applying my first labels to bottles

[Tiredboy]

I forget who it was that taught me this, but print em out on regular paper and use milk, yes milk as a glue. I was skeptical at first too, but it works pretty good!

Tempted to try this but concerned about the potential smell of off milk. Has anyone had this problem?

 

[huge1s]

I use printable avery stickers (round and small enough to fit on a bottle cap). Seems to work well for me. Can do a small design/color but don't have to worry about de-labeling since they are stuck onto the cap.

 

[motleybrews]

Tempted to try this but concerned about the potential smell of off milk. Has anyone had this problem?

Nope. I've labelled hundreds of bottles using this method. I've still got a few from my first batch that are now empty but up in the man cave. Even if u put your nose right to the label you can't smell anything.

And a quick rinse under warm water, and you've got a bottle with no label or label residue

 

[brewmax25]

I use some paper from my LHBS that has a tiger on the front. Pre-gummed paper. I like to brew my recipes several times over to make sure I have it down pat so having pre labeled bottled helps a bunch!

 

[BierKoning]

When I first started brewing I was crazy excited to design my own labels and have a finished beer that was really all *mine*. Since that time I've settle on just using a few letters on the cap with a permanent marker. No label to clean off to reuse the bottle and the clean look of a plain brown bottle is pretty slick!

 

[TyTanium]

For the milk method, print on a laser jet if you can. The colors won't bleed like they do on an inkjet.

 

[Seven]

Maybe a hanging tag would be better

Thanks for posting this. Just what we needed for our bottle 'O beer Christmas gifts!