Recent content by Toasty_Mammoth

OK thanks, I'll wait it out a bit longer.

As a follow up. I was bottling a 5 gallon batch of an abbey ale. The f.g. was at 1.015. I went to make up my priming sugar solution and, of course, I only have a third of a cup of sugar in the house. Everything else was ready to roll so I just went with it rather than run to the store (I've...

Just wrapped up this label for an Abbey Ale. I'm pretty happy with it and would will probably build out other labels around this esthetic. Made in photoshop btw.

Just an update, I brewed my mead and pitched the starter on Sunday. Everything appears to have gone right.

Cool, you might be right. As I said, this is my first starter and I'm using an old juice bottle and the stopper fits in but it isn't a super tight seal. Yes, it is cloudy and fizzes when I added more nutrient. I guess it smells like yeast, I have a bit of a cold. I'm doing a starter for a beer...

Well, I bought the yeast a couple weeks ago. It came in a smack pack which I pulled out of the fridge the night before. It was fully inflated when I pitched it. I added a little more honey and 1/4 tspn of yeast energizer last night and tried to shake a little but the energizer got really fizzy...

I've got a question. I attempted at making my first mead starter last night. My recipe was 32 ounces of water 1/4 cup of honey 1 tspn dried malt extract 1/4 ounce wyeast brand yeast nutrient I bioled/simmered for 15 to 20 minutes. Cooled it, shook vigorously and then pitched the yeast...

I think Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop are the way to go. But, they have a bit of a learning curve and aren't cheap. There is a free software called Inkscape that is sort of a illustrator-lite that you might look into if you don't already have illustrator and aren't ready to throw down the...

I kind of agree. I really like some Flying Dog beers but I didn't even try any of them for a long time because their labels are so ugly.

This was my first beer label. I made this last Spring and put it on a Biere de Garde. I actually did this for a design class so the assignment involved creating a brand. This is Biere de L'enfant.

I know you are just kidding around but the banana bottle looks really great.

That looks awesome on the bottles! I agree. The label looks fine alone but really really good on the bottles for some reason.

Thanks!

Just wanted to put up these labels for my first two meads. Both are Arts and Crafts Style. Please let me know what you think.

I'm a home brewer with about a year and 8 or so batches of beer and mead under my belt. I love beer but I'm interested in mead and whatever else is different like maybe sake and chicha. Looking forward talking about brewing. My name is Steve.