Show Us Your Label

scavenge said:

I like the thin ribbon-type label vertical down the bottle. Rather original. What's holding it on, wax? If so, how do you do the custom image?

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Milk! surprisingly enough... i saw a post here about using milk to hold on labels, been doing it ever since.
As for the image, it was just me... bored... at work with microsoft paint

Labels for a Bock. I used MS PowerPoint. Had a little extra down time at work

Still rough but Im most likely done tinkering.

I'm still working on the label that I'm going to actually be using but here are a few ideas I've been toying around with.



I started brewing in San Francisco but now I'm living in Hawaii so my surfing 49er needs to be changed a little bit..mainly replacing the golden gate bridge in the background.

Couldn't stop tinkering with it. Also threw together a necker. the poodle is customary, dont worry about it.

After two days of scrolling through this thread and seeing some really awesome labels I figured I would post up my first attempts at labels. I don't have a lick of experience with graphics at all but am having fun learning both GIMP and Inkscape. So hopefully my skills will improve.

Feedback is welcome.

Haven't posted anything in here for quite some time. I've done some commercial labels recently and haven't had time to brew really. I did manage to bottle a batch of cider from last fall that's been aging very nicely. Here's the label for the batch. Just something quick and easy....

These are some great labels, one of these days I will get together with my buddy who's a PS whiz to help with creating some labels.

celticdevildog said:

After two days of scrolling through this thread and seeing some really awesome labels I figured I would post up my first attempts at labels. I don't have a lick of experience with graphics at all but am having fun learning both GIMP and Inkscape. So hopefully my skills will improve.

Feedback is welcome.

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Looks good! I have a love/hate relationship with GIMP sometimes its easier to do what I want, other times i realize i have spent and hour and accomplished nothing! It gets smoother and quicker Love the ice age squirrel

brettwasbtd said:

Looks good! I have a love/hate relationship with GIMP sometimes its easier to do what I want, other times i realize i have spent and hour and accomplished nothing! It gets smoother and quicker Love the ice age squirrel

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The first label took me about 3 hours just to figure out how to do the simple things between Inkscape and GIMP. The second label went much smoother becuase I had the base of what I wanted to do but still took me 2 hours or so just to get it look the way I wanted.

I still find myself looking at everyone else's label and thinking I can still improve mine. The nice thing is that I forsee brewing and label making well into my future so hopefully I can continue to improve both of them.

Just a beginner, feedback welcome. Name is a little corny but I tried. This is my first Irish Stout attempt.

Made this label for the beer I entered into a homebrew competition that is tonight.

mattmeiske12 said:

Made this label for the beer I entered into a homebrew competition that is tonight.

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Awesome! My brother "Doug fresh" would love this

Label for the saison I bottled last night (can I really get them labelled within a day?!)

*edit* Yea! On the bottles now.

My five brews that I have labeled this year. The first was my black IPA, got my girlfriend to draw the pig she likes to doodle and then reversed colors, the rest look familiar probably because they are from Beer Labelizer (the second one was cut from it because the labels were too small).

Nothing fancy here. Made this label for a milk stout I'm giving out (instead of cigars) for the birth of my daughter.

the-crowing said:

Nothing fancy here. Made this label for a milk stout I'm giving out (instead of cigars) for the birth of my daughter.

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Congrats on a nice label and your upcoming bundle of joy. TIP: Increase the base grain on your next batch. GOAL: Insure daddy's "milk" will induce 2 hours sleep per bottle just like Aubree's will for her.

Very cute label! Congrats on you addition!

the-crowing said:

Nothing fancy here. Made this label for a milk stout I'm giving out (instead of cigars) for the birth of my daughter.

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Just finished a lable for my AHS Orange Creamsicle Ale

My wife made this label for my amber ale. Oakley was known as 4 mile at one point and the train station in the picture had that name. Oakley Park was the name of the horse track that resided in Oakley late 1800's early 1900's. The 2nd label is one my Dad made and shows the Oakley Park race course in the background.

part16john said:

My wife made this label for my amber ale. Oakley was known as 4 mile at one point and the train station in the picture had that name. Oakley Park was the name of the horse track that resided in Oakley late 1800's early 1900's.

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That's awesome

In memory of Slayer's Jeff Hanneman RIP!!!

bregiz said:

Here is a label I threw together for a grolsch clone that I bottled today.

Designed the label for 9 re-uses. That is probably a little optimistic, but we will see how we go

And on the bottles:

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Man, that label is SWEET!! Big fan here!

Labels for my oak aged RIS, in the wild.

Here's an updated label I'll be using. The bottle labels aren't the finished product; they were printed on an inkjet on normal paper and applied with a glue stick.






Color is also off after the uploads, but oh well.

brooklynbrews said:

Labels for my oak aged RIS, in the wild.

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At first glance, I saw "Cow Anus" and thought that doesn't sound very appetizing....

latest labels for a pumpkin ale and a smash

My SMaSH

tkline808 said:

latest labels for a pumpkin ale and a smash

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Borders rule! Well done.

LabRatBrewer said:

My SMaSH

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Nice! I think I can hear "Suicide is painless" playing in the background....

tkline808 said:

latest labels for a pumpkin ale and a smash

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I like the look, but isn't the label or your logo on the smash sideways?

reverendj1 said:

I like the look, but isn't the label or your logo on the smash sideways?

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Thanks but the way you see it is correct

tmac2050 said:

Borders rule! Well done.

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Thanks!

Working to incorporate this into a label with QR code and link to SurveyMonkey poll to get customer feedback on the brews.

ShepFL said:

Working to incorporate this into a label with QR code and link to SurveyMonkey poll to get customer feedback on the brews.

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Are those painted on, or are they big stickers? They look awesome!

Big stickers. Wife and I own party store so I get to play with her printers, banner machines etc.

just gotta find the time now, but i hope to have it ready by halloween at the LATEST

A few new labels for my 2013 brews.

This is my first effort at making a label, I used Inkscape, I have since made a few more, I am learning the program, hours at a time