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Can you help me name this brew?

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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This Post Has 27 Comments

  1. Janice 15 Mar 2008

    How about explorer ale?

    Jan

  2. Janice 15 Mar 2008

    or Polar Ale?

    or New World Ale?

    or Butter Ale?

  3. Marc 15 Mar 2008

    Ooh. These are great, Janice!

  4. Spring 16 Mar 2008

    How about:
    “I’m a Nut” Brown Ale

    🙂

  5. Spring 16 Mar 2008

    or :
    Ima Nut Brown Ale

  6. Marc 16 Mar 2008

    Yep…you are a nut! 😉

  7. Spring 16 Mar 2008

    They just come to me. 😉

  8. rich 17 Mar 2008

    “Prudish Nutz Brown Ale”

  9. Patrick 17 Mar 2008

    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.

  11. Katie 17 Mar 2008

    “Toasted MP’s! brew”
    😉

  12. Marc 17 Mar 2008

    Very nice! Keeping the LOTR thing going!

  13. John 17 Mar 2008

    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.

  14. John 17 Mar 2008

    Waterville Brown Ale

  15. John 17 Mar 2008

    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

  16. Marc 17 Mar 2008

    Katie: I like it!

  17. Marc 17 Mar 2008

    John and Shelly: WOW!!! What names.

    Phil’s definitely a nut…

    And the others are fun too. Especially the Vintage-esque ones… 🙂

  18. John 17 Mar 2008

    John Brown was a New Englander too. Conn. guy but still a NE resident.

  19. rich 18 Mar 2008

    Phreak Brown Ale

  20. Marc 18 Mar 2008

    Is Conn part of New England?

  21. sarah 18 Mar 2008

    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!

  22. Marc 18 Mar 2008

    So true!

    Drunkin’ Munk?

    (pun intended)

  23. Janice 24 Mar 2008

    Okay! So what did you end up naming it?

    Jan

  24. Marc 24 Mar 2008

    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.

  25. Wendy 25 Mar 2008

    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

  26. Janice 26 Mar 2008

    oh I love it!

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