An AI beats humans at naming craft beer

A neural network system has learned to name craft beer from a huge dataset extracted from BeerAdvocate.com.

 

Credit: Lewis and Quark

 

Researcher and electrical engineer Janelle Shane has already trained AI to name kittens, metal bands, Pokemon, paint colors, and more.

The AI-generated craft beer names vary from likely, to weirdly impressive, to bet-level eccentric.

Here are some of my favorites:

IPAs

Bigly Bomb Session IPA
Binglezard Flack
Heart Compost
Test Tha IPA

The Great Rebelgion
Devil’s Chard
The Oldumbrett’s Ring
Amber Ales

Fire Pipe
Ole Blood Whisk
Frog Trail Ale
Stouts

Barrel Aged Chocolate Milksmoke
Shock State
Avidberry

 

Strong Pale Ales (Doubles, Triples, etc)

The Great Rebelgion
Trippel Lock
Thick Back
The Fraggerbar
Dankering

Third Maus
Sip’s The Stunks Belgian Tripel
Slambertangeriss
Third Danger

Track Of The Wind
Devil’s Chard
Spore Of Gold
The Actoompe

Brother Panty Tripel
The Oldumbrett’s Ring
Gunder Of Traz
Cherry Boof Cornester

 

Amber Ales

Snarging Red
Warmel Halce’s Comput Ale
Fire Pipe
Blangelfest
Stoodemfest

La Cat Tas Oo Ma Ale
Ole Blood Whisk
Frog Trail Ale
Ricias Donkey Brain

Sacky Rover
Gate Rooster
Cramberhand
O’Busty Irish Red

Helusto’s Humpin’ Red
The Hunty
Rickin Organic Red Deaath
River Smush Hoppy Amber Ale

 

Stouts

I The Moon
The Bopberry Stout
Cherry Coconut Mint Chocolate Stout
Black Morning
Sir Coffee

Shock State
Take Bean
Single Horde
Whata Stout

Shany Lace
Black Sink Stout
Barrel Aged Chocolate Milksmoke
Shump

Morning Dave – Vanilla Coffee Stout
Avidberry
Dark Thomblan
Jrankers Java Stout

Besides being fun, an AI naming beers could actually be useful. Brewers are running out of names. Share on X

NPR reports that companies are getting into legal battles over beer names, or at least into Twitter fights.

Meanwhile, a pint of that Thrennt Rem Wine Barrel Aged Monkay Tripel, my good man.

 

You can find more AI grog over at Shane’s blog, and you can also hand over your email address for a PDF with 100 more great names.