Labels that make you pass up a beer

[DRoyLenz]

well as the bird said I am not drinking it out of the bottle or the can, and in every other aspect the can is far superior to the bottle.

I think it just comes down to my perception. When I think of can's, I'm thinking of the days back at school when we would tailgate by drinking piss warm Busch Light or something. Don't get me wrong, I always had a blast, but when I'm standing in front of a shelf of good craft brews, I don't want to be reminded of that.

Next time I'm at the store, I will try and turn off my preconceived notions about it, but up until this point, a can has been a deal breaker for me.

 

[Pivot]

Innis and Gunn oak aged beer. Has anybody seen this thing? my god i started drooling just looking at it on the shelf and just had to have one. they look absolutely delicious. although they do come in a clear bottle which is a little taboo.

Try and tell me right now you don't want to run out and find one of these beauties

 

[FireNightFly]

That looks damn good! Their marketing guy is genious!

 

[david_42]

I've never purchased or rejected a beer because of the label, unless it has the word "extreme" in it.

 

[JKoravos]

Innis and Gunn oak aged beer. Has anybody seen this thing? my god i started drooling just looking at it on the shelf and just had to have one. they look absolutely delicious. although they do come in a clear bottle which is a little taboo.

Try and tell me right now you don't want to run out and find one of these beauties

Clear (and green) bottles are a huge no-no in my book. I would never buy a beer in a clear or green bottle unless it's in a 6/12/24-pk that is fully light protected.

 

[Hound_Dog]

I will never buy any beers from Schmaltz brewing. Their labels make my head hurt.

Also I find that the labels on Smuttynose beers fit what's inside. The labels look like they were made with MS paint or something with a picture glued in the middle.

Honestly the main thing about labels that turns me off is an inability to find the information that I want to find on them. Labels that are just too busy=beer that I won't drink.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Labels don't taste good. I like the beer behind them.

 

[FireNightFly]

Labels don't taste good. I like the beer behind them.

roflmao

 

[Brewin06111]

Labels don't taste good. I like the beer behind them.

 

[smitty2324]

I'm guessing that you wouldn't like my Skulldog Plane iPA, then:

 

[switched]

I never liked the labels from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.... Black background.. Plain white text.. Some ugly low quality picture on front.. Very blah, and unappealing.

 

[hbomb]

Ska, Racer 5, Magic Hat...I'm not a fan of really bright or modern looking labels. It's beer not an energy drink.

 

[BrianTheBrewer]

Ya Racer 5 kinda suck

 

[goose_on_fire]

Weird, I've bought lots of Racer 5 and I just realized I couldn't begin to sketch what's on the label. Same with a bunch of these-- I couldn't have told you if Morimoto had a fist-pump guy or not.

I mean, I know Stone has gargoyles and Ballast Point has fish and Lagunitas has that dog, but I bought a sixer of Brown Shugga not two hours ago, and am drinking one out of a glass, and couldn't tell you what the bottle looked like other than it said "Brown Shugga" and probably has a dog on it.

Maybe my memory just doesn't work for things like that. Maybe drinking the beer erases my short-term memory of the bottle. Maybe I'm just a bad consumer. I dunno. To answer the question though, I don't remember ever consciously avoiding or choosing a beer based on the label, and it would never have occurred to me without this thread. Maybe I'll keep an eye out for it from now on.

 

[Pabst Blue Robot]

The only labels that really deter me are those that display cheap gimmicks or overtly low brow humor; it just seems like a fly by night effort to sell off dull beer. I often to gravitate towards beers with labels that incorporate clever puns, either visually or in the name. I also dig continuity in the artwork, I think it subliminally encourages trying all the beers in a company's lineup. These factors are all secondary of course to any information I have to go on about the actual beer itself, but when you're at the beer store and looking for something new, often the label will push you over the edge.

 

[fineexampl]

nobody wants this?

 

[r2eng]

The only labels that irritate me are ones that do not tell me what style the beer is... yes, there are a few out there!

I couldn't give a sh!t about the artwork. What am I buying? OK, Rogue doesn't have the best labels, but they tell me what I need to know.

 

[FireNightFly]

nobody wants this?

I love how the makers of that beer say "Enjoy the crisp, salty taste ....."
Yea when I buy beer I say, dammit, give me some salty beer with a lady pissing in my bottle on the cover, lol.

 

[scrambledegg81]

Labels don't taste good. I like the beer behind them.

Yoink.

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[justflow1983]

The one beer I always avoided because of the label has turned into one of my favorites. Cascazilla from Ithaca Brewing always turned me off because it just looked like too much label, not enough beer. It also seemed out of place with their branding. Now I love it though, too bad I can't get it over here in the Emerald Isle.

 

[Tonedef131]

I'm guessing that you wouldn't like my Skulldog Plane iPA, then:

Hahahaha this is my favorite post of all time.

Good show my friend.

 

[middleofnowhere]

Innis and Gunn oak aged beer. Has anybody seen this thing? my god i started drooling just looking at it on the shelf and just had to have one. they look absolutely delicious. although they do come in a clear bottle which is a little taboo.

Try and tell me right now you don't want to run out and find one of these beauties

I always have a 6 pack of these in my fridge....delicious!

 

[Homercidal]

Innis and Gunn oak aged beer. Has anybody seen this thing? my god i started drooling just looking at it on the shelf and just had to have one. they look absolutely delicious. although they do come in a clear bottle which is a little taboo.

Try and tell me right now you don't want to run out and find one of these beauties

Clear Bottle be DAMNED! That looks tasty right there! :rockin:

 

[fezzman]

Great Divide's labels are about as bland as I've seen...and I don't hesitate to grab 'em up. Loves me some GD.

OTOH, I am currently collecting bottles with dogs on the labels. Especially if they are pits, labs, boxers and the like. There is a lady in our brew club that makes awesome serving trays with beer labels and decoupage. I've gotta save up at least 40 of 'em...long way to go still.

 

[Pivot]

a local brewery here in fredericton bottles a Porter with a big black dog on the front, and the brew is even named Man's Best Friend. Haha I personally like it, but I guess for whatever reason this dude just doesn't like dogs. I wouldnt hesitate to buy a skulldog plane IPA if I thought it was going to taste good. Someone should really just market that beer to piss of the first poster royally haha

 

[menschmaschine]

Innus and Gunn comes in individual boxes too, which would negate the clear bottle issue.

 

[Pivot]

That looks damn good! Their marketing guy is genious!

He really is. i've never seen a beer other then this one that jumps off the shelf at you, it really is amazing. The beer itself is absolutely amazing too, but this thread was about appearance so I didnt mention it before

But yes if you find one of these pick them up. there are limited edition ones out there right now marketed as being triple matured oak aged beer, and come in a fancy ass box, so if you find one of these I suggest picking it up.

Although, the way they bottle these things I dont know why they would WANT to sell it in a box. A little peculiar to me..

 

[Pivot]

Innus and Gunn comes in individual boxes too, which would negate the clear bottle issue.

From what I have seen only the limited edition brews they put out each year come in boxes. The regular oak aged beer and their blonde ale is always on sale at my local liquor store, and they are never sold in boxes.

 

[menschmaschine]

From what I have seen only the limited edition brews they put out each year come in boxes. The regular oak aged beer and their blonde ale is always on sale at my local liquor store, and they are never sold in boxes.

I bought the regular "Cask Strength" in a box in the UK, but perhaps some of their beers don't come with boxes.

 

[Pivot]

yea I think the two that I mentioned are the ones that are available year round, while the others like the cask ale that are available every once in awhile are sold in boxes. I just oicked up a triple matured oak aged that ive never seen beofre in a box, and I had one of those rum cask ones last year and I havent seen one of those since