Name the hammer that taps the cask.
John Gasparaine , a beer lover and wood craftsman, is busy making the wooden hammer that Boog Powell will use to tap the cask aboard the USS Constellation. That event, Oct. 8th, will start off Baltimore Beer Week .
The hammer, Gasparine says, will include wood from the Wye Oak, the state's historic white oak that was felled by a storm in 2002.
But he needs a name for the hammer.
One suggestion is
"Hammer of the Gods"
In Philadelphia, the hammer used to tap the cask that started its beer week was called
Hammer of Glory.
Anyone got a good name for the Baltimore Beer Week hammer?
Let's hear it.
Photo of Wye Oak, by Baltimore Sun photographer Aubrey Bodine, date unknown
Comments
The Star Spangled Hammer. Too bad the season will be over or Boog could take the same hammer and rap a few heads at Camden Yards.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | September 30, 2009 12:03 PM
Wonder Boy, obviously.
Posted by: Daniel | September 30, 2009 12:08 PM
Rob:
How about the "Gambrinus Gavel" that will serve the dual purpose of bringing order to the opening ceremony, and then tapping the barrel? The difficulty may be getting Boog to pronouce "O zapft is" once the beer flows!
Posted by: Old_Balto | September 30, 2009 1:06 PM
The Hammer that Reads ...
Posted by: Eric | September 30, 2009 1:36 PM
"Wye Not?".
Posted by: SeagullDude | September 30, 2009 1:48 PM
Gambrinus' Bung Bopper
Posted by: Baltimore Beer Guy | September 30, 2009 2:29 PM
"The Star Spangled Hammer" is genius! That one gets my vote.
Posted by: Brad | September 30, 2009 3:26 PM
el jefe gordos hammer, a take from when Powell did the lottery thing a long while back, i think that's what his character was called
Posted by: boothy443 | September 30, 2009 3:47 PM
Make it a tie in with the new Baltimore rock opera, the Grundlehammer!
Posted by: Chw | September 30, 2009 3:57 PM
Boog's Brew-Breaker
Posted by: Paul_D | September 30, 2009 4:32 PM
Star Spangled Hammer is outstanding!However the word hammer is misleading - what we are talking about here is actually a custom made brewers tapping mallet (not a crab mallet mind you) I reference Rob's post from September 21, 2009 - "Over the weekend Munich Mayor Christian Ude swang the mallet" . I also reference the following post from a Bavarian Beer web site "It’s 12 o’clock noon, and the Mayor of Munich, mallet raised in one hand, is ready to perform what some regard as the most important of all his official duties: To deftly tap the first keg on the first day of the annual Munich Oktoberfest." My point/question is can we Baltimorons come up with a name that includes or references a mallet rather then a hammer?
Posted by: Joe Gold | September 30, 2009 8:34 PM
I'd call it "Freedom's Hammer."
Posted by: Mule Breath | September 30, 2009 10:53 PM
hammer of the suds
Posted by: steve jones | October 1, 2009 10:17 AM
Bay Hammer.
Posted by: mountchuck | October 1, 2009 10:27 AM
Wye Firkin Forcer
Posted by: Bucktail | October 1, 2009 11:26 AM
The Monumental Mallet since one of Baltimore's monikers is The Monumental City or perhaps Mchenry's Mallet or even the Crabtown Crusher
Posted by: Dominic Cantalupo | October 1, 2009 11:35 AM
The Charming Cask Clobberer
Posted by: Sam | October 1, 2009 3:47 PM
I'm going for BFH. Of course BFH stands for Baltimore's Firkin Hammer.
Posted by: First Stater | October 1, 2009 7:27 PM
I posed the question to a few beer friends again today and "Mobtown Mallet" was suggested - I really like it! I'm still partial to Star Spangled Hammer but at least with Mobtown Mallet we a have local reference that has stuck since the Civil War...
Posted by: joe Gold | October 1, 2009 9:54 PM
The problem with "Mobtown", even though it IS a local appellation, is that it sounds too much to outsiders or anyone that doesn't know Baltimore that we're saying that the city is run by the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra, or the Bloods & Crips. Not exactly a positive impression for outsiders, if you ask me.
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | October 2, 2009 12:33 PM
How about something that ties in to one of Baltimore's most famous beer drinkers, George Herman Ruth? Just call it 'Babe'.
Posted by: Sam.I.Am | October 5, 2009 8:55 AM