Cool & Catchy Names: Your Guide to Using a Beverage Name Generator.

Today, I wanted to play around with something fun and a little different – a beverage name generator. I’ve always been fascinated by how companies come up with catchy names for drinks, so I thought, why not try building a simple one myself?

Getting Started

Cool & Catchy Names: Your Guide to Using a Beverage Name Generator.

First, I brainstormed some key elements. I figured a good beverage name needs a few things:

A Flavor: Something like “Strawberry,” “Lemon,” “Chocolate,” or even something weird like “Pickle.”
A Style: Is it a “Fizz,” a “Juice,” a “Smoothie,” or a “Brew”?
A Vibe: Maybe an adjective like “Electric,” “Cool,” “Midnight,” or “Tropical.”

I started by just jotting down a bunch of words in each of those categories. Just a big, messy list, really. No fancy tools, just a plain text editor.

The First Attempt (Pretty Lame)

My first try was super basic. I manually picked one word from each list and stuck them together. This resulted in names like:

“Strawberry Fizz Electric”
“Chocolate Smoothie Midnight”
“Lemon Brew Tropical”

Okay, those were pretty boring. And some were just plain weird (“Pickle Juice Cool”? No thanks!). I realized I needed a way to randomly combine these words. I then tried some online python snippets and started on it.

Bringing in the Randomness

I then made these simple lists in python:


flavors = ["Strawberry", "Lemon", "Chocolate", "Mango", "Vanilla"]
styles = ["Fizz", "Juice", "Smoothie", "Brew", "Blast"]
vibes = ["Electric", "Cool", "Midnight", "Tropical", "Mystic"]

Then, using the random function, I created something to pick one item from each:


import random
def generate_name(flavors, styles, vibes):
flavor = *(flavors)

style = *(styles)
vibe = *(vibes)
return f"{flavor} {style} {vibe}"
print(generate_name(flavors,styles,vibes))

The Results! (Much Better)

Ran it a few times, and boom! I started getting names like:

“Mango Blast Mystic”
“Vanilla Fizz Electric”
“Strawberry Smoothie Cool”

Way more interesting! It’s still simple, but it’s definitely an improvement.

I played around with this for a bit, adding more words to the lists to see what I’d get. It was actually quite addictive! I can totally see how this could be expanded – maybe add options for different types of drinks (alcoholic vs. non-alcoholic), or even include some alliteration for extra catchiness.

This was a fun little project for a few minutes, I might revisit it and turn it into something more polished. Maybe even a simple web app!