Labels that make you pass up a beer

[Pivot]

Or how about this one boys. Doesn't this just make you want to cry, its just so gorgeous.

The box looks so ornate and beautiful, and the bottle has a serial number on it for christ sake. Budweiser eat your heart out, this baby is the true king of beers.

 

[JVD_X]

I don't buy beers that have hard to remove labels. That means YOU Stone.

 

[passedpawn]

I don't buy beers that have hard to remove labels. That means YOU Stone.

Guffaw. So funny.

 

[passedpawn]

Or how about this one boys. Doesn't this just make you want to cry, its just so gorgeous.

The box looks so ornate and beautiful, and the bottle has a serial number on it for christ sake. Budweiser eat your heart out, this baby is the true king of beers.

Yes, that is taking your product seriously. Also, I love when brewers like Fulllers have their name molded into the bottle. Cool.

 

[niquejim]

Or how about this one boys. Doesn't this just make you want to cry, its just so gorgeous.

The box looks so ornate and beautiful, and the bottle has a serial number on it for christ sake. Budweiser eat your heart out, this baby is the true king of beers.

I've said it before, but if there was only one brewery left in the world I would want it to be Fuller's

edit:
That's a good beer

 

[Casey27]

No dogs, eh?

How about cats?

I think Jolly Pumpkin has the best labels of anyone.

 

[Zul'jin]

I would totally make it with that cat. If I were a cat. Or if I were cat sized.

 

[Tonedef131]

No dogs, eh?

How about cats?

I think Jolly Pumpkin has the best labels of anyone.

You got me there, that is one of the best beers of all time and although I don't care for the bam bier label I would buy it even if it raped my mother.

BTW cats > dogs

 

[Pivot]

I've said it before, but if there was only one brewery left in the world I would want it to be Fuller's
edit:
That's a good beer

I whole heartedly agree

 

[Chester]

Here is a brewery I avoid just because of the label:

I keep expecting it to say "malt liquor" or something on it. I've actually been meaning to try it since its brewed not far from my hometown but I still cant get over the labels...

 

[Nugent]

what iirtates me more than crappy artwork is the lack of information many berwies include on the label. ABV, SG, IBU's, those should be mandatory.

Thank you! Yes!

This is something that is severely lacking in Canadian craftbrews. I would add the hop type(s) as well.

 

[Pivot]

I think the hop types on the bottle is kind of overkill. The only person who would ever care about that is a homebrewer. It would just confuse the crap out of everybody else, and clutter the label up. I think the only information necessary on a beer label is alcohol %, name of brewery, the style of beer and whatever name the brewery came up with for that specific brew.

Oh and the little blurbs they sometimes pout on the back. Those are nice too because they give information as to what your drinking, but they are on the back so its not as important as to what it looks like

 

[Grizzlybrew]

I just found this one:

And, usually I'm all for teats!

 

[Pivot]

wow, now thats just hideous...

 

[Six_O_Turbo]

This one.... makes children cry.

 

[GunnerMan]

Some labels influence what I buy, not because they look stupid but because they look low budget. If the beer label looks low budget I think the beer is too. Thats not to say I wont try it if put in front of me. I am not going to judge a beer by a breweries taste in art though .

 

[Pivot]

well said, I like that

 

[MeatyPortion]

I'll try any beer. While I'm drinking it or afterwards I'll ponder the bottle art. And that's what it should be: an afterthought.

 

[rico567]

I think some breweries are going way, way over the top in an attempt to get attention. Bottom line is what's inside. Red Hook has a fairly plain label, yet contains good beer. The new Michelob "crafts" have a handsome bottle and high end labels, but the contents are underwhelming. Of course, there are great beers with over-the-top labeling, too, such as Unibroue.

 

[KPSquared]

Bringing an old thread back from the dead just 'cause I tried a beer with a complete crap label and inside was complete crap. . . Although SWMBO mixed it with Pepsi and it was tolerable. . .that says something about the quality. . .

 

[MicroBrewMaster]

When i am browsing the bomber aisle at my local store if its a brewery i never heard of them i do judge some what by art work. Before i heard of ballast point I passed on sculpin many times, just not diggin that fish, seemed really cheesy to me

 

[signpost]

I can't stand Magic Hat's labels. I bought a 6er of #9 at some point. The beer wasn't impressive enough to get me to ignore the stupid ass labels.

 

[codycodycody]

I just can't get into red hook

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

I just can't get into red hook

Iv had many beers redhook is very much unenjoyable. Hard to believe there still brewing.

 

[codycodycody]

Iv had many beers redhook is very much unenjoyable. Hard to believe there still brewing.

I picked up a sixer of their IPA be cause one of my sister companies redesigned their logo/bottle. Not impressed at all.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I may never have bought this beer, had I not had "the snip-snip" surgery...

 

[Glynn]

This is the superficial beer thread. This is for those labels that you just think are so stupid that you won't pick that beer up on the shelf and just pass it on by. Not necessarily ones you just don't really think about because they aren't creative, but ones that suck so bad it makes you not want to support that brewery. This thread is not for talking about how delicious a beer inside the bottle is, but how poor of a job they did labeling it.

For me, anything involving Aviation or Dogs on the label is never getting bought by my. Some breweries will theme their entire line of beers off of these and I think it's a big mistake. Sure planes are kinda cool and I like dogs a bunch, but what the hell do they have to do with beer? I don't wanna think about your dog drooling and all his hair floating around the brewery when I am drinking your beer...gross. There has also been two breweries in my state that have gone under after using an aviation theme as their entire marketing approach. Coincidence? Not likely.

Pretty much anything sporting skulls or that has like a skull and crossbones on the label. This is the most redneck approach you can take to anything. Just stop.

so no wingwalker or fling dog for you huh. what a shame

 

[thekage]

It could sport a dog flying an airplane through eyes of a skull and crossbones

Thats Badass. I'm making that label.

 

[iambeer]

best labels are sierra nevada and jolly pumpkin. i love the art


worst is the red white and blue banners of bud and friends... extremely irritating

 

[shaneogle89]

I can't think of any that I don't buy because I don't like the label but I can say I gravitate more towards bottles that I think is interesting. You can't go wrong with gargoyles on Stone's beers!