A stout homebrew, a dog and eureka!

**auld argonian** · 24th January 10, 12:13 PM

The rest of us Beagle owners want to know if there'll be a t-shirt.

Mine is a Lemon Beagle and gets a lot of second looks because folks expect a tri-color and can't quite reconcile the Beagle shape with non-traditional color.

Best line I ever got off was when I was sitting at a picnic table outside of a drive in burger joint up in Minnesota with the dog (Portia) laying at my feet...one of the locals walks over and asks, "Is your Beagle a good hunting dog?" "No," sez I,"she's a damn good sleeping dog, though...can sleep through just about anything." The fella went on to say that he had a few Beag's and wanted to expand the gene pool and was hoping that Portia would be interested in a boyfriend. I had to explain that she had been spayed and while she might enjoy a little summer romance, puppies would be out of the equation.

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**Detroitpete** · 24th January 10, 12:32 PM

A t-shirt? BRILLIANT! How about "Beagle Brown Ale made with Hare Hound Hops"?

My beagle 'found' me as a pup--spent some great years chasing rabbits. Other than that he's learned no other useful skill. I envy him

At 15 now, he's allowed to sleep where he wills.

**auld argonian** · 24th January 10, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitpete

A t-shirt? BRILLIANT! How about "Beagle Brown Ale made with Hare Hound Hops"?

My beagle 'found' me as a pup--spent some great years chasing rabbits. Other than that he's learned no other useful skill. I envy him

At 15 now, he's allowed to sleep where he wills.

But now you need an illustration of a Beagle and a Rabbit both hanging on each other, singing and hoisting a frothy mug...

I take it that everybody has seen some of the Ralph Steadman drawings for various bevvies.

http://www.flyingdogales.com/Beer-Pack.aspx

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**jkane** · 25th January 10, 08:31 AM

The name makes the brew!

**Peregrine** · 25th January 10, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by vmac3205

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#.

**Kilted Jeeper** · 26th January 10, 07:02 AM

OK, so I was inspired by this thread to actually create a label for my current batch of beer. With the talk of beagles, I decided to use that as well in honor of my Blue Tick Beagle "Cleatis" who I lost to cancer in '07.

I made this using MS WORD and added the image as a .jpg file and sized it to what I thought would work. I was able to fit 6 on each page and I printed them using a HP inkjet on the highest quality setting. I then took my master to Staples and for less than $5 had color laser copies made (ink won't run). I then used a gluestick and was able to add the labels to my bottles very quickly and very inexpensive.

**jkane** · 26th January 10, 01:28 PM

Try milk instead of glue stick. Fill a saucer, and slide the back side of the label across the milk. Place on bottle and roll bottle with label on a towel to press firm. It will stick for a long time, yet fall off as soon as it gets wet.

**Kilted Jeeper** · 26th January 10, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by jkane

Try milk instead of glue stick. Fill a saucer, and slide the back side of the label across the milk. Place on bottle and roll bottle with label on a towel to press firm. It will stick for a long time, yet fall off as soon as it gets wet.

The glue stick I used is not typical and creates a seal very similar to the sticky on the back of a post-it which was very easy to work with.
I'll give the milk a try with my next batch. :cheers:

**Jack Daw** · 26th January 10, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitpete

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!

**Detroitpete** · 26th January 10, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Kilted Jeeper

OK, so I was inspired by this thread to actually create a label for my current batch of beer. With the talk of beagles, I decided to use that as well in honor of my Blue Tick Beagle "Cleatis" who I lost to cancer in '07.

I made this using MS WORD and added the image as a .jpg file and sized it to what I thought would work. I was able to fit 6 on each page and I printed them using a HP inkjet on the highest quality setting. I then took my master to Staples and for less than $5 had color laser copies made (ink won't run). I then used a gluestick and was able to add the labels to my bottles very quickly and very inexpensive.

Sweet label!!!! BTW--sitting here by the fire, beagle asleep (per usual) with head on my lab, me--drinking a bit of my homebrew Pale Ale. Ahhhhhh...the life!