Can you help me name this brew?
March 15th, 2008 by Marc
I’m getting ready to bottle my third brew.
#1 was Bombadil, a nice java stout. Tom Bombadil was a great magical character in Lord of the Rings that didn’t really need to be there but certainly makes the books richer.
#2 was Advent Ale, an sort of spiced ale. Advent is a significant time of the year for me.
#3 is a nut brown ale. But I’m really not wanting to just call it “nut brown ale.” B-o-r-i-n-g.
So would you help? There may be something in it for the winning contribution!
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March 15th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
How about explorer ale?
Jan
March 15th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
or Polar Ale?
or New World Ale?
or Butter Ale?
March 15th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Ooh. These are great, Janice!
March 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
How about:
“I’m a Nut” Brown Ale
March 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
or :
Ima Nut Brown Ale
March 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Yep…you are a nut!
March 16th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
They just come to me.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
“Prudish Nutz Brown Ale”
March 17th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
How about Thoreauly Nutty Ale?
Thoreau wrote about Bangor in “The Maine Woods”, and visited there often.
Yeah, it is punny, but I tend to think naming things according to some local connection is a good way to go.
March 17th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Treebeard Ale.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
“Toasted MP’s! brew”
March 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Very nice! Keeping the LOTR thing going!
March 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
My wife suggested honoring your mentor and calling it the Strout Brown Ale as oppose to the Stout brown ale. Only later do you have to let Phil know that he is the nut your beer is named after.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Waterville Brown Ale
March 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Check out this link for more information
http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1039.html
From this I got the following ideas:
John Brown Ale
Brown Freedom Ale
Osawatomie Brown Ale
Osawatomie Freedom Ale
Old Brown Ale
Freedom 21 Brown Ale
21 Freedom Brown Ale
Vintage 21 Ale (link must be included)
Check out the link to see my thoughts on it.
Bless you,
John
March 17th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Katie: I like it!
March 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
John and Shelly: WOW!!! What names.
Phil’s definitely a nut…
And the others are fun too. Especially the Vintage-esque ones…
March 17th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
John Brown was a New Englander too. Conn. guy but still a NE resident.
March 18th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Phreak Brown Ale
March 18th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Is Conn part of New England?
March 18th, 2008 at 11:43 am
why have you overlooked the whole small furry nut-eating rodent connection?
nothing makes a beer tastier than a label with a cute little chipmunk!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
So true!
Drunkin’ Munk?
(pun intended)
March 24th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Okay! So what did you end up naming it?
Jan
March 24th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Thanks Janice!
I haven’t yet. It’s not drinkable for another week so I feel I still have time.
I’m liking “Nuttin’ Ales ME” — suggested by some friends in CA.
March 25th, 2008 at 7:19 am
nothing truly inspirational here…but thought I’d share them anyway.
Dan came up with the Nutty Professor and the Minister’s Nutty Ale, Nuttin’ Ales ME
I came up with Nut & New Brew (said quickly is Nuttin New) or Nuttin Newat Ale
March 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
oh I love it!
March 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am
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