda self explanatory as to why. However, the best part is that the boys are 5 and 2. I'm working on making them the Tiger Woodses of brewing (not sure if you can hit up the porn stars with this hobby, though). If nothing else, they'll be the coolest kids in high school.

 

[misterVT]

Ball n' Chain Brewery because I only brew when the SWMBO gives me just enough slack to get out in the garage. And because my middle name is "Chayne" and that's what I go by (family name, thanks Mom). When I tell folks my name they look at me all weird and say "Your name is what?" so I tell them "Like Ball and Chain".

 

[DragonsLair]

Ball n' Chain Brewery because I only brew when the SWMBO gives me just enough slack to get out in the garage. And because my middle name is "Chayne" and that's what I go by (family name, thanks Mom). When I tell folks my name they look at me all weird and say "Your name is what?" so I tell them "Like Ball and Chain".

I like it. Your logo is pretty cool too.

Gotta relate a funny story. When I decided I was going to get seriously into making wine I built a room in one end of the basement to set aside as my winery. When my wife learned my plans she wasn't very happy. We had one of those couples debates you hear tell of which came down to the ultimatum, "It's me or the winery". So I went upstairs and started to pack. When my wife came in the bedroom she said, "I didn't mean you had to leave." I said, "This isn't for me."

Before you get all sideways on me I will tell you that my wife is now a very active partner in my winery. For the record I have a great SWMBO and sometimes she gets her way. I guess my heart just goes out to those guys whose wives give them grief about chasing their dream.

 

[johnmcc]

We got my son a dog for his 10th birthday, Pembroke Corgie, eventually Pembrokefarmsbrewery was born.

 

[boltsfan]

I have lived in So Cal my whole life so it seemed appropriate due to the amount of earthquakes we have.

Tremor Brew Company

 

[jlandin]

Barrier Island Brewing (located on a barrier island)

 

[Eden192]

G.O.A.T.'s Brews (I've got a friend at my art school working on the logo right now)

I started up a shop a while back where I sold a bunch really random things that me and the SWMBO make. We're both into a lot of random things and the shop started carrying everything from gaming supplies, to chainmail jewelry, to custom engraving, to furniture all with a bit of a geeky feel to it so we renamed the shop "Geek of all Trades." When I got into brewing I just decided to stick with the name since I'm planning to open a SteamPunk themed bar after I graduate so this is really just one more facet of my geekery.

 

[snowman2646]

Abominable Snowman Brewing
Last names is Snow so I go by snowman at work and abominable was added cause I think its cool.

 

[HSM]

Pale Ailes Brewing

Last name is pronounced "Ales" so it makes sense.

 

[Salanis]

One of my racing friends dubbed me "Blue Flag Brewing" in honor of the racing flag painted on the hood of my car slightly humorously.

It is a cautionary flag that means "Faster car approaching behind you."

 

[dfc]

Bad Christian Brewing Co. On another message board I post on I routinely get called a bad Christian. It sounds cool for a brewer and has an inside meaning so it's what I've decided to go with.

 

[Scubbastv]

Mine is actually kinda simple. I have two daughters, Madison and Catelynn... So Mad Cat Brewery was born. I still don't have a logo yet. I have a very funny pic that I want to use in it but I have no idea where to start.

 

[Walker]

The only thing I have done more than brew beer is rename my fricking brewery. I come up with things that I like, but nothing ever really "hits it" for me.

Currently, I am calling it (based on my opinion of the HERMS system I just built):

 

[Cybershadow]

Dunno If I'll use this name/logo or not, just playing around in photoshop really.

 

[Walker]

Your frog does not look very angry.

My previous name was "Dead Frog". Here's a logo I whipped up, but the name "Dead Frog" just didn't roll of the tongue well.

edit: the history for the name Dead Frog was that within a couple of weeks time, I found a dead frog floating in one of the carboys I had on the back deck (he must have crawled up and in and was screwed) and then I found a mumified frog in a cardboard box full of misc brewing tools in the garage (again, climbed in and was screwed.)

 

[Breck09]

Since I am not creative at all my wife came up with the name for my brewery. Mygan Brewing Company. My twin daughters names are Myelle and Reagan so she just put their names together.

 

[Mischief_Brewing]

G.O.A.T.'s Brews (I've got a friend at my art school working on the logo right now)

I started up a shop a while back where I sold a bunch really random things that me and the SWMBO make. We're both into a lot of random things and the shop started carrying everything from gaming supplies, to chainmail jewelry, to custom engraving, to furniture all with a bit of a geeky feel to it so we renamed the shop "Geek of all Trades." When I got into brewing I just decided to stick with the name since I'm planning to open a SteamPunk themed bar after I graduate so this is really just one more facet of my geekery.

Off topic, but I went to the Steampunk World's Fair in NJ 2 months back and felt like the cool kid in the room for once.

A friend with a similar feeling texted me later that night with "can you imagine right now how many people are losing their virginity while wearing aviator goggles?"

 

[Cybershadow]

Your frog does not look very angry.

My previous name was "Dead Frog". Here's a logo I whipped up, but the name "Dead Frog" just didn't roll of the tongue well.

edit: the history for the name Dead Frog was that within a couple of weeks time, I found a dead frog floating in one of the carboys I had on the back deck (he must have crawled up and in and was screwed) and then I found a mumified frog in a cardboard box full of misc brewing tools in the garage (again, climbed in and was screwed.)

I agree that it doesn't look very angry, i would like to change my adjective to something else that will work with the frog i have. Any ideas?

 

[Cybershadow]

 

[jmf143]

Eidetappit Brewery ("I'd tap it.") Still need a logo.

 

[DaveNay]

Scratchy Wombat Teeth is an anagram of my name.

That's a great idea!

An online anagram generator for my name gave me "Drained and Wavy"

Perfect!

 

[Walker]

That's a great idea!

An online anagram generator for my name gave me "Drained and Wavy"

Perfect!

There's an ancient thread where some of the old timers started pulling names from one of those online anagram tools. There are some pretty good ones in there.

I'm going to see if I can dig it up.

 

[Walker]

Here it is (turns out I was the one that started it... I had forgotten that part)

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f45/anagrams-16180/

 

[ItsTheBrent]

This is a very rough first draft of an idea. I love beer that goes with the season, but you have to brew practically on the eve of the season to have it ready mid season. (Yeah, I said "season" three times in that sentence)

So, my name? Season's Eve Brewing Co. And here is that rough draft logo..

 

[MirImage]

The Yodeling Goat

Fiance and I finally decided on one. We will be putting this on glasses for our wedding. We are using 1 liter mugs as flower vases for the table center pieces.

 

[elCreed]

I haven't decided on one, but have a few candidates:

- Creed Ale House & Brewing Co. (my last name and somehow I found a clock that says this on Amazon.com)
- Vail Brewing Co. (Town where I live)
- Copper Mesa Brewing Co. (my street)
- Inglaterra Brewing Co. (Spanish for "England" because I am less than an hour north of the border and am a big fan of British beer)

Thoughts?

 

[Scubbastv]

I finally did a crude rough draft on my logo...

 

[j1laskey]

The Secretion Brewery. Named after a good friend I used to work construction with. Digging holes in the hot summer sun he tended to sweat quite a bit....and the name was born.