Commercial Beer Label Material

[brewgineers]

Am about to print our first labels and are just curious about what commercial brewers use for their labels. is it just normal paper and glue?

 

[gicts]

.....mixed with unicorn tears.

Honestly I am not sure, but for your first batch just play around and have fun!

 

[Edcculus]

Most commercial brewers use what is called, "cut and stack" labels. Its usually a coated paper, thinner than your normal 80lb bond printer paper. Then, they apply the labels with a gluer, which is typically a hot melt glue. I'm also seeing that more of the breweries are going toward a self adhesive label. Its a little more expensive, but a lot easier to apply.

If this is for home use, paper and glue is fine. If you are looking for larger quantities for a commercial brewery, I could hook you up with a great label printer in Cleveland for self adhesive labels.

 

[thetmaxx]

I have been wondering how they can do it cheap enough. I guess its all in bulk, but my gosh labeling seems to be somewhat expensive, when you calculate out the final cost of the beer.

 

[Edcculus]

Yea, labels go into the several cent per label (or less) price range when you are ordering thousands of them