Show Us Your Label

Originally Posted by @morbster
"Bet those were a lot of fun to cut out!"

Nah, I hired a girl scout troop! just kidding. I only label the ones I give away and yes it takes time to cut. But, if I were to do many I'd make something to run an exacto knife around.

This is an easy one for the papercutter.

doubt anyone will get this label unless i tell the story... watch the 7th fast and furious movie. Kurt Russell is in it as Mr. Nobody.. some kind of CIA agent guy.. he keeps talking about how great Belgian Ale is then walks up to a Sabco Brewmagic's mash tun and pours a full pint of beer out of it.

My first label



Redid it last night. Centered it to fit better on the can and added a small description of the beer.

4 out if 6 labels on cans.

Latest label for a beer a buddy and I made together. As always, I welcome any feedback, particularly around the color, layout, and font choice.

Label for my first batch, made completely in Microsoft Word so it's a bit simpler than most here..

I wanted to go with something that I can use on all my bottles and be able to write everything in rather than making a new label for every batch.

Thoughts or suggestions on what to change or improve?

It's rather simple...with that said, I might remove the "artwork"

^ Something you could do, is make this a .pdf file with that graphic and those text fields, then lock it. Then you just open it in whatever .pdf viewer program, type in the info and then "tab" to the next field, fill it out, etc., have several of them on a sheet of paper, then print it. Similar to what Brooklyn Brew Shop does for their recipe's labels, I did that and it works pretty good for me.

TonyKZ1 said:

^ Something you could do, is make this a .pdf file with that graphic and those text fields, then lock it. Then you just open it in whatever .pdf viewer program, type in the info and then "tab" to the next field, fill it out, etc., have several of them on a sheet of paper, then print it. Similar to what Brooklyn Brew Shop does for their recipe's labels, I did that and it works pretty good for me.

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Overall, my goal was to stay away from printing it myself and just order enough sheets to get me through a few 5 gallon batches. It'll run me about $0.50-0.60 per bottle though which is a kick in the butt.

Wonder about some kind of dry erase marker that doesn't wipe off that easy...that way I could just write directly on the bottle.

Ahh okay, I see. There is some labels that you can just write on and then wipe and re-use. As for writing directly on the bottles, what about a wax or grease pencil, that'll write on glass.

TonyKZ1 said:

As for writing directly on the bottles, what about a wax or grease pencil, that'll write on glass.

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Ah, good idea. Do you know if either of those come off relatively easy? For example, I re-use bottles so I'd like to be able to rinse and repeat without losing the text if I pick the bottle up in my hand. Can I have my cake and eat it too?

Even sharpie comes off with the proper solvent. China markers will just may take a little uumph

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I just bought some grease pencils, thanks for the recommendations.

Any thoughts on this simple label for my stout?

This is for my Belgian Quad that I'm bottling tomorrow. It's going on tan-ish paper. What do you think?

I dig the name. Some might be creeped out by the label but I like it :rockin: The beer ain't for the faint of heart anyway lol

My design for my yet to be brewd Wakatu Kolsch. Done on Gimp 2.8

LOL I just realised I cannot spell Kolsch, man need to do it again.

Here is another generic label for a Vienna Lager, hopefully I managed to spell this one correctly! Created on Gimp 2.8 a free and open source graphics software.

MSK_Chess said:

LOL I just realised I cannot spell Kolsch, man need to do it again.

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You also can't spell brewed, unless brewd is the way the Scots spell it

A very simple design for an all American IPA.

Gravity said:

You also can't spell brewed, unless brewd is the way the Scots spell it

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Actually brewd is intentional. Its not an original idea though, others have used the same syntax, its just artistic license. For example see below. I suppose for the sake of any grammar prigs that may be lurking around in the undergrowth ready to leap up like a tiger one really should put an apostrophe in. e.g brew'd but I like brewd. its minimal.

I can spell IPA though. Ok time to fix my Kolsch design and make it grammar proof

I'm what you described as a grammar prig.

Sounds good.

I won't mention the missing comma after actually in the sentence; " Actually, brewd is intentional" or the one after for example in the sentence; "For example, see below"

Don't want to come off like a pouncing tiger from the undergrowth.

Gravity said:

I'm what you described as a grammar prig.

Sounds good.

I won't mention the missing comma after actually in the sentence; " Actually, brewd is intentional" or the one after for example in the sentence; "For example, see below"

Don't want to come off like a pouncing tiger from the undergrowth.

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Rather interestingly there was a chap in England who went around correcting apostrophes on signs. He stated that such poor attention to grammar was corrupting the youth. He would sneak around at midnight and offer up an apostrophe on a specially designed pole matching the colour and the text so as not to offend anyone. He was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 only after ascertaining that his anonymity would be guaranteed.

I put an apostrophe in brew'd but I did not like how it looked. Sorry one must sacrifice convention for the sake of artistic endeavour. I am sure you understand.

Gravity said:

I'm what you described as a grammar prig.

Sounds good.

I won't mention the missing comma after actually in the sentence; " Actually, brewd is intentional" or the one after for example in the sentence; "For example, see below"

Don't want to come off like a pouncing tiger from the undergrowth.

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Sure correct away, whatever rocks your world.

MSK_Chess said:

Sure correct away, whatever rocks your world.

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You just rocked it by telling me the story of the young lad in England.

EthanBrew said:

This is for my Belgian Quad that I'm bottling tomorrow. It's going on tan-ish paper. What do you think?

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ERMERGRD, is that the actual ABV? Props for what looks like original artwork.

Gravity said:

You just rocked it by telling me the story of the young lad in England.

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lol, you can listen to his interview here. For someone with such a wanton abandonment for grammar I found it strangely compelling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08kys4c

Its good to find kindred spirits

Here is another simple text design. The blurred city behind the graphic is actually Cologne!

Here is one taken from an old horror movie poster entitled 'The creature from the black lagoon.'

the text looks a little bit sharp though, will need to blur it to try to fit in with the poster. Fix'd

Juicy TD's Watermelon wheat. Where the juice is worth the squeeze.

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very creative

Here is a design utilizing an image from Russian artist Ivan Bilibin. It was originally published in a book illustrating Russian fairy tales.

MSK_Chess said:

Here is one taken from an old horror movie poster entitled 'The creature from the black lagoon.'

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For what its worth, I like Brew'd with the apostrophe. Reason being is that I read it with a Scottish accent and to an American, such as myself, it stands out when something is Brew'd in Scotland vs Brewed or Brewd in Scotland, it has more appeal and charm, perhaps a lucky charm...lol...