BlackForestBrewery

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Normally I just buy some of those plain white rectangular stickers you pick up at any office supply store, write the name on them and slap them on the bottle.

I'm getting ready to finally get into making my own labels, but for now that's how I label them.

BeerWars

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Sharpie on cap. Each beer has it's own letter code. My wife even knows what is what.

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Primary:
Apfelwein, Deception Cream Stout

Bottled:
Apfelwein, Bee Cave Brewery Haus Pale Ale , Deception Cream Stout, Pine (Pineapple Wine)

Empties:
Miller Lite (Really Triple Hopped)

buffalobrewer

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I use tags on strings (merchandise tags at office borg) on fermenters/kegs etc. Bottles get a number that links back to my beeralchemy database on the cap.

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You start with a full bag of luck and a empty bag of experience, your goal is to fill the bag of experience before you empty your bag of luck

bwomp313

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i just write the style and abv on the cap in sharpie and if i can't fit the style i just write an abbreviation

vinyl_key

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Right now, I'm just putting the batch # on the caps with a sharpie.
Working fine since I'm only on batch 6 right now, but as I start brewing more, this could become problematic...

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superjunior

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my last order from AHS they sent me a little notepad/brewsheets I call them. you just fill out all the info and stick it on your fermenter or keg. they're pretty sweet! as far as bottles, another vote for sharpie on cap

SumnerH

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My main session beers are kegged, with a tag on the keg.

For things I bottle, I have a full batch worth of regular longnecks, Anchor steam curvy stubbies, Sierra normal stubbies, Grolsch flip-tops, and Sam Smith victorian pints. I bottle batches in different shaped bottles and remember what's in each; occasionally I'll take a sharpie to the caps if I'm putting 2 things in the same shape bottle at the same time.

Anything I'm cellaring long-term I put labels on (often I'll be down to only 10-12 bottles before I label the remainder for the long term, but if I brew a big Belgian or barleywine or RIS or something that I know will last I'll label basically the whole batch up fron).

And I have a ton of 750ml and 375ml corkable belgians and Orval bottles for bottling stuff where I want nice presentation (I wax the Orvals) to give as gifts. Gift-appropriate brews are all given real labels, printed from templates and stuck on with the milk method.

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On deck: Little Bo Pils, Bretta Off Dead (Brett pale)
Secondary: Oude Bruin, Red Sky at Morning (Sour brown ale)
On tap: Saison Duphunk (sour), Amarillo Slim (IPA), Earl White (ginger/bergamot wit)
Bottled: Number 8 (Belgian Strong Dark Ale), Eternale (Barleywine), Ancho Villa (Ancho/pasilla/chocolate/cinnamon RIS), Oak smoked porter (1/2 maple bourbon oaked, 1/2 apple brandy oaked)

italynstallyn44

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I think the color sticker on the cap is the easiest/quickest, I will probably go with that method. But it's cool to see all the different methods people use.

tjpfeister

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I used to use round labels on the caps. Then I decided kegging was easier. Just one label to make for the tap handle!

I have ramped up my brewing lately and have had as many as 6 batches floating around the apartment in fermenters alone. Plastic buckets and carboys get written on in dry erase marker to keep them straight. Glass carboys and kegs are labeled with masking tape. Every vessel also gets assigned a number which is written in my brew journal along with its contents and who it is being brewed for. Overkill? Yes, but I crossed 2 batches once while going into kegs (there were 4 total). There was a brief oh-**** moment until taste testing found my mistake ;-)

electrichead

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Sharpie on caps. quick, simple, effective, cheap