Labels that make you pass up a beer

[Mongrel]

This one caught my attention and I bought a bomber just because of the label.

I love the label. How full of hop particles was your bottle? Tasted great, but it was chunky.

 

[paulster2626]

Great Lakes 666 caught my eye at the liquor store last night, and it's pretty good - glad I bought two!

 

[pjj2ba]

and this was number 2 - a character literally blowing chunks.. disgusting

Not blowing chunks, but inhaling - AMBROSIA SALAD

 

[nutty_gnome]

Food of the gods or not, that half-acre label stinks on ice.

 

[kh54s10]

#1

#2

I actually like Miller products!

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Technically coors is miller. lol

i cant say that a label drives me away from the beer just gets my attention to look at the bottle and see what's inside and gets me to buy their beer. I'm a big fan of Jester king's labels. It has all the information and a little paragraph telling a little story of the person on the lable

Though i cant stand these lables from this brewery/farm for some reason.

 

[Tenspeed]

There goes my idea of a unicorn ****ting out a pile or rainbow for my label.

I'd buy that beer in a heartbeat.

The more sparkly the unicorn, the better. Write the name of the brewery in glitter? Oh yeah.

 

[mountainman13]

I can't believe anybody who calls themselves a beer lover would pass up something that you could potentially love over what it comes in and what it has on it. If Funkwerks Aurora was packaged in a man-part shaped bottle molded out of Chinese lead, with Osama Bin Laden riding a puking skeleton unicorn on the label, I'd still buy it.

 

[kh54s10]

Technically coors is miller. lol

Haven't had a Coors since the late 70's to maybe 1980. I thought they were that bad.

I remember when Coors first became available on the east coast. Everyone was so excited. I tried some and thought what is so special? This s#*t sucks!

I think Coors and Miller were separate companies then.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Yes they were. They just merged recently i believe. I dont like miller at all, The original coors (not light) i think its the best out of all miller and bud beers. I havent bought them since getting out of college and have money to spend on quality/local beer and making it. My extened family a big miller fan yet my beer they call "exotic" lol.

 

[RainyDay]

I'm more encouraged to buy a beer I havent heard of or dont know anything about if they give a brief description about the beer on the label/carton. I mean come on, you spend a lot of time making the beer, so sell me on it! Especially if they dont even list the style. With IPAs specifically, I absolutely pass on some that dont list the hops/IBUs/etc because there are so many crappy and light IPAs out there that have almost no hop flavor. I also avoid anything that says balanced malt/solid malt backbone/etc, an IPA should be an orgasmic hop explosion in your mouth.

 

[paulster2626]

I'm more encouraged to buy a beer I havent heard of or dont know anything about if they give a brief description about the beer on the label/carton. I mean come on, you spend a lot of time making the beer, so sell me on it! Especially if they dont even list the style. With IPAs specifically, I absolutely pass on some that dont list the hops/IBUs/etc because there are so many crappy and light IPAs out there that have almost no hop flavor. I also avoid anything that says balanced malt/solid malt backbone/etc, an IPA should be an orgasmic hop explosion in your mouth.

Agreed. Bought this last night as well, and it sucks. It's an "IPA" trying to be a lager:

All it had on it (I think) was some story about an elephant. Sadly the packaging was more interesting than the contents.

 

[ong]

Sam Smith, because that gold foil around the neck is such a pain to scrub off!

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

I can't believe anybody who calls themselves a beer lover would pass up something that you could potentially love over what it comes in and what it has on it. If Funkwerks Aurora was packaged in a man-part shaped bottle molded out of Chinese lead, with Osama Bin Laden riding a puking skeleton unicorn on the label, I'd still buy it.

Amen haha buuuut. I like a beer that tells me whats in there before I buy it.

 

[smitty2324]

I can't believe anybody who calls themselves a beer lover would pass up something that you could potentially love over what it comes in and what it has on it. If Funkwerks Aurora was packaged in a man-part shaped bottle molded out of Chinese lead, with Osama Bin Laden riding a puking skeleton unicorn on the label, I'd still buy it.

I'd buy BMC in that packaging... That would be a collector's itwm.

 

[mountainman13]

Amen haha buuuut. I like a beer that tells me whats in there before I buy it.

True. Couldn't agree more.

 

[KPSquared]

I can't believe anybody who calls themselves a beer lover would pass up something that you could potentially love over what it comes in and what it has on it. If Funkwerks Aurora was packaged in a man-part shaped bottle molded out of Chinese lead, with Osama Bin Laden riding a puking skeleton unicorn on the label, I'd still buy it.

So far, that is the best thing I have read on HBT. Sig worthy for sure.

 

[ElCapitan]

If I had to pick a brewery with the most annoying labels, it's Ska Brewery all the way. Their labeles look like a cheesy attempt to be hip that it comes off looking stupid.

Considering I am a fan of the music genre, I went to the website to see the labels and see if I agree or not. They are definitely trying too hard. Additionally, they do another thing that I absolutely hate: play music on the website without asking or having a good way to turn it off. Enraging!

I will never hold bad packaging against a good beer. When presented with 6 coolers full of single bottles at a liquor store, however, presentation makes a difference. Most importantly, I like to know what is inside. I like knowing the IBU, ABV, and OG for sure, and SRM and FG are cool. If a bottle has those, I think it is safe to assume that the brewery cares about their product and respects the tastes of their consumer. An actual description of the beer is icing on the cake. Lastly, great art is or nice aesthetic can make the difference between this one or that one. If I'm torn between two beers as my last for a sixpack, I'm gonna pick the cooler looking one. Simple as that.

 

[lou2row]

First, if dogs have nothing to do with beer, than neither do fish. So don't get on one and then say you like the other. The word you are living is hypocritical.

I enjoy a nice label. I run a bacteria lab, and one of my pet peeves to all my operators is take the time to put the labels on right. They are just blank labels, but it looks amateur if they are askew or not affixed nicely. I think it says a lot for our pride in what we do. I can appreciate a well thought out name or label.

Things that I enjoy:
sexy women
dogs
flying dogs artwork
artistic labels
fun, tongue in cheek humor
Nice fonts fitting to the artwork or beer style
sexy women
Being able to read who made it, what kind of beer it is, and other pertinent info.

DO NOT care for:
so busy they make my eyes sore
hidden beer type
ones that appear to be an inside joke
lame attempts to make words with "hops" in them
so blunt a two year old gets the innuendo
male genitalia

 

[the_bird]

While I'd like to think that marketing aspects don't influence my decisions, I will admit to buying Red Hook's pilsner last night in part because of the stubby bottles (I was really craving a pilsner, but the bottles probably led me to Red Hook over something else). I've bought Anchor Steam at least in part for the bottles as well (and I don't even bottle anymore!).

Does that make me a hypocrite?

 

[arturo7]

Lagunitas has a dog on the label. Lagunitas kicks arse.

I wouldn't let a label stop me from trying something new. Unless it had a unicorn on it. I'd need to think twice about a unicorn label.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Lagunitas has a dog on the label. Lagunitas kicks arse.

I wouldn't let a label stop me from trying something new. Unless it had a unicorn on it. I'd need to think twice about a unicorn label.

What about Unicorns vs ninjas?

or Blaecorn Unidragon?

Those are some bad ass labels especially the unicorn vs ninjas

 

[weirdboy]

I saw the Ninja vs Unicorn beer when I was in Chicago a month or two ago, but despite the awesome label I neglected to buy a bottle.

 

[arturo7]

What about Unicorns vs ninjas?


Those are some bad ass labels especially the unicorn vs ninjas

That looks like an evil unicorn. I'd probably try it.

 

[phoenixs4r]

Almost passed this up cause I didn't like the logo. Glad I didn't! Tasty.

 

[CHefJohnboyardee]

Anything from Lakefront Brewing other than Bridgeburner and Fixed Gear. The rest of their labels are blah. I enjoy most of their beers and really love Bridgeburner. Their Organic ESB looks like a Ben and Jerry's container and another one of their labels- I forget which- looks like it should be a patch on a Boy Scout uniform. Still like most of their beers though.

I tend to try a lot of things. When I moved from Ohio to South Dakota there were so many beer companies that I could get in SD than in Ohio. I bought to many mixed six packs... I learned what companies I liked more than others and I rarely get beer from the companies that did not impress me in those first mixers. When the 'bad' companies release something new I probably won't buy it until someone has told me it was good and I should try it.

Labels, we don't need no stinkin' labels!

 

[amandabab]

I'm always a little embarrassed bringing "hoppy Bunny" to the checkout.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Here's an artical i found that could fit into this thread

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2012/08/worst_beer_labels.php#more

I dont agree with some because their good beer. Not all but some.

 

[sb68]

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Almost passed this up cause I didn't like the logo. Glad I didn't! Tasty.

Have several of those in the fridge that came in the box I bought and just can't bring myself to drink em. :cross:

 

[ktblunden]

Here's an artical i found that could fit into this thread

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2012/08/worst_beer_labels.php#more

I dont agree with some because their good beer. Not all but some.

You know, I bet the Houston Press could offset some of their costs by selling some advertising space on their website. It's an untapped market just waiting for them to take advantage.

I don't understand what his problem with Racer 5 is. It's a race number 5 against a checkered flag. I would think someone from Texas would understand race imagery.