Subject: BS: Amusing/Wierd Beer Names UK From: Rasener Date: 03 Jun 06 - 04:05 AM Just wondered if anybody has come across any Beers with unusual names. For example, at my folk club, when there is a bar on, we have had beer from Wyre Piddle Brewery Highgrove Farm, Peopleton, PERSHORE. WR10 2LF Phone/Fax: 01905 841853 Started in 1992; relocated and enlarged in 1997, and again in 2002. Now supplies about 200 pubs in the south Midlands with Piddle beers, plus house beers for the Green Dragon, Malvern and the Severn Valley Railway. There is often at least one Wyre Piddle beer at JD Wetherspoon's Old Swanne in Evesham. GBG 2006 These are the names of their beers. Piddle in the Hole (3.9%), Piddle in the Wind (4.5%), Piddle in the Dark (4.5%), Piddle in the Snow (5.2%) Seasonal beers: Piddle in the Sun (5.2%), Yule Piddle (4.5%) So of course youve geussed it. We all ask for a pint of Piddle. Some of the looks from people who do not know what you are on about are great. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST, Topsie Date: 03 Jun 06 - 04:53 AM In Belgium = Silley beer |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Morticia Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:42 AM Just came across one at a local beer festival called.....I Can't Believe It's Not Bitter. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Bill D Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:46 AM Riggwelter....label with a sheep lying on its back, feet in the air... |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: JennyO Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:58 AM One of our fine pubs at The Rocks in Sydney, The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel has some interesting names for its brews - including "Three Sheets" and "Nelson's Blood". Good beer, too! |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,MC Fat Date: 03 Jun 06 - 07:34 AM For a laugh we Ken Johnson and I put up Todger's Old Scrotum on the beer board at the Tap in Whitby the first year we went and it reappears every year. However....I actually assisted in the brewing of a version at the Hillsborough Hotel recently and have a pump clip as evidence !!! Charles Wells used to have a keg beer called Noggin and a strong bitter called Fargo (Wells Fargo get it?) Quite like Harviestouns' Bitter and Twisted |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Micca Date: 03 Jun 06 - 07:56 AM and from the Ciders, there is, of course, Gibbon Strangler, unfortunately the Farm is now closed and so no longer in production |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 03 Jun 06 - 08:13 AM Australia had, not a beer, but an alcoholic lemonade - called "Two Dogs" if memory serves me right... but the fundy-loonies claimed that children would drink it, thinking it was just lemonade... Quite right too - there are far too many 13 year old girls in Adult Discos... |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Snuffy Date: 03 Jun 06 - 09:00 AM North Cotswold Brewery has some interesting names such as Hung, Drawn & Portered and for a recent bi-centenary brewed: |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Bob the Postman Date: 03 Jun 06 - 09:26 AM From the heart of British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains, Faceplant Efficient Ale. For the uninitiated, a poleplant is what you do with your pole when beginning a turn while skiing. A faceplant is what you do with your face when ending a fall while skiing. The poster in the link has expanded the concept to include mountain biking and the wipe-outs deriving therefrom. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: pdq Date: 03 Jun 06 - 09:38 AM The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team was once sponsored by Griesedick Beer, often pronounced "greasey dick". |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Desdemona Date: 03 Jun 06 - 09:58 AM There's a microbrewery in Syracuse, NY called the Middle Ages Brewing Company, and their brews have some amusing names like 'Druid Fluid' and 'Old Kilt Tilter'. They taste pretty good, too! http://www.middleagesbrewing.com/ The Black Sheep Brewery in Yorkshire has some funny brews (notably 'Monty Pythonin's Holy Ail', described as having been 'tempered over burning witches'), as well as a hilarious selection of sheep-themed goods: http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/ Getting thirsty... ~D |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Mack Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:10 AM Abita's Turbodog brewed in Louisiana. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Sorcha Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:18 AM US...Moose Drool. I know nothing about it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: mack/misophist Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:42 AM Perhaps it's too mainstream for this list but what about the Old Peculiar? Of Masham, that is. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: JohnInKansas Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:52 AM My son, the BHBLPBTDB1, has come home a couple of times with brews from Wychwood, apparently a UK microbrewery that's being imported to my local US area. There are a number of "interesting names," and some of the artwork is impressive. I believe the one's he's mentioned seeing here include Hobgoblin 2004, White Wych, Scarlet Wych, Battle Axe, Dogs Bollocks, Santa Claws, Black Wych, and Fiddler's Elbow. 1 BHBLPBTDB = Bald-Headed Bow-Legged Pot-Bellied Truck Driving Biker. I thought once about just calling him "our banjo player," but that might be insulting. John |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: artbrooks Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:52 AM Arrogant Bastard Ale from Oregon |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Rapparee Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:56 AM Moose Drool is a fine beer, an amber, from the Montana Brewing Company. I have some in the 'frig. There's also: Cutthroat (after the trout) Fat Tire Blue Paddle Polygamy Porter (Wasatch Brewing, Utah) Provo Girl (Wasatch Brewing -- Provo is the home of Brigham Young University, where beer is verboten) Midnight Silk (Portneuf Brewing, right here in town) I'll check out the other labels I have upstairs.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Rapparee Date: 03 Jun 06 - 10:57 AM There's also Dead Guy Ale, from Portland. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Julia Date: 03 Jun 06 - 11:29 AM We had the pleasure of "Pigswill" in Somerset , UK a couple of years ago- I think it was by the Stonehenge brewing company? I wondered if it was "Pig swill" or "Pigs will" (Or won't?) Something to ponder while quaffiing I guess. I quite enjoyed the Fiddlers Elbow as swell, and great artwork! Cheers- Julia |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Rapparee Date: 03 Jun 06 - 11:35 AM I've also drank Bad Frog. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Amergin Date: 03 Jun 06 - 12:09 PM There is a the Wet Dog Cafe in Astoria, Oregon....they use to have one called Peacock Spit. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: bobad Date: 03 Jun 06 - 12:28 PM - Skull Splitter from the Orkney Islands of Scotland - Immort Ale from Dogfish Head in Delaware - Yellow Snow Ale from Rogue Ales in Oregon - Burning River Pale Ale from Great Lakes Brewing in Ohio - Monkey Knife Fight from Nodding Head Brewing in Philadelphia - DUIPA from Hoptown Brewery in California - Back Hand of God Stout, an organic ale from Crannog Ales in British Columbia - Blithering Idiot Barley Wine from Weyerbacher Brewing in Pennsylvania - Old Horizontal Barley Wine from Victory Brewing in Pennsylvania -Erin Go Braless from Kettlehouse Brewery (like Big Sky, located in Missoula, Mont.) |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Skivee Date: 03 Jun 06 - 12:46 PM Pittsburgh's Iron City Brewing Co. had a gag beer can they would put out from time to time; "Old Frothenschlossh" The pale stale ale, with the foam on the bottom. The can art was interesting. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Tig Date: 03 Jun 06 - 01:02 PM I remember getting some funny looks when I told friends I had had some Old Legover and Cock Up on the same night :-) |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Peter Kasin Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:08 PM LOL, Tig! I heard of a Yorkshire brew called "Bishop's Vomit." |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Paul Burke Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:26 PM These "funny" but contrived names are all very well. But back then, when a dame was a dame and a dollar was 3 to the pound, the Manchester brewery Chester's brewed a mild. Mild was USUALLY the cheaper, weaker beer favoured by decent working folk. But Chester's was brewed thick and strong- and tasty too. It was not at all unknown for a reputable bloke to go out for a genteel night's drinking, have a couple too many of Chester's, and end up in the cells. Hence it's monicker- Chester's Fighting Mild. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 03 Jun 06 - 05:48 PM In Indianapolis, we have The Broad Ripple Brewing Company, which is a microbrewery/restaurant, locally universally called "The Brewpub". My favorite of their brews is Lawnmower pale ale. When I go into the Brewpub in the winter, I will ask for a pint of Snowblower, my joking name for Lawnmower during the wintertime. On another subject: There is a chain of specialty grocery stores in the US, called Trader Joe's, and they have several beers/ales which are made only for them to merchandise. My favorite of these is Fat Weasel ale, closely followed by Black Toad ale. Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Snuffy Date: 03 Jun 06 - 06:08 PM Chester's Fighting Mild - oh no Chester's Farting Mild is what it really was, but them posh folks had to pretend otherwise. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Rapparee Date: 03 Jun 06 - 06:28 PM And from the past, I remember Stag Atlas Praeger and, as mentioned above, Griesedick! ("Want a Griesedick? Try St. Pauli Girl!" ) Back in my home town, Dick Brothers Brewery still stands, a memorial to Other Days. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: frogprince Date: 03 Jun 06 - 09:52 PM Bad Frog Beer was all over the newspapers around here some time ago because so many people (at least some people) were so afraid that their label, with a frog flipping the bird, would be the downfall of our nation. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Art Thieme Date: 03 Jun 06 - 11:44 PM The damn terrorists will do what they will do. And the Bushites will react in kind -- and do what they will do. The best we can do is to lean toward the good and stay away from the roadside bombs. Navigate below the radar strung by all the morons the best you can. NONE of it natters at all! It's like when you meet someone with exceptional body odor, none of you ideologues matter a whit except to the extent that you can inconvenience those in your vicinity. Whew----wrong thread again. I've got to stop doing this. Sorry... Art |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Michael Date: 04 Jun 06 - 03:38 AM A lady friend of mine quite enjoys a 'Bishop's Finger' (Shepherd Neame Brewery,Kent, UK) Mike |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Shiplap Structure3 Date: 04 Jun 06 - 03:49 AM I once spotted a brewery in Wales called Felin Feoul or something similar and the only way I could think of pronouncing it was Feeling Foul |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,MC Fat Date: 04 Jun 06 - 09:00 AM Ind Coope and Allsops used to be known as Ind Coope and ALLSLOPS, Hewitts of Grimsby was more commonly known as SPEWITTS and the anagram of Shipstones is Honest Piss |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Stu Date: 04 Jun 06 - 09:14 AM My favourite is: The Batsman's Holding the Bowler's Willey, which I think is from Keanes in Congleton, Cheshire. The name comes froman actual quote during a cricket commentary. stigWeard |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Michael Date: 04 Jun 06 - 10:24 AM When I were a lad Shipstones was know for its laxative qualities (with one letter changed). Mike |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Rasener Date: 04 Jun 06 - 11:39 AM Amazing. There was me thinking there might be a couple of posts. Just shows what a bunch of piss artists is de folkies :-) Anybody ever used to drink Black & Tan |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: JohnInKansas Date: 04 Jun 06 - 01:40 PM frogprince After a visit to the Bad Frog Beer site, I printed their screensaver Roll a Seven to use as a "little tweak" for son BHBLPBTDB, as he's somewhat into both bad beer and racing. He's on the road at the moment, but his spouse took a quick look at the picture and immediately identified the car, the driver, the sponsor, and the race when the roll "probably happened." I resisted to ask "which lap?" for fear she'd know. Where did I go wrong????????? John |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Nigel Parsons Date: 04 Jun 06 - 03:50 PM Shiplap: The brewery is actually The Felinfoel Brewery Co (pronounced vell-in-voe-ell) however, it is more commonly pronounced as you heard it. CHEERS Nigel |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: HuwG Date: 04 Jun 06 - 05:57 PM Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield (South Yorkshire, UK), do a whole range with biblical, or scriptural overtones: Holy Water, Absolution etc. It's amusing to put Original Sin and Redemption on pumps next ot each other. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: podman Date: 04 Jun 06 - 08:15 PM smuttynose |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Nancy King Date: 04 Jun 06 - 08:24 PM Anyone besides me old enough to remember "Olde Frothingslosh"? It appeared intermittently in the 1960s, and the can labels were hilarious. It called itself "the pale stale ale with the foam on the bottom," and the label -- often upside-down -- always featured (among other themes) Miss Olde Frothingslosh, a scantily clad but heavily built young woman. I can't remember the beer itself at all, though I know I drank my share of it... Nancy |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: JohnInKansas Date: 04 Jun 06 - 08:45 PM Nancy King - I still have 3 cans of Old Frothingslosh Pale Stale Ale, bearing the fetching pose of the lovely bathing beauty Miss Frothingslosh. They were pruchased ca. 1968, and are unopened. My only surprise is that they have not (yet) exploded although there is no visible deterioration (external) of the cans. It is difficult to imagine what may now be inside, but it could only be an improvement. One can was opened, and sample tastes were taken by at least four persons, none of whom was capable of swallowing any of it. Two additional cans were taken by a disreputable relative of my exwife, on the pretense that he knew a collector who would want to pay me handsomely for the remaining cans. I suspect his "collector" gave him a buck apiece for the two he took, but I haven't seen him since (or maybe he tried to drink one of them, which would also explain not seeing him again). John |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: open mike Date: 04 Jun 06 - 09:35 PM the same brewery who makes fiddler's elbow also makes a Hobgoblin.. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: JohnInKansas Date: 05 Jun 06 - 01:25 AM A link to the Fiddler's Elbow and Hobgoblin at 03 Jun 06 - 10:52 AM up above. Some great artwork, with some at "desktop" size if you want to decorate, and they've recently added screen savers (with advertising, of course). Wychwood is the brewery name, and they also have "Dogs Bollocks" as one of several other varieties. John |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,MC Fat Date: 05 Jun 06 - 06:17 AM apart from Shipstones Sam Smiths (bastards !!) is also well known for it's laxative properties. The phrase through the eye of a needle comes to mind. |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Phil Cooper Date: 05 Jun 06 - 05:40 PM There was a brand of beer in St. Louis called Rock N Roll beer, with the slogan, "I sold my soul for Rock N Roll." Cheap American beer, compared to some of the brews listed above, but not bad. We once did a house concert down there and stipulated two six packs of Rock N Roll beer as part of the fee (we got it, too). |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: Richard Bridge Date: 05 Jun 06 - 09:52 PM I am surprised that no-one has mentioned any of the products of the Nelson Brewing Company (Medway, England), perhaps most notably "Frigging in the Rigging". |
Subject: RE: BS: Amusing Beer Names From: GUEST,Mack Date: 05 Jun 06 - 10:11 PM Old Porpoise Piss brewed by Kalik in the Bahamas. |