Labels for Six Beers I Contributed for an Event

[Pappers_]

Fuller explanation here: https://www.singingboysbrewing.com/...h4oYVbclnCP4fxLyw0GKUZyQLZeWXxvsnlQS0J7vOgVKY

 

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[Jag75]

Those are nice labels.

 

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Those are nice labels.

Thanks, they're not as professional as some of the ones that folks here make, but I can punch them out pretty quickly on photoshop and they're distinctive.

Here they are lined up on the bottles:

 

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Here's a sheet I'm including with the beers, to explain:

The Beers

Your prize includes six beers that I currently have available, representing a wide-range of styles, flavors and experiences. I was able to include three beers that won medals at competitions. The world of beer styles is extremely broad (much broader than wine styles, for example) and I hope you enjoy these examples.

Patersbier

An example of the Trappist Single style from Belgium. Trappist ales are traditionally brewed at Trappist Abbeys. The Trappist Single is not widely available commercially, because it is the style the monks brew for their own consumption – it’s their table beer, to be enjoyed with meals. Its light, refreshing, easy-to-drink, with some of the typical Belgian beer qualities, but more restrained. Pale, dry, effervescent, with a firm bitterness, with Belgian-esque spice and fruit flavors adding interest.

Vaclav Havel was a Poet Warrior

My latest version of the Czech Pilsner style. Pale and relatively light, with a surprisingly complex malt profile, reminding me of baguettes, supporting a firm hop bitterness. A lager, without the fruitiness typical of ales. This example is perhaps a touch sweeter than the best examples of the style, but still easy drinking.

Heart of Darkness (Silver Medal, 2019 Chicago Winterbrew Competition)

This stout is stylistically right down the middle of the road – some roasty coffee notes, some chocolate aromas and flavors, some cherry and pit fruit aromas and flavors add interest. Not a big heavy stout, but a lighter (in mouthfeel, not color) and easy to drink version.

Strong Man (Bronze Medal, 2019 Chicago Winterbrew Competition)

An American Barleywine, this is a big, boozy beer. Barleywine originated as a style in England and American brewers have taken it and made it our own. We’ve kept the big malty profile, but have increased the hop profile significantly – both bitterness and hop flavor. This example features some stereotypical American varieties of hops – Centennial, Citra and Amarillo – which give both citrus and piney qualities. A good bottle to share with someone, late at night, sipping from a snifter.

Shaken Not Stirred

This is a barrel-aged beer, which means after the beer was fermented, we put it in a barrel to age for some months, where it picks up flavors and aromas from the charred oak and from the liquor originally aged in it. This beer is a Saison, a Belgian farmhouse style and the barrel we aged it in is a Koval Gin barrel. This is a complex beer – malt, black pepper, lemon, oak, and gin botanicals (like juniper) all combine in a beer that I really enjoy.

Barrel Lifter (Gold Medal, 2017 Brixtoberfest)

This is an Imperial Stout – a 12% abv version of a stout – aged in a bourbon barrel. Like the barleywine, a big sipping beer, but more complex with roasted coffee, bitterness, chocolate, rich caramel, vanilla, oak and bourbon.

 

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Wow, that really is a crap photo . . . LOL

 

[C-Rider]

Pretty Fancy, but labels put on bottles after the contest I'd guess as they have the medal mentions. Here we must submit bottles w/o any kind of label. I do simple ones using online software from Avery on 2" x 4" labels.

 

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Pretty Fancy, but labels put on bottles after the contest I'd guess as they have the medal mentions. Here we must submit bottles w/o any kind of label. I do simple ones using online software from Avery on 2" x 4" labels.View attachment 613700 View attachment 613701

Nice! Yeah, I rarely put labels on bottles, only if I'm giving them away for something like this fundraising raffle. Otherwise, I just rely on my secret code on the bottle cap to keep them straight. Most of my beers are in kegs initially, in any case.

 

[C-Rider]

Nice! Yeah, I rarely put labels on bottles, only if I'm giving them away for something like this fundraising raffle. Otherwise, I just rely on my secret code on the bottle cap to keep them straight. Most of my beers are in kegs initially, in any case.

I bottle everything and label them all. That way I can keep track and it looks good when friends come over. LOL

that American Imperial Stout brewed last year I sent two off to a contest. Should hear about them in a month.