After a lukewarm response to the name “Old Prospector Common Ale,” we thought we’d give it another go.
I think this whole gold rush thing has legs, so I’m proposing Gold Digger Common Ale.
Maybe a silhouette of an old guy with a cane next to a foxy young lady?
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As many of you are already know, Joel is a rascal and a charlatan. True to form, he has gone behind our backs and created his own beer, commemorating who else but himself.
Joel is currently celebrating his UVA college reunion, complete with a MNB HooBrew in hand. The wahoo, for those who don’t know, is [...]

What better way to celebrate the marriage of two love birds than with alcohol? Well, Andy Chern and Gretchen Schultz (soon to be Chern), now you can drown away those Newlywed sorrows with your own brew: Ball & Chern Stout.
With much collaboration between Andy and Gretchen we have arrived on a suitable name, label and [...]

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. [...]

I take full responsibility, seeing as it was actually my idea. I think we liked it at the time… but we were also probably a little buzzed and easily excitable. So we’ve got a new name for our cranberry ale (and it is NOT Manberry Ale, though that was my ultimate vote). Introducing: Sweet & [...]

We’ve finally reached some consensus on a name/label for our cream ale. A very special thanks goes out to Dave for developing the name and concept. The only negative feedback we’ve received thus far has been from Andy, who can’t get it out of his head that this is not what cows looked like when [...]

Urgent newsbreak! Our stout-naming polls have officially ended. The winner turns out to be the original name, Lumberjack Oatmeal Stout, with a less than whopping 37% of the vote. There doesn’t seem to be all that much consensus, which means we probably haven’t yet arrived upon the perfect name. But for now, Lumberjack reigns. We [...]