Naming Beer

[Kungpaodog]

My first batch was a kit beer, so my gut feeling is that I really shouldn't name it since it was someone else's recipe. I think that would be kind of like buying kool-aid and giving it my own name. What do you all think? Do all batches need to be named, or just the great ones?

 

[HVBrewtality]

I name all of my brews, whether kit or recipe or my own invention.

YOU brewed it. YOU get to call it whatever you want.

 

[quixotic]

I personally don't give a new name to batches that were someone's recipe or a kit. But, there's no rules in brewing other than to have fun with it.

 

[DD2000GT]

I buy kits, but modify it to my own liking - so I name mine. A recent batch that is conditioning in the keg currently was kegged during a hurricane Ike storm, so I called it Hurricane Hefe-Weizen.

My favorite is Riccetti's Best. It is from an old science fiction book I read many years ago where every batch was different depending on what was available to brew with, and every batch was called Riccetti's Best (and nasty faces were usually made whenever people drank it). When I have a bunch of surplus malt, hops, and a few dry yeast packets sitting around, I brew a batch of Riccetti's Best - it is always different!

 

[quickerNu]

I dont name my beers, my recipe or not. Hell, I didn't name my cat for a year. I guess I'm not very creative.

 

[STAD]

On first thought, I would be against naming a kit, but then after some more thinking, it would actually be very difficult for you to replicate EVERYTHING EXACTLY the way the kit explains. Somewhere along the line, there was a change (intentional or not). Name it if you want.

 

[jonp9576]

i cant even think of a name for my brewery yet
its driving me nuts, but i am sure it will come to me when the time is right.

 

[BEER_4_BREAKFAST]

Name your beer after the team that will dominate the NBA in the near future - Trail Blazer Ale! Roy Ale! Oden Ale! Aldridge Ale!

 

[Yooper]

I used to name my beers (do you old-timers remember my "Spank Me Red Ale"?) whether they were my recipe or not. I mean, I made them. They were just ingredients in the store until I came along. Now, I've brewed so many batches, I don't bother. They're just "blonde ale", "IPA", "Octoberfest", etc.

I subscribe to my momma's philosophy- "I made it in my kitchen, hence it's homemade". Kraft's Mac & Cheese became Momma's Mac & Cheese. You make it, you name it!

 

[Grinder12000]

Name your beer if you come up with something that fits whether it is a recipe or a kit. No two are exactly alike.

Just don't worry about it. I name beers if something happened that reminds of of THAT beer. some are named and some I'll never brew again anyway. Some I call the yellow dot beer because that is my bottle cap sticker.

MY problem is I have a GREAT label and name but the beer is not turning out so good LOL Might have to reformulate it (like Oscar Meyer Beef Hot Dogs - same name, different dog)

 

[BigKahuna]

YOU brewed it. YOU get to call it whatever you want.

There it is!

Palin and simple

It's definitely YOUR BEER!

 

[HVBrewtality]

Palin and simple

typo of the day! (or a Freudian Slip?)

sorry, that just made me laugh out loud at work...

 

[BigKahuna]

typo of the day! (or a Freudian Slip?)

<Looks off and starts to whistle>

 

[Ecnerwal]

Mostly important to know what that bottle you've come across is, so when it turns out to be great you can revisit the recipe and try again, or tweak it a bit and try again. That does mean keeping good records (preferably keeping them where you can find them, too). And allow me to insert my usual suggestion that you "lose" (at least) a six-pack or two from every batch for a year and/or two years, so you can see what age will do for it.

"serial numbers" or dates work for that much. When in my typical slow pace, I get beers like "fall 2001 porter" unless some event/thing/person/animal rears up and suggests a name. If I keep up with what I have in mind for the next few months, that won't work for fall 2008, but we'll have to see what's actually brewed.

 

[talleymonster]

Name your beer after the team that will dominate the NBA in the near future - Trail Blazer Ale! Roy Ale! Oden Ale! Aldridge Ale!

Or name it after Star Wars.........Tarisian Ale.

Tarisian ale was an extremely strong alcoholic beverage brewed on Taris. It was one of the planet's main exports; the ale was made from the glands of a tach. Consuming just one was enough to intoxicate, or even incapacitate, inexperienced drinkers—or even experienced drinkers who were having their first Tarisian ale.
Perhaps for that reason, it was popular amongst the Sith troops who occupied Taris during the Jedi Civil War. The drink ceased to be produced after the planetary bombardment of Taris in 3,956 BBY, due to the fact that few offworlders knew the secret of how to make it, although Griff Vao claimed to have the recipe, and hoped to monopolize the drink after Taris was destroyed. Many of the Sith that purchased this drink may have used it as a way to forget the pressues of Sith life at the Barracks in the Sith Military Base which was described as "boring" by several of the Sith that worked there.
By 40 ABY Tarisian Ale made a resurface. Whether or not it was due to Griff was unknown.

 

[Kung_Pow_34]

So if you borrow a recipe from someone else (who has already named their brew), does the "YOU brewed it-manlaw" apply? I vote that it does.

*If anyone knows of a 'beginners kegging' thread, I'd appreciate the link!

 

[RonRock]

So if you borrow a recipe from someone else (who has already named their brew), does the "YOU brewed it-manlaw" apply? I vote that it does.

*If anyone knows of a 'beginners kegging' thread, I'd appreciate the link!

I'd follow you.

 

[eddie]

I don't name my beers either. I just call them what they are.

 

[A4J]

I don't name my brews either. It's just easier telling my friends that it's a brown ale, a witbier or a porter.

Whenever I get around to printing labels, I might actually name them.

But yeah, I subscribe to the notion that you brewed it, you get to name it.

 

[talleymonster]

My first beers were all AHS kits, so I didn't name most of them.


But I did name this one.

 

[Chriso]

Wow. That's pretty epic, Talley.

 

[Mirilis]

I usually name my own recipes, but I number all my batches whether there a kit or not. It makes it easier to keep track of them in my log. (ie: Batch #001 Kolsch, Batch #014 The Hoppit) That way if a batch comes out thats slightly different but in a good way i can remember what Im talking about.

 

[Kung_Pow_34]

Agreed. Epic, Talley.

Anyone else use another method to keep track of batches? My first few are just scribbled notes on the malt labels...

 

[Dukester]

My favorite is Riccetti's Best. It is from an old science fiction book I read many years ago where every batch was different depending on what was available to brew with, and every batch was called Riccetti's Best (and nasty faces were usually made whenever people drank it). When I have a bunch of surplus malt, hops, and a few dry yeast packets sitting around, I brew a batch of Riccetti's Best - it is always different!

That wouldn't be Lou Ricetti by any chance would it?

 

[TeleTwanger]

I name them but I don't label them as such. I just put an "I" on the cap or a "PA" or "B" or "P" for IPA, Pale Ale, Bitter, or Pee. So basically I name the recipe not the beer and I give a nod to the original recipe I borrowed like Bride of Chaotica is based on Palmer's Chaos and Victory and Toothless shark refers to Dogfish sharks or Dog sharks which are sharks we catch that have no teeth.

 

[ThickHead]

I usually name my own recipes, but I number all my batches whether there a kit or not. It makes it easier to keep track of them in my log. (ie: Batch #001 Kolsch, Batch #014 The Hoppit) That way if a batch comes out thats slightly different but in a good way i can remember what Im talking about.

Good idea, but I never could understand the sequencial theory behind the "001, 002, 003." Unless its so that your batch numbers have no less than 3 numerals. If the answer is to maintain only 3 numerals, I guess that 1000th batch of House Ale is going to blow the whole thing up.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I stopped naming my beers after about 30 batches or so. I couldn't come up with many more clever names.

I guess I still kind of name them, but not individually. Any English/Scottish/Irish beer I brew is Blimey's xxxx (Blimey's Mild), French/Belgians are Dirty Monk xxxxxx (Dirty Monk Belgian Dark Strong Ale), German beers are Klaiberhaus, American beers are HopHed.

 

[Homercidal]

I'd name it if I brewed it. There are too many kits and recipes out there to worry about it, and besides, nobody is going to do exactly the same thing anyway, and even if they did, they each put their own effort into it.

I name each batch, if only in my head. My last batch was "Infection Ale". That one is still conditioning, while I decide how I want to salvage it. It's a Belgian Wit, so I might be able to add some flavorings to it and make it drinkable.

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I name my beers and I label all the caps. I think its because the first book I read was TCJOHB and Charlie P names every recipe in the book so I figured that's the way to go. Now I kind of like the idea because the names on the cap differentiate different batches/recipes of a like style so I don't have 4 cases of "pale ale" and not know which is which.

 

[cheeseshark]

If it's mediocre to decent, I'll just say, "Oh, it was just a kit." If it's it good to great I'll name it and claim full responsibility for everything to do with the beer from harvesting the grain to collecting the sand that made the glasses being used to serve the beer.