Great Divide Brewing Co - labels are a nightmare to get off!

[MistyMountainHops]

Has anyone else noticed this? I have my technique for removing labels (as I am sure you all have too), but the Great Divide labels might be the most stubborn ones I have encountered to date. I dont know if it's the amount of glue they use, or the glue in general but I gave up. I just tossed em all.

I keg most of the time, so it's water under the bridge really, but I was curious if anyone else had issues with them too.

 

[Parker36]

There is a couple of threads around here discussing which bottles are easy and which are hard both for delabelling and for capping. My personal least favorite is Amstel (for both)

 

[Richard-SSV]

I soak my bottles over night in warm water with Oxy Clean. To get off residue or stubborn labels like Great Divide I use a steel dish scrubber thing. It takes off pretty much anything with ease after a good soak.

 

[danlad]

Don't know the exact brand, but if they are the plasticky or foil type of label, fill with warm water and leave for 10mins to loosen the glue then peel back a corner with the back of a spoon and then slowly peel off.

Works with a few brands over here like Innes & Gunn or St Peter's.

 

[fratermus]

I dont know if it's the amount of glue they use, or the glue in general but I gave up. I just tossed em all.

Nowadays I just recycle any bottles that don't delabel easily. It's not worth the effort.

I agree with the prev. poster that those plasticky Amstel labels are evil. Some of the foil Japanese labels are a pain, too.

 

[kanzimonson]

Saranac labels are so difficult to get off that I've come to hate their beers.

 

[DavidSteel]

Dark Horse brewing company seems literally impossible.

 

[nicknunns]

20 minutes in oxy and GD labels slide right off for me. Maybe the glue is curing on its way to Oklahoma. They're less than a mile from me so I get the fresh stuff!