Beer with most easily removed labels

[beerbaitNammo]

The new Guinness draught bottles, plastic label, no glue, and there is no widget. Just cut off the plastic label and you are done!

This and I find the summits to be some of the best for the oxi soak 99% of them don't even have a speck of glue left on them after 2 or 3 hours

 

[Gdcs3]

+1 to the Guinness being easier, takes less effort and is faster.

 

[sinkaidas]

Schlafly (best brewery in St. Louis, imo) are my favorite bottles to use. They look cool, the labels are easy to remove, and it's really easy to empty them of beer.

Tastes Tasty. Mmmmmm.

I can attest to this. Schlafly makes great beer, labels peel right off after a hot water bath, and you just need to lightly scrub to remove the leftover adhesive. Although, I was a little disappointed when they changed to their new bottles after their 20th anniversary.

They used to be blank bottles, now they have their EST. year on it... oh well.

Anybody know of any other breweries that still use blank bottles?

 

[RidingDonkeys]

Red Hook has completely blank bottles, and they are neatly shaped.

 

[hopbrad]

hmmm i disagree with the southern tier, the plastic label does come off super easy but the glue residue is impossible to get off. i dont have oxiclean so with my other bottles i would let it soak in hot water for an hour and they peel right off along with the glue. if the glue is still there an easy scrub with a sponge does the trick. guess ill have to get some oxiclean

 

[RUNningonbrew]

Without reading through all the responses new Belgium come off very easily with warm water applied to them

 

[bmick]

Brooklyn Brewery has the WORST bottles to use. They're attached with some kind of industrial compound or something, not even worth trying. DFH and Sam Adams are great, 20 minutes in an oxyclean soak and off.

 

[Longtrain4]

+1 on Duval bottles, the best. Labels fall off in hot water, Son-in-law's and I bought 4 cases in an after Christmas special, four bottles and a glass for $5.50, emptying them was joyous part of the process.

Tony

 

[Mojavejohn]

I just soaked a bunch of bottles last night. Hanger 24 and Indian Wells Brewery will be going the way of the recyclers. Widmer and Sierra Nevada were the easiest for me. Soaked everything in hot water and oxiclean.

 

[RhodySeth]

hmmm i disagree with the southern tier, the plastic label does come off super easy but the glue residue is impossible to get off. i dont have oxiclean so with my other bottles i would let it soak in hot water for an hour and they peel right off along with the glue. if the glue is still there an easy scrub with a sponge does the trick. guess ill have to get some oxiclean

I had the same problem with the Southern Tier bombers. Soaked 'em in hot water for a bit and the labels came right off but the glue residue endures. Looks like I'm Oxyclean bound too.

 

[k_mcarthur]

Being from Atlanta I always suggest Sweetwater 420 to anyone for any reason! But to answer your question their labels come off easy, and the bottles are the exact same as the ones from the LHBS. Enjoy the beer slowly b/c its a great beer, put 5 gallons of water in a bucket, add one scoop of oxiclean, sink your empties, and over night the labels almost magically sink to the bottom and leave no residue.

Side note: if your ever in Atlanta look up the Sweetwater brewery. Three nights a week they have live music, free tour (covet how the big boys do it), lots of pretty women, and of course free beer!

 

[Tava]

Sam adams
Long trail

These two are the easiest i have found

 

[BinghamtonEd]

I soak in OxiClean, and find that the Saranac bottles are the most consistenly easy bottles. Most of the time, the label falls off by itself, or when I go to pull the bottle from the soak. Southern Tier's are usually very easy, although I've had one or two bottles that for some fluke reason or another have been the hardest of any label I've ever tried to get off. Dunno why.

 

[rcrabb22]

In Chicago area, Two Brother's Brewing labels must be applied with epoxy!! Soaking them overnight in hot oxyclean didn't loosen them a bit. Straight to the recycle bin with them

 

[billlang675]

Any from Victory, Great Lakes, Smutty, Bells. Oxy soak overnight and labels slide right off.

 

[shoreman]

+1 on Duval bottles, the best. Labels fall off in hot water, Son-in-law's and I bought 4 cases in an after Christmas special, four bottles and a glass for $5.50, emptying them was joyous part of the process.

Tony

Ya they are so easy to get off plus they make by far the best homebrew bottles for Belgian beers b/c of the thicker glass and pressure hold.

I bought a case once and the bottles have been reused so many times.

 

[Rudy1964]

Ive found Guinness bottles to be the easiest. cut plastic and wash. TaaDaa!


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[Rudy1964]

update on bells labels. they have changed the glue formulation and its alot tougher to remove. PS. i live in kalamazoo and get it like regular beer in the stores.


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[Reindeer]

If you're in the upper midwest (not sure how far they actually distribute) Schell's beer labels come off really easy after a soaking. Plus they make great beer.

 

[kcmobrewer]

If you like shortys, Woodchuck bottle labels come off very easily. I forgot the oxiclean last time, in just hot water they fell off in a few hours. No residue.

 

[user 144271]

I just use corona bottles. Problem solved.

Yes I know clear glass but I keep mine boxed and in the basement unitl they are ready to drink

 

[fsr_racer]

Are we only talking brown bottles? I've been using the green Grolsch swing-tops. Hardly any label at all and some of em come of during the ride home with condensation.

 

[mtyquinn]

Victory Labels seem to come off pretty easy.

 

[pabuck]

Highland Brewing from Asheville NC uses stickers instead of glued labels. No soak, just peel them off. I drank a lot of their delicious Gaelic Ale to build up my bottle supply.

 

[raysmithtx]

Sam adams. Put bottles in a tub with water and some soap. 24 hours later the labels are all off. Some floating on top, others at the bottom of the tub. No muss, no fuss.


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[stanimals2]

DosEquis , I let them soak in a sink of hot water with Dawn and no rinse and in 2 hours the labels fall off on their own ! Doesnt get any easier than that

 

[RosettaSt0ned]

Already been mentioned a few times and also in the original post, but I wanted to mention Bell's again. Their labels consistently fall off the bottle with little more than a stern talking-to.

 

[Near-Beer-Engineer]

For the Canadians out there, Muskoka Brewery has plastic labels that literally fall off with a rinse in hot water. Beer isn't bad either.

 

[phug]

For the Canadians out there, Muskoka Brewery has plastic labels that literally fall off with a rinse in hot water. Beer isn't bad either.

Completely agree on the labels there, though no soak required, they peel off cleanly dry


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