Marriage + Beer = Ball and Chain Stout
In recent weeks my fiance and I have struggled over what to give our guests as favors for the reception. There are the usual, boring little items, but who really wants any of that. We wanted to give something any decent person can appreciate. And then, over lunch with Jon and Joel, it hit us. Give the people beer.
Honestly, who doesn’t want a good brew, and not just any brew, a MNB brew. So, over the course of the next few weeks we will be brewing three custom batches of stout (with more developed chocolate notes than the Lumberjack) that will be handed out as favors at my wedding.
As my best man, my friend acquaintance, and as the Chief Creative Officer, Jon has suggested the most encouraging name to date, the “Ball & Chain Stout”. While insightful and poignant, I throw this to you, dear readers, and ask that you weigh in on the name of this stout.
Jonathan, Joel & Jeff
April 21st, 2007 at 5:46 pm
What about the “Set Me Up With a Bridesmaid” Stout. Not a stout bridesmaid though.
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:19 am
OK, Ball and Chain, while good, is somewhat cliche. So, mayhaps something a bit more subtle…say, Commitment Stout?
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 am
Ball and Chain’s good. You could go for a bit of cockney rhyming slang, and call it “Trouble & Strife Stout”. Then make it head bangingly strong so it lives up to it’s name. Dick van Dyke would be proud.
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:34 am
Ball and Chain Stout is good.
It would fit better on the label than “Not Tonight, I Have a Headache Stout.”
April 24th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
I like Ball and Chain, as well as Jonathan’s Bridesmaid suggestion — though I think the latter could be improved as “Bawdy Bridesmaid,” simply because it’s a more distinctive character, and a perennial threat to groomsmen everywhere. Perhaps it’s also high time for some holy writ in the quote section — something unsettling, like Song of Songs 8:3: “Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.”
April 30th, 2007 at 10:09 am
[...] Brewing (starting this week)- 10 gal. batch of the Weiss Guy Hefeweizen Transferring (from primary to secondary fermentation) - 15 gal. Lumberjack (wedding) Stout Bottling - 5 Gal Roundhouse Pale Ale Consuming - Bog Monster, Swashchuckler, CowTipper, Base Jumper On Tap - Casserole Ale [...]