Fur Names
Cat Talk|December 2022
Names. Oh, what an important choice in the life of cat! It is how a cat will be known in the show rings and in daily life. A
From the file of: Nancy Kerr
Fur Names

Names. Oh, what an important choice in the life of cat! It is how a cat will be known in the show rings and in daily life. A name can alternate between words of delight or new forms of cursing. Each name tells a story and this is the story of GC, RW The Brewery Loral*

Before getting into cats, Elizabeth Blanc and her husband enjoyed going to brew pubs and making their own beer. When it came time to name the cattery, Liz was hoping she could brew a litter of kittens that was as good as her home-brewed beer, hence the name “The Brewery”.

According to Liz, “as for my cats, naming them came easy. With a cattery name like the Brewery what could they all be named for...hops of course.” Hops are the green cone-shaped flowers, or “inflorescence,” of the Humulus lupulus plant. Inside each cone of this climbing perennial’s flowers are tiny yellow pods or glands called lupulin—the source of bitterness, arom and flavor in beer.

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