label keg contents

[kappclark]

How do others do this ??

I use sticky labels that need to be scraped off...same with better bottle fermenter ..

any good ideas for identifying what's in the chest freezer ? (I still use cobra taps, so tap handles won't help right now..)

 

[tnshurtm]

not sure, but wax pencil or crayon??

 

[Ace_Club]

I use dry erase markers. Wipe right off the SS kegs with a wet rag.

 

[KevinM]

I was using some cheap labels on a string from an office supply store, however they get moldy when they get damp (in the keezer). But I'll still be using them for kegs waiting in line since I can just loop then on the relief valve pull ring and remove them later (proably when I put them into the keezer).

Once I put them in, I believe that I'll avoid marking them or tagging them, and instead write outside the keezer on an erasable board or something. Either a chalk board, white board, or the glass board from ikea that was mentioned somewhere in the forum.

I may just put a bit of clear duct tape on the labels too, that'd seal it from the moisture, and the things are about the size of two quarters, so it's not like they take up much.

 

[I_B_Mongo]

Some people just use painters tape. I like to use a photo holder with an adhesive back (like what you might see in a locker or a scrap book) Then just an index card with the beer type, abv, brew and keg date. Once the keg kicks just pull the card, clean, sanitize, label "SANITIZED", and throw it on the shelf for the next batch.

 

[JuanMoore]

Blue painters tape.

 

[shortyjacobs]

Painters tape on the kegs, chalkboard on the fridge, (before the chalkboard, more painters tape on the fridge). I also have a system of colored electrical tape tags on the handles, (red for dirty, blue for clean but not sanitized, green for sanitized), but I typically forget to remove/change the tags when I clean/sanitize a keg, so they are always wrong/out of date.

 

[wilceaser]

I use toe tags, that I made up. I tie them to the handle of the lid. The tag conatins: Brew Name, Style, Date Brewed, Date Kegged.

 

[RensBerserker]

I use tags like these that I picked up from Harbor Freight. I bought a multi-pack of caribiners (also from HF), and use the smallest size on the tags, to latch them onto the relief valves or lid handles.

 

[shortyjacobs]

I use tags like these that I picked up from Harbor Freight. I bought a multi-pack of caribiners (also from HF), and use the smallest size on the tags, to latch them onto the relief valves or lid handles.

I like that....very slick.

 

[kappclark]

Blue painters tape.

Could do double duty on better bottle and the keg .. just add the keg date ot the tape on transfer day, and move the label to the keg... simple enough

The Harbor Freight tags are slick

 

[lschiavo]

Blue painters tape.

Me too. Been using this since day one. Transfer from fermentor to keg and record dates/gravity along the way. The white masking tape makes a mess though.

 

[MrFoodScientist]

What about Contact Paper, you could write on it with anything, and it should peel off without residue.

 

[kpr121]

I use white electricial tape and a sharpie marker. I put it on the fermentor after brewday. The tape easily peels off, and is then transferred to the keg. I try to include the following information:
Brew Date, OG, Yeast, Keg Date, FG, % ABV.

 

[corkybstewart]

I use tags like these that I picked up from Harbor Freight. I bought a multi-pack of caribiners (also from HF), and use the smallest size on the tags, to latch them onto the relief valves or lid handles.

I use the cheap toe tags also but I like these things.
I've never had trouble with the tags getting moldy, I use permanent markers to label them with info like style or name, kegged date, OG and FG. I prefer tags to labels because once they're in the chest freezer it's hard to read what's written on the side.