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Offline bcnihart

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Name My Pub
« on: December 29, 2009, 01:47:05 pm »
OK, I have decided that home brewing is just not enough.  I am in the process of renovating an 1860s building along the Mississippi River in Minnesota and converting it to a brewpub.  I hope to be open by the spring of 2011.  First order of business is a name.  I am looking for ideas.  Reply to this post and give me your best shot.  If I use it, the beers on me (after I open of course).

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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 03:19:11 pm »
Well with not a lot of back round info I can only guess some things.

How bout 'The Busted Nut'

Cause that is what you are going to be by the time you get it open.  :D
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 04:09:55 pm »
Where abouts in MN along the ole Miss.?
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 04:23:41 pm »
Don't have to be a jerk about it.  Besides, there is already a Busted Nut bar in Hastings, MN!

Uhhhm - he wasn't being a jerk at all. Relax, dude. It was a joke.

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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 04:35:31 pm »
Without knowing anything about you or your interests its hard to suggest something that is meaningful to you.  Having said that, you could go for a British pub style name - The Something & Something (like Fox & Hound or Pig & Thistle) or even simpler like the Stag's Head or the Bristly Boar.

Just my .02
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 04:53:49 pm »
How bout 'Sarah Wipple's Pub'  or 'Whipples'? Cause that is the maiden name of Henry Hasting Sibleys mother.

I dont know. Not much to work with and I just want some free beer.

Dont do the English pub name thing. I hate those places that are trying to be English pubs. Its like being white with dreadlocks. Ja-fakein.



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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 06:18:35 pm »
"Tool Shed". Think of the decor you could go with. Also, "Honey! I'm going to the Tool Shed." That was going to be my band in High School...if I had any talent.
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2009, 06:53:59 pm »
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 06:59:54 pm »
Sticking with politics use Jesse THE BODY Ventura. "The Body Shoppe" has a nice ring to it, but I think I've heard that one somewhere. _____'s Riverfront Pub?
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2009, 07:21:46 pm »
Need some background on the original building to help with the name
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2009, 07:34:26 pm »
"Tool Shed". Think of the decor you could go with. Also, "Honey! I'm going to the Tool Shed." That was going to be my band in High School...if I had any talent.

Tool shed sounds like a male strip joint. Like where you'd go to see Chippendale dancers or something like that.
Just call the place "Depot" if you want to give every guy out there an excuse to stop in.
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2009, 11:07:51 pm »
How far north is it? How about: (Drum Roll)

Dat der Yoint. or Da Yoint for short.

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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2009, 06:05:15 am »
Background information:  The building was built in the 1860 in a town called Reads Landing.  It is located at the mouth of the Chippewa river and Lake Pepin.  Location is right on the water with a Burlington Northern rail line about 40' infront of the building.  Area is historic for shipping/logging.  Located between Lake City and Wabasha in SE MN.

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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2009, 06:31:37 am »
Sticking with politics use Jesse THE BODY Ventura. "The Body Shoppe" has a nice ring to it, but I think I've heard that one somewhere. _____'s Riverfront Pub?

Along the same lines..."I Can't Believe Al Franken is Our Senator Pub"

Too bad you won't have it up by this summer for the NHC...Good luck with the venture!
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Re: Name My Pub
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2009, 07:03:20 am »
"The Broken Duck Pub"....
just do it !
Best of luck and Happy New Year

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