I am always asked how you got the
name Golden Cock Brewery. I have also
been asked, “What’s up with those nicknames-- Cupcake, Scone, Muffin?? “So
here is the scoop.
Like the name of the brewery, it
just happened. Most of our beer names
just happen. They tend to name
themselves by their ingredients or the brewing process. There isn’t some
devious plot to put excitement or fear in the public. (But if it does that’s ok.) It just happens. Sort of organic in a way. There is beer involved
though. Like you didn’t see that coming?
A longtime ago in a galaxy far
far away…….
Several friends including Jeff
and myself were spending a weekend camping together. Now understand this was “car camping” not
manly-man camping. Did I mention our
women folk were with us? We had to be
near bathrooms and civilization.
Coincidentally, this allowed us to be near our
coolers which contained food and beer. Car camping rocks. During this adventure a camper at the site
beside us constantly called his daughter, you guessed it, “Cupcake”. It did not take long before all the guys on
this trip started calling each other “Cupcake”. Beer was involved. It happens.
Hey Cupcake get me a beer. Hey Cupcake we need some more… You see how the rest of the weekend
went.
So the use of “Cupcake” with
every sentence among the guys stopped that weekend. Except for Jeff and me. It got to the point where our wives did not
know who was talking to who. So the next
name was born.
It happened one brew session when
my daughter was confused about who was who.
She is a teenager confusion comes natural. She said how can you both be “Cupcake”? Then she suggested that I should be called
“Muffin”. As she put it: Well, Dad, you have that muffin top thing
going on”. (She is still living.) And that is how I (Scott) became “Muffin.” Jeff remained “Cupcake”.
Ok we are missing someone. Matt.
Matt is our recipe guy. The guy
should be a “spice dog”. He is hairy
enough to be a drug dog but he is not into drugs; he is into flavor and
spices. Matt is a foodie and was into
wine? Until he met me. At this time in Matt’s life he did not
understand beer. It was a sad life up
until this time. So I introduced Matt to the world of good/great
beer and homebrew. (My next post will
explain how. You’re excited I can tell) Matt had no clue what beer was all
about. He wanted to know more. He wanted to help us brew. Fool. He had no clue where this was going to take
him. Matt showed up to a brew session
wanting to be part of the group. Matt
was eager to help, eager to learn, and eager to feed us. Did I mention Matt was a foodie prior to
brewing? Guess what Matt brought to eat? Have you not paid attention? The man brought “homemade Scones”. And they were good.
So Jeff is “Cupcake”, Matt is “Scone”
and I am “Muffin”. Again the names just
happen when we get together.
Our heritage is that we are
brothers. Kindred spirits. We take our history our passion and we make
beer. We take traditional styles and
make them non-traditional. This is where
we got “Traditionally Non-Traditional”.
And that tag line just happened one day when we were talking about our
beer. There are times where we just answer the same question, times when we say
the same things, times when we know how each other feels. Heritage-wise, Jeff‘s English, Matt’s Irish, I’m
Scottish. Our history connects us. Our
creativity bonds us.
The names Golden Cock Brewery,
Cupcake, Scone, Muffin just happened.
We get together and creativity just happens. We take our best traits and focus them. We take our history, our heritage, our
friendship and we make beer. We make
beer and we hope you will enjoy it. We
enjoy making it. We hope to do it for a
very long time.
Cheers.
Scott
Aka Muffin
