Punning beer names

[TimT]

I like naming my beers. Occasionally I like to give them human names - 'Barry' and 'Helmut' are two brews from last year - but I'm also a sucker for puns in the title. Thought about this again when we started tossing names around this morning for a potential ale celebrating Ashes victory here.

Some punning names that have occurred to me:

Very Bitter English Ale
Bitter and Twisted (English bitter with a twist of some fruit)
Victory Bitter
Saison and Spice
In Somer Saison (reference to the start of the very old English poem Piers Plowman)
Rather Stout
Very Stout
Not-so Stout
Nit Witbier
Peter Porter (after the poet)

 

[philmud]

I'm not sure I have much in the way of puns, but I like a beer name with a story behind it. A saison I brewed the day my nephew, Henry, was born became "Le Petit Henri". I decided to call my "brewery" the Prince Imperial Brewery after an old name for the Footscray footy club (I live in Footscray). Prince Imperial was killed by Zulu warriors, so a galaxy hopped pale ale became the "Prince Imperial Intergalactic Zulu Pale Ale". It's all a bit wanky, but I like it.

 

[surly]

I have only named one of my beers. A galaxy hopped pale ale that, while very tasty, was the haziest beer I have ever made.
Named it "Nebula Pale Ale" (a nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust etc. Galaxies used to be referred to as nebula too).

 

[eungaibitter1]

Shame of Wrongwood was a terrible brew.

 

[TimT]

Not so much a pun but I did think of doing a kind of honey stout and naming it after my football club, ie, Yellow and Black.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Not so much a pun but I did think of doing a kind of honey stout and naming it after my football club, ie, Yellow and Black.

What, Wolverhampton Wanderers ?

 

[TimT]

No, not the Wangaratta Whosiwats either

Can't find my beer notebook but last year I also made a 'four C porter' - ie, cinnamon, coriander, cardamom, citrus.

 

[philmud]

Not so much a pun but I did think of doing a kind of honey stout and naming it after my football club, ie, Yellow and Black.

That would have to be a beer that promises much, but consistently under-delivers.

*sorry, Go Pies!

 

[StalkingWilbur]

Not a pun, but after a finding a leak on our thermowell, then refilling thinking we had fixed it but still leaking and then incorrectly measuring our water because we were too busy drinking and talking **** and having to fill it up four times, mine and my mates first all grain brew is called fourth time lucky ale.

 

[eungaibitter1]

How about, One Can't Help But Toucan?

 

[zeggie]

I name all my beers. From mates my best 3 are
Hop invasion USA
Legend of the ninja dragon sword
50 shades of black

 

[Airgead]

I make two that are puns...

Nine Princes Amber Ale (I'll see how many of you read obscure sci fi books with that one)
Life in a Northern Brown (see what I did there...)

 

[NealK]

 

[NealK]

Sorry, I didn't realise it was going to be that big!
I hope some of you know who George Best was. I try to name all my beers after people or things from my home country (Northern Ireland)

 

[S.E]

I saw this rather amusingly named beer last time I was in the UK. It was called The Village Bike from Potten Brewery. The label illustration is most amusing.

 

[Batz]

One of my 'normally on tap' brews is Far Kin Lager.

Named many years ago by Pat (Pistol), It was originally Kin Kin Lager but after many changes it became far from the original.

Winkle always has great names for his brews.

 

[JDW81]

My wife loves a good Dickens Cider……..

Not my name, but still makes me laugh.

 

[TimT]

Nice Zelazny reference, Dave!

 

[NealK]

I knew a pub quiz team called 3 fingers in cider h34r:

 

[TimT]

There once was a lady from Ryde
Who ate some green apples and died
The apples fermented
Inside the lamented
And made cider inside her inside.

 

[Paulbroad]

Remarkably, my son was born with red hair, despite neither my wife or I having it. I brewed a ginger beer a little while go, named 'My Son's Ginger Beer'. (With credit to Burleigh Brewing's 'My Wife's Bitter').

 

[Liam_snorkel]

My keg fridge is painted with blackboard paint and there is chalk handy.
Some recent ones:
Arnold Schwarzbier
Ginger Ring Stinger
Rye of the Tiger
Fail Ale
Black Hoperations
Get ****** IIPA

 

[Cosh]

I also like to name all my beers:
May the Schwartz be with you
Epic fail ale
Dunkelicious
Helles bells
Ferny pils
Smok wawelski

 

[Airgead]

Nice Zelazny reference, Dave!

I'm particularly proud of that name. Pity no one gets it any more.

 

[dibby33]

Wits Up. Name given to my wheat beer. I don't normally name them but I liked that one

 

[TSMill]

Some punning names that have occurred to me:

Very Bitter English Ale
Bitter and Twisted (English bitter with a twist of some fruit)
Victory Bitter
Saison and Spice
In Somer Saison (reference to the start of the very old English poem Piers Plowman)
Rather Stout
Very Stout
Not-so Stout
Nit Witbier
Peter Porter (after the poet)

10 puns and not one of them impressed me......

No pun in ten did.

 

[TimT]

Zing!

 

[black_labb]

Had a red Rye ipa I called ryeding the red river. First time using a significant amount of rye (20%) in my top down recirculating system. Was pulled away from the brew for something and came back to a sticky red mess everywhere when the mash was stuck sending the wort overflowing with a heavy flow.

 

[TSMill]

I bottled a robust porter the day my first was born, gave some to my dad and father in law as grandfather port(er).

 

[dibby33]

Jokes about German Sausages ar the Wurst.