Inspiration for your beers

[Qhrumphf]

I used to name everything. I still sort of come up with a name for most beers, but it rarely sticks. I sort of BS'ed a lot of names for checking them in on Untappd, but then I got bored of that.

I have a few that are named that I brew pretty regularly, and a couple other theme names. My house Mild I first brewed under candle light during Hurricane Sandy while my neighborhood was being evacuated, and since it ended up being a whole lot of nothing the name was provided accordingly, "Sandy's Mild Breeze". I named my house ESB "Maggie's Six Feet Under" prior to the event in question, to be rebrewed in celebration each year on the anniversary of said event. If you grew up in 1980's England, you will understand. Otherwise I'm not explaining it. My house Bitter is "Hooligan's Heaven" because real ale, football, and aggro go hand in hand. And all of my Trappist/Abbey style ales are based on "Monkey" for a variety of reasons (one of which being the "monk" part), plus a nod to strength. My Single/Tafelbier is "Common", Dubbel is "Knightly", Tripel is "Noble" (the original ie the second beer I ever brewed, because of the noble hops, the rest came from there, and that beer has been tweaked since), and the Quad is "Royal". My Brett Tripel (still one of the best things I've ever brewed) became "Funky Monkey" appropriately. Nod to strength. Beyond that, names are a placeholder at best.

 

[wtaylor3]

I like the clones to be parodies of the original beer and others are just catchy I guess.

I'm working on a red ipa recipe based on a two hearted clone and I'm going to call it "Bloody Heart"

My brother and I always tease my dad about being a grouchy old man and I brew co3c for him as call it "Grouch Azz"

Brewed the recipe on here called pirate ale and I wanted a pirates of the Caribbean theme so I call it "Capt. Jack's Strongarm Ale" Strong arm on account of the 11.2% abv

 

[Reisende]

I pretty much have an overarching theme for my beers. They may be named after a historical event, may be a pun or parody, or may have something to do with where I currently work/live. But they all have to do with the Army in some way.

NOTE: Some of the following are names for bees I haven't brewed yet... backwards??

All-American - Pale Ale
Towed Jumper - Brown Porter
Jump Refusal - Cream Ale
Five Times Across - Saison
Lost-in-the-Woods - Amber Ale
High-Water - Brown Ale
Motor Vessel - Steam Beer
Tod von Oben - Weizenbock
Falschirmjager - Hefeweizen
WWCND? (What Would Captain Natalino Drink?) - Smoked Porter
1842 - Czech Pils
Screaming Eagle - Tripel/IIPA
Blackhearted Devil - Stout/something strong and dark
Propblast - I don't know what this is yet, but it will be the biggest/strongest/most in-your-face beer I [will] brew.

 

[Singletrack]

Sometimes superheroes, movie characters, villains, etc. But usually no name, just refer to it by the style. Now I realize that is a mistake and it has to stop. All beers must be named heretofore, by proclamation of the brewer, as witnessed by all herein. If someone wants to know what's "on tap" (I bottle), they will just have to ask.

I'll call my Belgian Wit (carbonating): "Snowflake."

I'll call my Saison with American hops (fermenting): "The SS Limpbucket"

...and hopefully I'll get better at this over time.

 

[bobeer]

I've named beers after the time of year, my dog, the style of beer it is, etc... I've named a few I've brewed for baby showers after the baby's name and I've even named my bbq's to which I name the beer I brewed after it. Some times I just called a beer nothing but what it is. IPA, Amber, whatever. There's usually an idea that sparks my next brewing recipe so the name usually follows suit after that thought. Sometimes, however, I draw a blank and name it nothing. Ha.

 

[dpatrickv]

It just depends. It could be something that happened during the brew day, it could be time of year, or it could be something completely off the wall.

I made a red ipa for Husker season and names it "New Era" since they have a new coach.

I named my coconut black ipa "Black Sand" as Hawaii has the most black sand beaches in the world, and also very much know for coconuts.

My house saison is Siddhartha of Suburbia as thats the song that was playing when I started the boil on it the first time around.

Makin' it Rain is the name of my mulberry saison...as thats...sorta how you pick mulberries.

Made a beer during the government shutdown, named it "The Furlough". I brewed it the day it shut down, and kegged it the day they came back.


Just a few examples.

 

[m00ps]

Ive got a bunch of random ass names for my beers and its mostly all personal experiences and references that I dont care if anyone gets. Most of the recent ones have been named after my recent hospital stay

Spongebath - dubbel
Anoxic Dain bramage - brett saison
Dino Skin (skin got so dry I was quoted as calling it this) - Saison
Sounds like Slinkys (hallucinations early on) - Tripel
Brixamytosis (radiohead reference)
Wild Fellers (hick cousin of a friend) - brett ipa
Spaceboots (what I called the recirculation foot cuffs)
Accident Prone - another saison
Rooster hammock - random experience in teh caribbean
tragedy + time - sour
therapy session - session IPA
winnie the pale ale (just loved winnie the pooh as a kid, uses honey)

I just keep a list of ideas for beer names and assign them with whatever I end up brewing

 

[Anonme]

Nice! I'm finding everyone's answers really fascinating!