Show Us Your Label

Regardless if it makes it look real, I think QR codes are ugly anywhere.

Tyrone said:

What's with the QR codes? What do you all link to with them?

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Oh yeah, I guess that there is a QR code on the label. I was a bit distracted...

This label is for my SWMBO... I told her I was going to brew a beer for her, and she said that she wanted a cool label. She's likes to listen to vinyl records so I figured this was perfect.

This one is for a chocolate stout that I'll be bottling in a few weeks.

meatwad said:

a little clown tears goes a long way, mind

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HAHA that's definitely one of the funniest label's I've seen. Good graphic design too. Well done

dwshotwell said:

This label is for my SWMBO... I told her I was going to brew a beer for her, and she said that she wanted a cool label. She's likes to listen to vinyl records so I figured this was perfect.

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Nice. That's a keeper

dwshotwell said:

This one is for a chocolate stout that I'll be bottling in a few weeks.

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Wow, very nice labels by a lot of you. I'm feeling like being a dirty thief and stealing a few.

First off I can only draw stick figures LOL. I have no design experience.

The first is my Label for my all grain I just bottled.The second is my brewery logo that I shamelessly modified from an exhisting pic on Google. I don't claim ownership of any of these .

Here ya go.

I've changed the label to say brewing instead of brewery.

1stTimer said:

Here ya go.

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I think this one is awesome. Even though it's simple it gives you the impression the artist has skills somehow (unclear to my non-artistic self). Also, am I going crazy or did you originally post one without the background lettering? I thought it looked more like an artsy water-color spill on construction paper. Very cool.

Thanks man. No, youre not going crazy. The first one I posted was an unfinished one. And like I said the only other thing I've done is change it from brewery to brewing. I add the style to the label as well.

The Red Ale is bottled and about ready, so I'll be labeling tomorrow. The Brown is going in bottles on Friday night.

Here are all the labels I've done so far. The labels that are parodies of other beers are from recipe kits, the original designs are my own recipes or altered from recipes online.

(The parodies are Killians, Fat Tire, Stone Pale Ale, DFH Punkin Ale, Stoudt's Fat Dog and Woodchuck.)

EDIT: Here is a bigger version: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v198/corman0/Picture23.png

Here are the beers I gave to a few family members for Christmas.

Very nice..

cormano said:

Here are the beers I gave to a few family members for Christmas.

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Thank you! I have been inspired!

Here's my new double chocolate stout label...

Here's my next shot. I'm trying to come up with a basic template to use so that everything looks similar, but brews in the fridge are distinguishable in black and white.

My first label! Watercolor, then scanned into Bro 'n' laws Mac for text.

donny70 said:

Here's my new double chocolate stout label...

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Stunning...cinematic! Very nicely done

brants77 said:

My first label! Watercolor, then scanned into Bro 'n' laws Mac for text.

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i really like the looks of this label! nice job

I've only made one batch so far, so I decided I'd make a label for it, though I might not continue. Here is what I came up with:

TheePope said:

I've only made one batch so far, so I decided I'd make a label for it, though I might not continue. Here is what I came up with:

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Cool label! Very simple and elegant.

What's this nonsense about you may not continue?! Blasphemy! You mean you might not continue this pale ale, or brewing altogether?

Chuginator said:

Cool label! Very simple and elegant.

What's this nonsense about you may not continue?! Blasphemy! You mean you might not continue this pale ale, or brewing altogether?

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No, I loved brewing it, just the hassle of making/sticking all the labels, just to remove them later.

I'll probably just label the ones I give to friends/family.

TheePope said:

No, I loved brewing it, just the hassle of making/sticking all the labels, just to remove them later.

I'll probably just label the ones I give to friends/family.

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PHEW! I can sleep tonight.

I never have given into the label thing, as it does seem like it would be a hassle, but there is one situation where a label would be mondo. I'll post the idea here if I ever get that far.

Here is my latest. It's called Honey Head Nut Brown Ale. I named it after the story of Sampson killing the lion in the bible.

No, I loved brewing it, just the hassle of making/sticking all the labels, just to remove them later

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Using milk? It's easy, besides the sticking part, but I think it's fun.

LoneTreeFarms said:

i really like the looks of this label! nice job

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Thanks man! I was nervous posting a low tech painting amongst all the photoshop pros.

I love this thread, serious inspiration in here.

tennesseean_87 said:

Using milk? It's easy, besides the sticking part, but I think it's fun.

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No, unfortunately I didn't know about the milk method before I stuck shipping type labels on them. Big mistake!

This is my first label for one of my beers that was actually worth the effort to even make one. Haven't stuck em' to the bottles yet...Next batch I'll have it together.

It's my first two labels for my first two brews. Our detached garage turned into the neighborhood "bar" last summer and we live on a circle where everyone travels house to house with a cooler. Hence we christened the place the Circle Bar. This summer we'll drink our own brews (and wine) too.

Jim is our 115lb yellow lab and one of the neighborhood mascots.

This is just a general observation, and a bit off topic, but why are the majority of commercial, and I would have to say a great deal of Home Brew labels, which are designed with/around a circle, oval, or ellipse?

I am in the process with working with a graphic artist on a logo, and it has been my epiphany that there are a great deal of very successful logos that use the circle, oval and ellipse design. (FWIW, all three are ellipses, but that is an argument for another forum )

I think the whole thing is a question for an art/aesthetics forum, but it probably has something to do with the fact that rectangles are boring/jarring without anything to break up the intersections of straight lines. Circles may help focus attention as well. I don't raelly know, I'm just trying to remember art appreciation 101. Here is another example of a 'very successful logo' employing an elipse:

Yup, circles/ovals/ellipses tend to draw attention when placed over straight lines

tennesseean_87 said:

...Here is another example of a 'very successful logo' employing an elipse:

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Balanced generally has one "L"

I would bet the success of ovals, elipses, and circles has to do with the curvature of the bottle and some sort of asthetic flow. 90% of the labels that I've designed are circular in nature.

TheePope said:

No, unfortunately I didn't know about the milk method before I stuck shipping type labels on them. Big mistake!

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Ive found Oxyclean and hot water will damn near take anything off.

TyTanium said:

Balanced generally has one "L"

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Thanks! Gimp needs spell check (or have I just not found it in the week I've had it). I also made the center graphic a bit bolder, and I think it looks better.

here's my label for my first batch:

My girlfriend who is a graphic design major made this for me. I think its pretty good. My brother also brews hence the Burchett (my last name) Brothers name.