My first label

**FatBaldBeerGuy** · 01-29-2012, 07:43 PM

Got an American Wheat kit with my brewing kit this Christmas so I was playing around with label ideas and wanted some opinions on this one.

I was trying to give it that "Standard Issue" Military type feel, hope you like it (but be honest either way

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**apparatus** · 01-30-2012, 02:02 AM

Looks nice. I like it.

**FatBaldBeerGuy** · 01-30-2012, 02:18 AM

Thanks!

daveooph131 · 01-30-2012, 02:26 AM

Agreed great design

spokaniac · 01-31-2012, 02:35 PM

Yes, cool label.

Dave: Also love the Scrat Brewing name. could have some fun with that name

daveooph131 · 01-31-2012, 08:06 PM

Thanks it's a nickname from work? What sort of fun are you thinking? I'm always up or new creative ideas.

**klnosaj** · 01-31-2012, 08:14 PM

It looks very busy to me. Also, what do you have against Alaska and Hawaii? Lastly, and this is simply fyi, it is a violation of (I think a very stupid) federal law to use the American flag in advertising.

spokaniac · 01-31-2012, 08:22 PM

I was thinking you meant Scrat the saber toothed squirrel from the Ice Age movies. Of course there would have to be a nut brown ale (Scrat is always after an acorn in the movies). A Crash and Eddie dopel, a wooly mammoth stout, etc

daveooph131 · 01-31-2012, 10:56 PM

Lol that actually is what my nickname is after. I'm in sales and they assign everybody a character to send out whenever you make a deal. You're the first person to make a reference to it though. I have IPA that I referred to as lost nut.

**FatBaldBeerGuy** · 01-31-2012, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by klnosaj

It looks very busy to me. Also, what do you have against Alaska and Hawaii? Lastly, and this is simply fyi, it is a violation of (I think a very stupid) federal law to use the American flag in advertising.

Thanks for the input; and to answer your questions

- Nothing against Alaska or Hawaii at all; the basic image I started from was that of George C. Scott's "Patton". The 49th and 50th stars were not added to the US flag until 1959 and 1960; so during Patton's time there were still only 48

-You are completely correct about the flag in advertising, however. I was designing this label as a bit of a homage to my wife's and my service (she is retired Air Force and I was Army) and felt the Flag was an acceptable way to display that. That does not justify its use here; but I figure at least I know I'll be actually caring for it better than most people out there do