Name That Beer Contest: Win a dozen pints, RMB400 of food at Saddle
Dead Ren Ale?
Ever wanted to create your own beer but were too lazy (or drunk) to do anything more than come up with a name?
Then this contest is for you.
Leave a comment with your name for a Beijing- or China-themed beer and you’ll be entered into a draw for 12 pints of home brew and RMB400 of food at The Saddle Cantina.
Even better, Saddle will name its next batch in honor of you.
- Black Lung Lager, in honor of the city’s air quality?
- Beijing 1.2, a low-alcohol brew that serves as a tribute to the city’s taxis?
- Den Ren Ale, a take off on the Dead Guy Ale seen all over Beijing?
That’s all there is to it. Remember, names should have something to do with Beijing or China, and should be in good, uh, taste. The deadline is Friday, November 14 at 5:30 PM; winner to be announced Monday, November 17.
By the way, look for the guys behind The Saddle Cantina to open a new burrito joint a stone’s throw away in a few weeks. Patrons will be able to choose from a handful of burrito wraps and their own fillings. More details soon.
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Black Lung Lager, in honor of the city’s air.
- Boyce
BarrAle of a Gun Lager. – a bit retro?
Gong An Pilsner – Public harmony beer…:-)
Peking Pop – I like this one.
96% Han – & hops (yech)…a reference to the demographics of Beijing (12 million sold and counting…)
Welcome to the Zhong Guo.
It would even have a ready-made theme song for use in adverts.
Beijing Bitter
Self explanatory, nice ring.
In the same Vein:
HaiDian Heiferweizen
SanLiTun Stout
Raise The Red Lager
– contest OVER
;)
Are any two things more closely linked that beer and creativity?
@ Joe, c’mon, we have at least 15 million people!
@ biglebufski, yes, and I believe the band has a new album with “Chinese” in the title…
@ Will, can we also have an “extra bitter”?
Cheers, Boyce
@ Charles,
With that one, I’m not even going to enter, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Lager.
Cheers, Boyce
Entry 1: Pishi Pijiu (pick your own “good” pi & shi characters).
Of course, on the bottle, it will be “pinyinized” with the removal of the ultimate vowel (conforming to the current “DYI Romanization” branding fad) as follows:
Pish Beer
Entry 2: Or, in an ill-conceived cross-branding exercise, the famous “Old Special” Rip Van Winkle Bourbon company decides to break into the China market with a beer that they call “Old Special” Lager. This is back translated as (ready for it…):
Laote Lager (say it out loud)
Hu Jin Stout
Mao Ze Draft!
Is there only one entry per person?
Sino-suds
@ Shannon,
That beer is going to get shortened to “PP.” Not sure it’s the best association, no matter how you pinyin-ize it!
@ Blake,
The Chairman of Beers.
@ Charles,
You can enter more than one name, but your own is only included in the draft once.
Cheers, Boyce
@Boyce,
That’s a feature, mate, not a bug. I knew when I clicked “submit” that four of the puns would be utterly lost on those of a non-Commonwealth English persuasion; the other two are merely obscure. And yes, there are _six_ puns. A six cack, if you will (“cack” being Commonwealth for “laugh really hard” or alternatively “crap”).
Chuan’r Swill
Bye Lager – Tribute to Chad who left
Beige Jing Ale – Beige representing the air colour in the Jing
π Joe – Pi (3.14)symbol and Joe as a tribute to all regular Joe’s laowais unable to pronounce the chinese word for beer correctly. (wow, i think this one is actualy very good) :)
One has to start with the banal, boring beers to get to the brilliant names….
Panda beer – enough said
Great Wall beer – or has that been done?
Red Flag lager – doesn’t raise my interest though
小便 – go figure
But my vote is for:
Red Lantern Beer – as in Raise the Red Lantern. Great for marketing.
or
Revolution Bitter. Can’t you see all those revolutionary posters of the peasants striking their arms into the air, but air brush a bottle of this into their hands.
Qianlong Imperial Stout
…and I’m surprised nobody has made reference to the Yellow River…hehehe, pre-school humor!
and how did this not get in yet…Boyce Bitter!
Ring Road Ren (aka Ar,Ar,Ar)
Blue Sky Beer
or
White Smog Beer
Two brands for either kind of day.
Hazy Daze in reference to the sky and how you will feel the next day!
Cultur-Ale Revolution
Huff-And-Wheezin’ unfiltered (Hefeweizen)
Dream of the Red Lager
Monkey King IPA (variation on Greene King IPA)
Olde No. 9 (discreet reference to CCTV Laowai-vision)
North of the Border (a play on Saddle’s “south of the [US] border” cuisine, and an ode to Maggie’s, our “north of the [Chinese] border” friend who is no longer with us)
Saddle Sanlitun Schwankenbrau — The Original
Ren Min Bier
Red Guard Double Stout — easily one of the strongest beers on the planet, both in name and in alcoholic strength.
How about Jing4 Jiu3Jing1(Toast Beijing) 敬酒京 “JJJ” for short.
if you do choose “black lung”, it should be a stout. if not, it should at least be a dark lager like a schwarzbier or dunkel. i suppose “black lung lager” has the alliteration thing working for it…
my pathetic little entry: hutong ale-leeway
Tribute to the Army
Bei IPLA
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3.3 Pi (2)
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会疯威慑 huifeng weishe Beijing made Hef
(better email)
Jiu-B … a take off of ‘Niu-B’ .. which locals who have lived here long enough will know the meaning of.
oooh i second the motion for Gracie Li’s Ren Min Bier though I’d spell it simply Renminbeer