Literary Drinking

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:02 pm

As summer is upon us, and we now have a patio we can actually enjoy it on, we have been imbibing certain beverages with considerable frequency

Yesterday, for example, we bought an amber ale called "Thirsty Beaver Ale."

This, of course, produced much discussion on the subject of ahem... well.. "Thirsty Beavers"

There is also a tasty red wine out there called "Fat Bastard."

More and more alcohols are sporting humorous names, the above are just two examples of some of those I've seen.

Any more out there that you've come across?

Kipi · Post by **Kipi** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:30 am

"Fat Bastard"? ROFL

The only alcohol I can think of here in Finland which has "humorous" name is ale called "Lapin Kulta" (in english something like "Gold of Lapland")

giles337 · Post by **giles337** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:42 am

Theres always Ginger C0ck (Oh the immature humour that can be gained by walking into a supermarket, and asking if they sell it, in a loud voice

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Fiberfar · Post by **Fiberfar** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:36 am

not so funny but we got something called "old reserve"

frogus23 · Post by **frogus23** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:10 am

Monkey Shoulder Scotch
Teachers Scotch
Tennants super strength bitter (only drunk by the homeless)
Old Tart sauvignon

Fantasy fans among you may wish to try 'Skullsplitter' and 'Dark Destroyer' ales...names meant in ernest

boo's daddy · Post by **boo's daddy** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:25 am

There's another red wine called Goats do Roam, which is rather tasty, as is fat bastard.

England is chock-a-block with daftly named beers. Old Peculier, Bishop's Finger, Old Speckled Hen, to name but three of my favourites.

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:54 am

"Tennants super"

That is the most bizarre lager on the planet. I drank only 4 cans of that stuff at home one night and felt perfectly fine... then I stood up. My legs were completely gone

, my upper body was fine, but legs had turned to rubber. Had to crawl up the stairs... where I decided to stay for the rest of the evening

Dodgy stuff...

Ofcourse there's Bull's Blood wine

(Bulgarian I think)

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:56 am

Some of the Belgian beers have fairly amusing names:
"(Avec les) Bon Voeux (de la Brasserie)" ((With the) Best Wishes (of the Brewery))
"Dikke Mathilde" (Fat Mathilda)
"Dikkenek" (fat neck = pretentious person)
"Duvel" (indeed, devil)
"L'Espoir" (Hope)
"Facteurkensbier" (Little postman's beer)
"Flierefluiter" (good-for-nothing/idler)
"La Guillotine"
"Hellekapelle" (Hell's Chapel)
"Helleketelbier" (Hell's Cauldron beer)
"J'ai dix ans hi hi hi" (I'm ten years old heeheehee)
"Kwak" (well... quack)
"Lucifer"
"Lumière noire" (Black light)
"Ma chouette petite chope" (My lovely little pint/glass)
Old Musketeer
Paranoia
Pick-up pils
Satan
"Verboden Vrucht" (Forbidden Fruit)
and of course the ignominiously named "Bush beer" (in good company with Duvel, Satan & Lucifer)

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:20 am

In Thailand, they have this beer named "Singha."

Singha means lion and is pronounced "sing" (aspirated).

However, if you were a Filipino, you would read it as Sing-ha. "Sing-a" means something like to expel mucus from the nose.

boo's daddy · Post by **boo's daddy** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:03 am

Oh Belgian beers are dangerous: smooth, sweet and extremely alcoholic. Some of my best hangovers have been on Chimay.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:28 am

I've recently become fond of a Quebec beer called 'La fin du monde', the End of the World. A 9% beer with live yeast in it. Amazing stuff, and it'll knock you right off your ass if you drink it wrong. Learnt that the hard way over this weekend.

Grimar · Post by **Grimar** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:26 pm

Beer B!tch! that's a good one

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:25 pm

Two of my favorite local microbrews are
Kiltlifter-a nice scots style ale
and See No Evil -a strong English style ale

Magrus · Post by **Magrus** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:41 am

Amusing names? The only one I've found, haven't tried it yet is Black Death Vodka.

I don't drink beer, ale or anything but liqour. As such, it's normally standard liqour I buy regularly. No fun with names there, but I tend to avoid reading anything anyways once I start doing shots.

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:30 am

Last night while raiding my friend's booze cabinet, I discovered an amusing whiskey called Knob Creek

Juniper · Post by **Juniper** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:32 am

Went down to the Wine Bar one evening after work...to the delight of my friend & I...they had a lovely chardonnay called "Old Hag"...despite the title..it was super tasty!
Theres also a local brew called Old Thumper....one would think there would be a cute bunny wabbit on the label....but its a boars head...

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:47 pm

Delirium Tremens and Delirium Nocturn are fantastic beers, and the labels have little pink elephants on. which is the definition of class.

Chanak · Post by **Chanak** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:36 am

[QUOTE=Maharlika]In Thailand, they have this beer named "Singha."

Singha means lion and is pronounced "sing" (aspirated).

However, if you were a Filipino, you would read it as Sing-ha. "Sing-a" means something like to expel mucus from the nose.

[/QUOTE]

LOL! So, in Tagalog, this beer is called "Blowing Your Nose"?

There's been quite a few radio ads here in Austin for Fat Bastard wine - all done by an actor with a very sorry fake British accent, I might add. He comes off sounding somewhat Australian, but he fails at that, too. I haven't tried it yet, chiefly because I rarely drink these days (and am just too lazy to fight downtown traffic to go pick up a bottle).

Blue Nun wine was bottled not too far from where I lived in Germany in the the late 80's and early 90's. It's a very good wine, and occassionally I'll see it here in the states.

Nar · Post by **Nar** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:54 am

There's a wine called "Harvester's Smile" - this makes me laugh every time I think about it.