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The 10 best beer names ever
tampabay.com ^ | May 16, 2008 | Joey Redner

Posted on 05/20/2008 6:59:56 AM PDT by crazyhorse691

I recently read a piece by John Foyston in The Oregonian relating how five bottles of an ultra-rare beer named Hair of the Dog Dave sold separately at auction for a combined $2838.30. Had there been a sixth, Foyston points out, it would have amounted to a $3,500 sixer.

After cringing a bit, I had to laugh. If it had been a wine, the name on the bottle would have been something pompous sounding like Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne. However, these bidders shelled out up to $719 per 375ml for a tipple named Dave. You have to love the working-class ethic of the craft beer community.

Thinking about the humble name given to such a pricey beer led me to consider how many odd names exist in the craft beer world. I'd like to offer my take on the 10 coolest beer names:

10. Unibroue La Fin Du Monde How can you not love a beer that calls itself "End of the World?" Fortunately, the only thing that will end after enjoying this complex brew is your ability to make do with just any beer.

9. Harveistoun Old Engine Oil Mega-breweries spend millions of dollars on image building, cultivating a look, image and an enticing name that's not distasteful. Then there's the Harviestoun brewery in Scotland that simply looked at its tasty old ale and named it after the first thing that came to mind: Old Engine Oil.

8. Sweetwater Happy Ending Imperial Stout The name refers either to living happily ever after or the beer's great finish. It has nothing to do with massage parlors. Would a brewery that also has beers named Donkey Punch and 420 go there? I think not.

7. Ridgeway Santa's Butt A butt is a wooden keg of beer. The picture on the bottle of jolly St. Nick's butt crack peeking out from his baggy pantaloons ensures no one misses the double entendre. It has the distinction of having been banned in Maine and New York.

6. Buffalo Bill's Alimony Ale Billed as "the bitterest beer in America," this India Pale Ale is clearly the brainchild of someone disenchanted with the notion of till death do us part.

5. Dogfish Head Golden Shower Originally named Prescription Pills, the brewery was forced to change the name, lest someone think it was a pharmaceutical. Golden Shower saw one release before the government folks figured out what they'd approved. The beer is now known as Golden Era.

4. Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Pooh Coffee The coffee added to the beer is pooped out by a civet (a catlike mammal that loves coffee). A bit literal? Yes. But still funny.

3. McQuire's I'll Have What The Gentleman On The Floor Is Having Barley Wine The name is a subtle hint that at 12 percent alcohol by volume, this beer is meant to be sipped. If you can drink it faster than you can say it, slow down!

2. Avery Collaboration Not Litigation This beer typifies the spirit of the craft brewing community. Vinnie Cilurzo of Russia River Brewing and Adam Avery of Avery Brewing realized they both had beers named Salvation. Showing a selfish disregard for the financial health of America's lawyers, the two brewers decided that instead of suing each other, they'd team up to brew this bold beer.

1. Wasatch Polygamy Porter The slogan explains perfectly why this is the coolest beer name ever: "Why have just one?" I have big love for this beer's name.

— Joey Redner is a Tampa resident and world beer traveler.


TOPICS: Food; Humor
KEYWORDS: beer
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To: crazyhorse691

The Pale, Stale Ale with the Foam on the Bottom
41 posted on 05/20/2008 7:37:01 AM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: crazyhorse691

Scape Goat from the same company is good too!


42 posted on 05/20/2008 7:44:41 AM PDT by the lastbestlady (I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
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To: theDentist
"I had some of this once... good stuff."

Same here.

I got one of these in a pack of brews for Christmas and was surprised by it's smooth ale taste.

43 posted on 05/20/2008 7:46:33 AM PDT by lormand (Let's all be mavericks now)
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To: crazyhorse691

Anyone approaching the Century mark and having lived near Dubuque may remember POTOSI!


44 posted on 05/20/2008 7:51:11 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball? - Harris to Cerrano - Major League)
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To: crazyhorse691

45 posted on 05/20/2008 7:52:55 AM PDT by boxerblues (Hillary doesn't lie, she just tells the truth from an alternate reality)
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To: crazyhorse691

46 posted on 05/20/2008 7:53:37 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace Is Not The Question.)
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To: knews_hound
Have one of these on me, if you can find it...


47 posted on 05/20/2008 7:59:33 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: crazyhorse691

Arrogant Bastard Ale didn’t make the list.


48 posted on 05/20/2008 8:03:03 AM PDT by joseph20 (...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
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To: GOP_Raider

Beer names ping.


49 posted on 05/20/2008 8:04:13 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Socialism is the feudalism of the future.")
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To: joseph20
Arrogant Bastard Ale didn’t make the list.

Because they weren't worthy.

50 posted on 05/20/2008 8:10:14 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Lizavetta; Nervous Tick
Mmmmmmmm....... Double up!

51 posted on 05/20/2008 8:10:29 AM PDT by evets (I have a crush on Hillary.)
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To: evets

That looks good! I prefer dark beer; didn’t know they had a dark version.


52 posted on 05/20/2008 8:16:05 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (La Raza hates white folks. And John McCain loves La Raza!)
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To: crazyhorse691
Perhaps it is from my German heritage or from great memories of traveling in the Fatherland, but my favorite beer is Warsteiner. A good friend of mine used to special order kegs of it for his home. He also had signs and bumper stickers that read “life is too short for cheap beer! Warsteiner”
53 posted on 05/20/2008 8:49:43 AM PDT by rightsmart
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To: crazyhorse691
"It was Pabst, then it won a blue ribbon. and now it's Pabst Blue Ribbon."

--Jason Bateman, The Kingdom

54 posted on 05/20/2008 9:01:58 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl (McCain calls it "radical islamic terrorism," the dems don't refer to it at all)
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To: crazyhorse691

Nobody’s mentioned He’brew, the Chosen Beer?

...and their beers like

Messiah Bold, the beer you’ve been waiting for.

The Rejewvenator


55 posted on 05/20/2008 9:19:27 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: crazyhorse691
I have a couple bottles of Thomas Hardy from 1991. They ferment for upto 26+ years in the bottle. The first four didn't make it that far....

a set that looks like mine without the serial numbers in red:

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56 posted on 05/20/2008 10:08:43 AM PDT by Sax
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To: crazyhorse691

How about “Old Leg Humper”


57 posted on 05/20/2008 10:11:16 AM PDT by HBAR223
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To: Cinnamon Girl

Back around 1980 when I was a young Navy sailor and didn’t make much money, I would on occasion purchase the local generic beer. Yes, there was GENERIC beer. It had a white label with black lettering and was named “No Name Beer.” If I remember correctly, it was brewed somewhere in New Jersey.


58 posted on 05/20/2008 10:32:04 AM PDT by fredhead (4-cylinder, air cooled, horizontally opposed......THE REAL VW!!!)
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To: crazyhorse691

Dogs Bollocks by Wychwood Brewery is well named


59 posted on 05/20/2008 10:37:46 AM PDT by MadMitch
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To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
(The Big Horn Brewery in these parts was kind enough to brew an amber ale called...)

Beer Ping

A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer…

FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list…

60 posted on 05/20/2008 10:42:21 AM PDT by GOP_Raider (DU: Standing athwart history yelling "$#@$# you mother$#@$#er!")
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