A stout homebrew, a dog and eureka!

[Detroitpete]

So I'm doing my second batch of homebrewed beer. The first was a pale ale with corriander which has come off nicely. Now on to my favorites: porters, stouts etc.

Just brewed up a batch of a cream dopple bock with a bit of chocolate. My guess is this will be around 7%. As I was moving across the kitchen from one task to another, my 15 year-old beagle decided that dead-center in the room was his most comfortable spot So, sanitize, sterilize, step over beagle, mix ingredients, step over beagle. Heat wort, etc...step over beagle.

After I finished I went to my label maker to decide what to put on the bottles once I've racked this dark wonder...and it hit me...

Sleepy Beagle Brown!

[vmac3205]

Perfect. All my cooking is done while stepping over a 105# golden retriever. Maybe I"ll make some golden retriever pale ale. BTW, he is a blood donor for the Dove Lewis emergency vet hospital, and on the 20th of Feb. dogs and family get to go to the Lucky Lab brewery in Portland for a Canine hero party!!!

[Peregrine]

Perfect. All my cooking is done while stepping over a 105# golden retriever.

I have the exact same experience. Granted stepping over the dog while cooking is a shared experience for anyone with a golden, but coincidentally at last weigh-in mine was also 105#.

[NewEnglander]

Nice to have some inspiration and a brewing partner. I refer to my homebrews as coming from the Spare 'Oom Brewery, as fermentation takes place in the closet of our spare room (and a nod to Mr. Tumnus).

[HamishTheBlack]

Greetings,

Although I never travelled into the world of brewing beer I did make mead when I was doing medieva living history. I named mine after the ingredients. My best btach was called Black Cherry Bomb because I used black cherry juice in it and my SCA name was Hamish The Black. I also named one batch after a friend of mine, Dougal's Delight.

I would love to see the label you made for your Beagle Beer.

With Greatest Respect,

Matt

[Detroitpete]

Greetings,

Although I never travelled into the world of brewing beer I did make mead when I was doing medieva living history. I named mine after the ingredients. My best btach was called Black Cherry Bomb because I used black cherry juice in it and my SCA name was Hamish The Black. I also named one batch after a friend of mine, Dougal's Delight.

I would love to see the label you made for your Beagle Beer.

With Greatest Respect,

Matt

MMM Black cherry HAD to be good! Here's the label--I used the same template that I have for others:

[NewEnglander]

Incredible graphic! How did you come up with it? I mean, what software did you use to create it?

[Detroitpete]

Incredible graphic! How did you come up with it? I mean, what software did you use to create it?

I found this site while searching for labels:

http://www.beerlabelbuilder.com/

Because I'm cheap I don't order the foiled and gumed labels. I just save them as jpegs then print them out.

[Jack Daw]

MMM Black cherry HAD to be good! Here's the label--I used the same template that I have for others:

Excellent name and excellent labeling. It makes me thirsty!

[Panache]

MMM Black cherry HAD to be good! Here's the label--I used the same template that I have for others:

Very cool!

Cheers

Jamie :ootd: