With the rise of craft beer in recent years, a sub-culture of funny beer names also gained steam. Below we picked our favorite 300 names: for humor, cleverness and wit!
- You’re My Boy, Blue from Brew Bus Brewing
- Citra Ass Down from Against the Grain Brewery
- Tactical Nuclear Penguin from BrewDog
- Barbarian Streisand from Cellarmaker Brewing Co.
- The Great, Big Kentucky Sausage Fest from Amager Bryghus and Against the Grain Brewery
- Audrey Hopburn from Great Lakes Brewery
- Hoppy Ending Pale Ale from Palo Alto Brewing Co.
- Tart Side of the Moon from Brewery Vivant
- Trump Hands from Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.
- Geriatric Hipster Club from The Bruery
- Ryan and the Gosling from Evil Twin
- Gandhi-Bot from New England Brewing Co.
- Pathological Lager from Dock Street Brewing Co.
- Polygamy Porter from Wasatch Brewery
- Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Co.
- Dark Side Schwarzbier from Something Brewing
- Pigs Ass Porter from Harvest Moon Brewing
- Bean Me Up Espresso Milk Stout from Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks
- Kiss the Goat from Gigantic Brewing
- Funky Jewbelation from Shmaltz Brewing Company
- Punk’in Drublic from Coronado Brewing Company
- Plaid to the Bone from Picaroons Traditional Ales
- Toques of Hazard from Parallel 49
- I’m So Freaking Hoppy from Arrowhead Brewing
- What The Huck from the Fernie Brewing Co.
- Battle Cat from Harmony Brewing Co.
- Black Goat from Perrin Brewing Co.
- Elvis Crack from Fetch Brewing Co.
- Everything Louder Than Everything Else from Witch’s Hat Brewing Co.
- Frost Hammer from Great Baraboo Brewing Co.
- Hazed and Confused from Sleepwalker Spirits and Ales (Lansing)
- Juicebox Hero from Greenbush Brewing Co. (Sawyer)
- Nerd Fury from Big Lake Brewing Co. (Holland)
- Nibbed for Her Pleasure from Northville Winery and Brewing Co. (Northville)
- Oak Aged Love Pump from The Livery (Benton Harbor)
- Pancakes ‘n’ Hotpants from Olde Peninsula Brewpub
- Suuuuuper Fly from 51 North Brewing Company (Lake Orion)
- Tamarind Diaz from Canton Brew Works (Canton)
- Train Fight from Tapistry Brewing Co. (Bridgman)
- Waka Waka from Gravel Bottom Craft Brewery and Supply (Ada)
- Way Up Yer Kilt Scottish Ale from Granite City Food and Brewery (Troy)
- Wheat the Pearents from Brewery Ferment (Traverse City)
- Your Mom on French Toast from Pigeon Hill Brewing Co. (Muskegon)
- Zangeif’s Bearhug from Short’s Brewing Co. (Bellaire)
- Polygamy Porter from Wasatch Brewery
- Old Leghumper from Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
- Ill Tempered Gnome from Oakshire brewery
- Panty Peeler from Midnight Sun Brewing
- Pork Slap from Butternuts Beer & Ale
- Apocalypse Cow from Three Floyds Brewery
- Nipple Mountain from Pagosa Brewing Company
- Vergina from Macedonian Thrace Brewery
- Smooth Hoperator from Stoudts Brewing Company
- For Richer Or Porter from Tibbs Brewing Co
- Blithering Idiot from Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
- Polygamy Porter from Wasatch Brewery
- Imperial Stout Trooper from New England Brewing Co.
- Arrogant Bastard Ale from Stone Brewing Co.
- He’Brew from Schmaltz Brewing Co.
- Peter Piper Peppered Pale from Rockford Brewing Co.
- Hoppy Ending Pale Ale from Palo Alto Brewing Company
- I’ll Have What The Gentleman On The Floor Is Having from McGuire’s Irish Pub And Brewery
- Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company
- Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ from Lagunitas Brewing Co.
- Moose Drool from Big Sky Brewing Co.
- Pathological Lager from Dock Street Brewing Co.
- My Wife’s Bitter from Burleigh Brewing Co.
- Brew Free Or Die IPA from 21st Amendment Brewery
- Palate Wrecker from Green Flash Brewing
- Sexual Chocolate from Foothills Brewing
- Haulin’ Oats Stout from O’Connor Brewing Co.
- Parking Violation from Russian River Brewing Co.
- Citrus Got Real (Tart Ale) from Springdale Barrel Room
- Fraggle Bock (Doppelbock) from Portsmouth Brewery
- Pickleodeon from Foolproof Brewing
- Turn Your Head and Coffee from Smug Brewing
- Citra Ass Down from Against the Grain
- Stupid Sexy Flanders from Sun King Brewing
- Smells Like a Safety Meeting from Dark Horse Brewing
- Why Can’t IBU? From Stillwater Artisanal
- 668: The Neighbor of the Beast from New England Brewing Company
- Tart Side of the Moon from Brewery Vivant
- Bootleg Fireworks from Baxter Brewing Co.
- Geriatric Hipster Club from The Bruery
- Sweet Child of Vine from Fulton Brewing
- Lawyers, Guns & Money from Crazy Mountain Brewing Company
- Ryan and the Gosling from Evil Twin
- Bay and Pepper Your Bretts from Against the Grain
- Apocalypse Cow from Three Floyds
- Hauling Oats from Tenaya Creek Brewery
- Dates Sugar Yeast Magik from Pipeworks Brewing Company
- Orange Yuzu Glad I Said Porter from Mikkeller
- Mmmhops from Hanson Brothers Beer Company
- Dan’s Pink Shirt from Short’s Brewing Company
- Struggle Bus from Bagby Beer Company
- Trade Bait from Burgeon Beer Company
- Don’t Wait In Line For This from Central Coast Brewing
- Questionable Advice from Council Brewing Company
- Complicated Passwords from Hop Dogma Brewing Company
- Zero to Sexy from Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company
- Juice on the Loose from Phantom Carriage Brewery
- Sky Hag IPA from Airways Brewing
- Stupid Sexy Flanders from American Brewing
- Old Birdbrain from Black Raven Brewing
- Amber’s Hot Friend from Skookum Brewery
- The Big Lebrewski from Naked City Brewing
- Extrabeerestrial ESB from Loowit Brewing
- Mistletoe Bliss from Lazy Boy Brewing
- The Seamstress Union from Schooner Exact Brewing
- Naughty Nellie from Pike Brewing
- Santa’s Butt Porter from Ridgeway Brewing
- Blithering Idiot from Weyerbacher Brewing Co
- Bouncing Czech from Boundary Road Brewery
- Arrogant Bastard from Stone Brewing Co.
- Happy Ending Beer from Sweet Water Brewing Co.
- Panty Peeler from Midnight Sun Brewing Co.
- Vampire Blood from Sprecher Brewing Co.
- Fucking Hell from Brauhaus Hartmannsdorf
- Sex Panther from SanTan Brewing Co.
- Polygamy Porter from Utah
- Old Leghumper from Thirsty Dog
- Pig Ass Porter from Harvest Moon
- Bikini Blonde from Maui
- Men in Bock from Odell
- Son of a Berserker! From Midnight Sun
- Stop, Hop and Roll from Bethlehem
- Boom Shakalager from Terrapin
- Modus Hoperandi from Ska
- Sextacula from Elsyian
- Do It To It Gruit from The Bruery
- Whiskey Dick from Oskar Blues
- Ratsalad from 2nd Shift
- Grand Pappy’s Sugar Shack from Harpoon
- Junk ‘n’ Da Trunkle Dunkle from Port
- Fermentation without Representation from Epic
- Goser the Gosarian from Dogfish Head
- We’re Only In It For the Money from Lagunitas
- BREWtality – Espresso Black Bier from Midnight Sun Brewing Co.
- Joy Rye’d from Historic Brewing Company
- I’ll Be Bock from CORE Brewing Co.
- Punkin’ Drublic from Coronado Brewing Company
- Mash of the Titans from Odell Brewing Company
- For Whom The Belge Tolls from Franklin’s Restaurant & Brewery,
- Spruce Willis from Dogfish Head Brewery
- Dry Humpkin from Cigar City Brewing
- Boom Shakalager from Terrapin Beer Company
- Joe Mama’s Amber Lager from Stewbum & Stonewall Brewing Company,
- Boo Koo IPA from Mother Earth Brew Co.
- Lacto The Future from Revolution Brewing
- Leder-Bro-Sen from Barn Town Brewing
- Out to Pasteur from Augustino Brewing
- Citra Ass Down from Against The Grain Brewery
- Respect Your Elderberries from Allagash Brewing Company
- Cinco De Bayou from Bayou Teche Brewing
- Up All Nitro from Backshore Brewing Company
- Gourd of the Rings from Cambridge Brewing Company
- Peter Piper Peppered Pale from Founders Brewing
- Sweet Child of Vine from Fulton Beer
- Should I Stay or Should I Gose from Slowboat Brewing Co.
- Weiss & Virtue from 2nd Shift Brewing
- Love Thy Neighbeer from Blue Blood Brewing Company
- There’s No Rye-Ing in Basebull from Bolero Snort Brewery
- Stop, Collaborate, & Glisten from NODA Brewing Company
- Pour Timing from Fargo Brewing Company
- Audrey Hopburn from Great Lakes Brewing
- Havana Affair from Stonecloud Brewing
- For Those About to Bock from Hopworks Urban Brewery
- Petal to the Fleur from Low Tide Brewing
- London Cow-ling from Remedy Brewing Company
- Mrs. Stoutfire from Cool Springs Brewery
- Dunkel Breakin’ My Heart from Klaus Brewing Company
- Fermentation Without Representation from Epic Brewing Company
- Dolla Dolla Pilz from Four Quarters Brewing
- Drink Of Me Fondly from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
- Pandora’s Bock from Elysian Brewing Company
- Your Best Hoption from Chestnut Brew Works
- Tripel Bypass from from Raised Grain Brewing Company
- Deer Abbey from Black Tooth Brewing Co.
- Beasts of Bourbon from Liquid Mechanics Brewing
- We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Cucumber from Columbia Craft Brewing
- Another One Bites the Must from Peter B’s Brewpub
- Weapon of Mash Destruction from Main & Six Brewing Company
- Shipfaced from Silver Harbor Brewing
- Bring Out Your Dead IPA from Black Plague Brewing
- Hoppyright Infringement from NOLA Brewing
- Sac Fly-PA from Knee Deep Brewing
- Pour Decisions from Upstate Brewing Company
- He Ain’t Heffe from Straight to Ale
- These Boots Were Made For Hoppin from Loomis Basin Brewing
- Rye2D2 from Sactown Union Brewery
- Sir Veza from Old Hangtown Beer Works
- Zwickel Me Timbers from New Glory Craft Brewery
- What She Says Gose from Oak Park Brewing
- Pro-Zach from Bike Dog Brewing
- Lemur Alone from Yolo Brewing
- Galaxy Far, Far A Haze from Ol’ Republic Brewery
- Whitney Brewston from Fort Rock Brewing
- I Wanna Dance Wit Somebody from Fort Rock Brewing
- We Are Brut from Mraz Brewing
- Monty Python’s Holy (Gr)Ail” from Black Sheep Brewery
- Yellow Snow IPA from Rogue Ales and Spirits
- Blitzkrieg Hops Double IPA from Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company
- Hauling Oats from Tenaya Creek Brewery
- Circum Session Ale from Shmaltz Brewing Co.
- Kilt Lifter from Moylan’s Brewery
- Smooth Hoperator from Stoudts Brewing Company
- Stupid Sexy Flanders from Sun King Brewery
- Hoppy Ending Pale Ale from Palo Alto Brewing Company
- Arrogant Bastard Ale from Stone Brewing Co.
- The Great, Big Kentucky Sausage Fest from Amager Bryghus and Against the Grain Brewery
- Blind Pig IPA from Russian River Brewing Company
- Brew Free! or Die IPA from 21st Amendment Brewery
- Duck Duck Gooze from The Lost Abbey
- Hop Zombie from Epic
- Yeastus Christ from To Øl
- Leafer Madness from Beer Valley Brewing Company
- Barrique Okarma from Feral Brewing Company
- Smooth Hoperator from Stoudts Brewing Company
- Human Blockhead from Coney Island Brewing Co.
- Hibernation Ale from Great Divide Brewing Co.
- Kilt Lifter from Four Peaks Brewing Company
- Bad Elf from Ridgeway Brewing
- Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout from Foothills Brewing
- Beard of Zeus from Short’s Brew
- Get Down American Brown from BrewCult
- Lil’ Helper from Mother’s Brewing Company
- Zonker Stout from Snake River Brewing
- Polygamy Porter from Wasatch Brewery
- Barbapapa Imperial Russian Stout from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project
- Good Chit Pilsner from Chatoe Rogue
- Blitzkrieg Hops Double IPA from Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company
- Dead Guy Ale from Rogue Ales
- No Escape from Blackhole Brewery
- Better the Devil You Know from Black Irish Brewery
- 004 Oaks from Brewhouse and Kitchen
- Traffic Street Specials #8 Guns of Navarone from Castle Rock Brewery
- Back, Sack & Quack from Dancing Duck Brewery
- Waddle it be? From Dancing Duck Brewery
- Drop it like it’s hop! From Derby Brewing Company
- No Brakes IPA from Fixed Wheel Brewery
- Ride It Like You Stole It from Fixed Wheel Brewery
- Fat Neck IPA from Green Duck Beer Co
- Booze Hound from Gun Dog Ales
- Gin and Beer It from Lincoln Green Brewery
- Big Willie from Mr Grundy’s Brewery
- Beardtongue Ruby from Reunion Ales
- Random Name Generator from Tiny Rebel
- 4 Hopmen of the Apocalypse from Totally Brewed
- Village Idiot from White Horse Brewery
- Against the Grain 70K from Against the Grain Brewery & Smokehouse
- Utah: Dubhe from Uinta Brewing Company
- AleSmith Horny Devil from AleSmith Brewing Company
- Joint Effort from Redhook and Hilliard’s, brewed
- Welcome to Worcester from Wormtown Brewery
- Czech Your Head from Proper Brewing Company
- St. Patrick Hayze from Atlanta Brewing Company
- Tang (C.R.E.A.M. Ale) from Sebago Brewing Company
- Woo-Tang IPA From Flying Dreams
- Enter the Bru-Tang Tangerine Session IPA from The Tap Brewing
- Buzz Lightbeer (American Cream Ale) from Center Street Brewing Company
- MmmHops (Pale Ale) from Hanson Brothers Beer Company
- New Kids on the Bock (Maibock) from Percival Brewing Company
- Anything from Bone Up Brewing in Everett, MA From Bone Up Brewing
- Puppers Beer series from Bone Up Brewing
- Things We Don’t Say from Wandering Soul Beer Company
- Whole Lotta Amarillo from Smuttynose Brewing Company
- Pollock Rip from Devil’s Purse Brewing Company
- Cheers from Old Cottage Brewing Company
- Skullsplitter from Orkney Brewery
- Release the Quacken from Dancing Duck
- Skull Splitter from Orkney Brewery
- 99 Red Baboons and BG Sips from Blue Monkey
- Hoptimystic from Hemlock Brewery
- A Fist Full Of Hops from Falstaff Brewery
- Boot Beer from Boot Brewery
Sources and other lists to check out:
https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/culture/list-of-funny-beer-names
https://www.mlive.com/beer/2016/02/the_20_funniest_weirdest_beer.html
https://justbeerapp.com/article/12-funny-beer-names
https://www.findmeabrewery.com/beer-names
https://www.seattlemag.com/article/clever-beer-names-we-love
https://www.buzzfeed.com/esquire/25-of-the-most-amazing-craft-beer-names-youll-ever-see
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/17-funniest-brew-names-coming-12066339
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/beerhunter-picks-10-cracking-beer-797022