KGB members share their inspiration behind their most memorable named homebrews.
Most of my beer names tie in to the name for my basement brewery - Ghost Ferret Brewing. So called because I kept ferrets as pets for quite some time, but they're all passed now. Sometimes I still catch a glimpse of them out of the corner of my eye and there is no better explanation when something ain't where it is supposed to be in the brewhouse.
Most of my beer names tie in to the name for my basement brewery - Ghost Ferret Brewing. So called because I kept ferrets as pets for quite some time, but they're all passed now. Sometimes I still catch a glimpse of them out of the corner of my eye and there is no better explanation when something ain't where it is supposed to be in the brewhouse.
- These Go to LL.L: LL.L is what the thermometer read right before we discovered that the mash was about 30 degrees too hot. Should have been a disaster. Fortunately, Brewing World was open and the denatured enzymes in the base malt were replaced with a giant pile of DME. Target gravity met! Split into a rum barrel and bourbon version, both worth honorable mentions in later competitions. Life gives you lemons, make good beer right?
- For All In Tents Camp Beer: A Red Hook Clone made for a camping trip.
- Polished Polecat: A posh British golden ale - always pictured a ferret in a tophat with a monocle. Never got around to drawing it though!
I've always wanted to do more with labels. If you check out my Untappd account [Click Here] you'll find it is full of Polecats, Stoats, Ermines and Weasels. All because those little carpet sharks are still missed.
A good friend of mine, Rebecca Cruz, gets credit for these drawings.
Steve Smalenberg
My favorite is clearly the Saucy Minx. Mike Spears and I came up with that one in a pub in Wales, when a couple of Welshmen took a shine to our coworker and called her a saucy minx.
I am also partial to putting my name in a beer such as Barry's Moon (Belgian Witbier), Barry's Cherry (Balaton Cherry Mead), or Barry Doesn't Have The QuickCarb (Seriously, I don't have it).
Steve Smalenberg
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My favorite is clearly the Saucy Minx. Mike Spears and I came up with that one in a pub in Wales, when a couple of Welshmen took a shine to our coworker and called her a saucy minx.
I am also partial to putting my name in a beer such as Barry's Moon (Belgian Witbier), Barry's Cherry (Balaton Cherry Mead), or Barry Doesn't Have The QuickCarb (Seriously, I don't have it).
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The best name that we have come up with was Unfunking Beelievable Berry. This was made with a berry smoothie mix. We were going to call it Smooth Berry, but Barry already had dibs on that name. Anyway, I think we were trying to get cute with the name. I guess the only other one that comes to mind is the mead moonshine that I "hypothetically" made (wink wink) with a guy from work: Dr. Funk-en-Shine!
Bill Foust
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