Source: Washington City Paper Young & Hungry
Hellbender Brewing Company wanted to call its flagship red ale Fire Belly Red after a type of newt. After all, most of its beer names—and the brewery name itself—are references to salamanders: Eft IPA (a baby newt), Southern Torrent Saison (a salamander found in the Pacific Northwest), and Grampus (a nickname for hellbenders).
“But does that indicate our beer gives you indigestion?” co-founder Patrick Mullane wondered about Fire Belly Red. “We’re sitting there talking about beer names, and meanwhile our building’s shaking because the Red Line is 15 feet from the back of our building.” So he and co-founder Ben ...