Cool caps for bottles

[dfc]

Here we have 54 bottles of blue agave wheat complete with blue caps. My LHBS has several colors. I also picked up black, red, green and silver.

The black will be used for my imperial stout and the green will be used for an IPA. I want to move on from bottling, but it's hard to with such cool caps.

 

[unionrdr]

A color coding system is def one way to keep track of what's what. I keep my beers in seperate stacks of boxes with a sticky note on each stack. I have the basic info like BOD,name/style,& ABV%.

 

[dfc]

A color coding system is def one way to keep track of what's what. I keep my beers in seperate stacks of boxes with a sticky note on each stack. I have the basic info like BOD,name/style,& ABV%.

I also have those small circular sticky labels. I'll write the name of the beer on them and stick them to the cap.

 

[downtown3641]

I use a fine tipped sharpie on the caps. But, I also get different colored caps. But, they tend to last for a few batches, so they aren't a good option for differentiating beers.

 

[aubiecat]

I cut vinyl decals to stick on the caps.

 

[Calichusetts]

Colored rubbered bands...super cheap and they last forever....I double or triple wrap them to represent double IPAs or Imperials, etc

 

[Zamial]

I use a fine tipped sharpie on the caps. But, I also get different colored caps. But, they tend to last for a few batches, so they aren't a good option for differentiating beers.

I have a few cases of "That may be an American Wheat, may be an Irish Red or may be an IPA No way to tell." because I started out with the color coding cap idea to... The little round stickers are a great idea...

 

[Krazykripple]

this is a great idea, I'm sick of guessing what beer i'm about to drink

 

[overdbus]

A color coding system is def one way to keep track of what's what. I keep my beers in seperate stacks of boxes with a sticky note on each stack. I have the basic info like BOD,name/style,& ABV%.

well unless your toasted when you start or by the time you finish
and can't remember what color went where ?

then it's all just beer.....

 

[unionrdr]

well unless your toasted when you start or by the time you finish
and can't remember what color went where ?

then it's all just beer.....

Unless,like some folks on here,they keep a color code list of the current beers on the fridge...

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I thought about doing this but I usually have 10-15 different beers bottled at once. I just write the initials for the beer on the cap. Then I keep track of the names, initials and quantity of each beer.

 

[overdbus]

Unless,like some folks on here,they keep a color code list of the current beers on the fridge...

like you can "read" a color chart went your toasted.....

 

[dfc]

I thought about doing this but I usually have 10-15 different beers bottled at once. I just write the initials for the beer on the cap. Then I keep track of the names, initials and quantity of each beer.

I used to just put initials, but came across the problem of different beers with the same initials. Since then I've moved on to the small circular labels.

 

[homebrewdad]

I use truly custom caps from bottlemark.com. However, I do all of my caps the same (with my logo on them) - I use labels to differentiate between beers.

12 cents per is worth it to me, but I'm big on wanting the bottles to look cool.

 

[jtakacs]

i just toss the batch number on the cap with a sharpie.

 

[cockybitz]

I thought about doing this but I usually have 10-15 different beers bottled at once. I just write the initials for the beer on the cap. Then I keep track of the names, initials and quantity of each beer.

You might be surprised at the # of color options. I believe I have 8 or so myself. If nothing else, it narrows down your numbering. I often pair the lid to something to hint me in. I could easily see blue for agave. I used white for a light beer, yellow for wheat, blue for a blueberry, black or green for dunkels, red for irish, etc, etc. They have lighter blue, orange, gold, silver. Have really come in handy for identifying.

 

[Bradzukie]

I just write on the boxes what the name is, bottled date and abv%. Or if I have them put away in a cabinet in the laundry room I put the first beer with a sticky note with the same and the last with the same. Color coding didn't work for me.
But now I have switched to kegging and it is sooooooooo much easier to keep track!

 

[Bamsdealer]

I abbreviate the style and date with a sharpie

 

[BrettFitz]

I use a sharpie to scribble the batch number in roman numerals. Then in my office I have a menu book where I keep the recipe and brewing notes.

Uh... so far I'm up to III. We'll see if this system holds up.

 

[aidan]

I use a sharpie to scribble the batch number in roman numerals. Then in my office I have a menu book where I keep the recipe and brewing notes.

Uh... so far I'm up to III. We'll see if this system holds up.

That system held up for me until about batch 7 or 8, then I lost track and numbers on the caps didn't help me anymore. Now I print simple lables on plain computer paper, 6 to a sheet, and stick them on with glue stick which is very easy to remove (blog post on labeling here). I've now got some different colours of printer paper so I can easily tell them apart.

 

[JeepDiver]

I use a sharpie to scribble the batch number in roman numerals. Then in my office I have a menu book where I keep the recipe and brewing notes.

Uh... so far I'm up to III. We'll see if this system holds up.

I use regular numbers and also put batch numbers in my brew log folder in beersmith. IMHO Roman numbers end up taking too much room

 

[BrettFitz]

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Originally Posted by BrettFitz View Post
I use a sharpie to scribble the batch number in roman numerals. Then in my office I have a menu book where I keep the recipe and brewing notes.

Uh... so far I'm up to III. We'll see if this system holds up.
That system held up for me until about batch 7 or 8, then I lost track and numbers on the caps didn't help me anymore. Now I print simple lables on plain computer paper, 6 to a sheet, and stick them on with glue stick which is very easy to remove (blog post on labeling here). I've now got some different colours of printer paper so I can easily tell them apart.

Good point, as is the issue of looong roman numerals. -guess morse code is out of the question. --- .... / .-- . .-.. .-..!

 

[DoubleAught]

Here we have 54 bottles of blue agave wheat complete with blue caps. My LHBS has several colors. I also picked up black, red, green and silver.

The black will be used for my imperial stout and the green will be used for an IPA. I want to move on from bottling, but it's hard to with such cool caps.

Those bottle caps are awesome! My LBS got some black wire caps for my Belgian beer bottles in recently. Had to get a couple bags just cause they were cool!