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A Beer By Any Other Name
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
I guess it's beer week here at Fiddley.com. You all know by know that this week I bought a bunch of food-grade plastic goods and brewed my first batch. My next steps will be bottling and giving away all my homemade bread-in-a-bottle.
For just the price of a glass of beer a day you can ensure one of these bottles goes to a good home. Isn't it about love?
No self respecting brewmeister meisterbrewer just hands his friends an anonymous plain brown bottle. A proper beer needs to be given a name by which it will be known throughout its life and on the records of the church. The potential for ex-Mormon-themed names is HUGE, to say the least.
A few of my favorites included:
89:17 Ale
Fanny Alger's Amber Ale
Brigham's Brew
For All Useful Animals Ale
WoW Lager
Apostate Ale
I decided instead to avoid any reference to Mormonism or the so-called Word of Wisdom. Doing so, I decided, runs the risk of saying that my beer is meant as some kind of spite towards Mormonism and, in turn, Donna. It is not.
I like beer and I want to make and drink beer. That is what this simple and great experiment is all about. I decided instead that I would name each recipe based on its taste, color and style with clever, simple and traditional names.
There's nothing less fun or delicious about "Pete's Porter", "Hotplate Hops" or "Golden Garage Grog"
Of course, I'll come up with a kick ass logo and label each bottle lovingly making each one a personalized work of art worthy of trading with Donna's homemade gift card swapping club.
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TalkrCan't wait
Submitted by Sister Mary Lisa (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 12:57pm.
I can't wait to see your creativity on the names and the labels.
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i'd love to get my lips on
Submitted by sarah (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 1:34pm.
i'd love to get my lips on some apostate al. for real.
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Somethin's brewin'
Submitted by That One Guy on January 24, 2007 - 1:38pm.
Fiddley Hops Brewing Co.
Then name your beers individually.
:)
Looking forward....if I may be so presumptuous.
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ALE! freudian slip i guess.
Submitted by sarah (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 2:11pm.
ALE! freudian slip i guess. hopefully that means i'm going to meet an al soon. any takers?
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Why am I soft in the middle now?
Submitted by Pete on January 24, 2007 - 3:27pm.
If you'll be my bodyguard,
I can be your long lost pal!
I can call you Betty,
And Betty, when you call me,
You can call me Al!
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Send a photo and I might be
Submitted by buckhntr (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 5:36pm.
Send a photo and I might be willing to change my name, and help you out of that Freudian slip. ;)
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Hey...
Submitted by Sara Sue on January 24, 2007 - 2:55pm.
Umm...when the other Sarah's done with Al, can I have a crack at him? I find myself without any *hops* these days.
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BEER
Submitted by Simeon (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 3:28pm.
I could really go for a beer right now. I've loved your last several posts. My dad is a big beer brewer. His last batch was like motor oil, a suped up Guiness type. He makes a mean Mead (Honey Wine) as well. It takes a bit longer gut tastes awesome. He did a liquour version with his last batch and reduced it through a freeze process. It came out as a really strong but sweet sipping liquour.
I think my wife would cut my nuts off if I said I wanted to do my own batch. Maybe in another year or two.
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I'm a taker.
Submitted by danny on January 24, 2007 - 4:21pm.
I'll change my name to Al during role playing?
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I would be willing to beer
Submitted by buckhntr (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 5:38pm.
I would be willing to beer swap with you. Life is way too short to drink lite beer!
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taken
Submitted by clint on January 24, 2007 - 6:15pm.
A good ex-Mo buddy of mine has a brew he has named "Palay Alay" (or however that is spelled.)
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I think...
Submitted by Pete on January 25, 2007 - 10:28am.
I think the brew is called Pay Lay Ale. There's also a variant spelling, Pa Le Ale.
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Bread-in-a-bottle! Ha, I
Submitted by Lemon Blossom (not verified) on January 24, 2007 - 7:28pm.
Bread-in-a-bottle! Ha, I love. That sounds like something someone from the Relief Society would teach for an Enrichment Activity. "Now, ladies, the first thing you need to remember is....."
Yay! You'll send some beer to everyone who reads your site? I can't wait until we get ours!
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Beer for everyone?
Submitted by Pete on January 25, 2007 - 10:21am.
Right. Just um, post your home address, full name, Social Security Number and um, temple recommend number and I'll ship that right out to everyone.
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WoW
Submitted by FFG (not verified) on January 25, 2007 - 7:26am.
The first list is hilarious! :)
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