Bottle Labels

[Leggoma]

For those of you who have multiple batches bottled and stored, do you label your bottles, or do you just know what is what?

 

[mux]

I box it together and label the box with blue tape.

 

[WIMARIPA]

Mark a symbol or few letters on the crown cap.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

What those guys said. Mark the caps or box.

 

[DoubleAught]

I use the little circular pricing stickers and stick'em to the caps. They come off easily and I got about a million for just a few bucks.

 

[unionrdr]

It's easy for me since we only brew 2-3 batches at a time. But I've been thinking of using sticky notes on each stack of boxes that tells the beer & BOD. I've actually got enough bottles for 5-6 batches at a time.

 

[GamehengeBrewery]

Consensus seems to be here is that labels are a cool idea, but quickly become a PITA when you have to remove them. Most people use stickers on the bottle cap or write on the bottle cap itself, since you are not going to reuse it.

But if you want to use labels, there are some good labeling ideas in this thread:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/call-me-lazy-labels-pain-298524/

 

[Revvy]

Sharpie on the bottle caps is all I do.

 

[homebrewdad]

I'm lame and print labels specific for each batch. I get them from onlinelabels.com - cost is $19 for 400 bottles' worth of labels (one for the body of the bottle, one for the neck).

 

[wolverinebrewer]

I use the little circular pricing stickers and stick'em to the caps. They come off easily and I got about a million for just a few bucks.

This but I use colored. It's easy to mark 50 or so and then stick em. If I send them in to a comp, I can pull them right off.

 

[Captain Damage]

I label every bottle and cap. Designing labels is part of the fun.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I tried labeling all my bottles when I first started. Looked awesome, but was a royal PITA to apply just to remove later. Enough of a PITA removing commercial labels already. Now I just use a short code on the cap with sharpie (WH for wee heavy, C for cider, RIS for my RIS, you get the point), and then if I'm giving bottles away I'll label only those few.

 

[DWavs]

Circular labels run through the printer and put on the cap.

 

[phuff7129]

Every batch I make I assign a number and then write that number on the cap with a sharpie.

 

[Grippe]

Libbey's dissolvable labels - find them in the canning section at the grocery.

 

[derte]

I ordered 6 different color caps, just keep a rotation and have not crossed over since i keg every other batch

 

[BrewinHooligan]

I'm with Revvy. Sharpie on the cap with initials of the brew and date bottled.

 

[BlainD]

I buy the address labels for envelopes that you run through a printer. Usually put a different font for each beer, date brewed and bottled. Yes I have to take them off again but they come off much easier than regular labels (and they are a lot smaller). Looks pretty nice too. If you wanted you could print a picture on them, but I haven't been that creative yet.

 

[acuenca]

Yup. Sharpie on caps... cheap as hell... I'd like to get into labeling them for gifts but most of the time... they're just for me...

 

[Just-a-Guy]

I learned from this site that I can make labels on regular paper, print them out, and use milk to stick them to the bottles. I find labeling a lot of fun and it adds a lot to the experience. Here's an example of a label I made using a free site a member of this board set up:

 

[toestothesun]

Sharpie on caps works fantastic but it's also cool to label them every now and then.