Cheap labels that are not a PITA to get off the bottle

[Teufelhunde]

I have been using Avery address labels printed on my inkjet printer to label my beers. I don't really GAS about what they look like, I just want to label the bottle so I know what is in it. The problem is that the Avery labels are almost as much of a pain to get off as the labels that the original brewery put on when I first bought them.

Any one with suggestions for cheap, printable labels that are easy to remove?

TIA

Lon

 

[brewgar]

^^
I just mark the cap with a black marker. P is for Pilsner, KC for Kentucky Common, EBA for English Brown Ale, and so on. Works a charm.

 

[Stormcrow]

You're ahead of me. I would love to label, but haven't started yet. I use swing tops, so I don't like to mark the caps either. My wife had the genius idea of just using different colored rubber bands to differentiate the bottles. Easy on, easy off... as long as I can remember which color means what.

 

[InspectorJon]

Paper label stuck on the bottle with a light spray of milk. Holds the label great and comes right of with a little warm water. You can get as fancy as you want printing, or not.

 

[Kharnynb]

I do a mix of laserprinted paper labels on the bottle with milk to stick for gifts and small round labels on the corks for own use.

 

[seatazzz]

+1 to the plain paper and milk trick. I've done it several times, labels won't even come off in a cooler with ice. Warm water and they slide right off.

 

[InspectorJon]

.75" round printer labels work good for sticking on the cap. They make removable ones if you want for the swing tops.

I use swing tops, so I don't like to mark the caps either.

 

[nelven34]

I print out using return labels and put them over the caps. If they're centered they don't really attach to the bottle itself.

 

[rburrelli]

I make mine in Word and stick them on with gelatin. Used to do milk, but the gelatin seems to work just a bit better and I think it even makes them waterproof.

 

[ChuckS1]

When I bottled, I used the Avery 3/4” round labels on the bottle cap, like others have already mentioned.

 

[Teufelhunde]

Thanks to all for the great suggestions. I have ordered some Avery removable inkjet labels....should solve the issue nicely....I had no idea they made such a thing....

Lon