Marking bottles.

[L0nni3]

What's the easiest way to mark bottles? I tried different caps, but a few brew got the same caps. Which led to the welcomed problem of guessing what beer I was about to open. Any easy solutions to this problem?

 

[TyTanium]

Sharpie. Write a letter on the caps.

I have A for Amber, W for Weizen, P for Porter and B for Brown right now.

 

[Revvy]

Yup, a sharpie and whatever code you come up with.

 

[CGVT]

or a number code for each batch

 

[L0nni3]

...I hate I did not consider that option. Thanks y'all.

 

[rhamilton]

Sharpie the tops is a good start. You can also find colored bottle caps -- use a single color for each batch and you can easily identify them in storage or in the fridge. The pack I got had something like a dozen different colors

 

[Gregscsu]

When ever I bottle I always like to make a lable for each bottle, but I don't want to wash labels off bottles after each fill. That's why I started making labels for the bottle caps. Each of the pics will fit onto 1" labels that I put on every bottle cap, and this system is working well.
I use the Avery® White Print or Write Clear Mailing Seals for Laser and Inkjet Printers 5248, 1" Round, Pack of 480
Print or Write Mailing Seals, Clear
I just thought it would be cool to post pictures of your homebrew labels.

I use just the top picture of these labels for my bottle caps if I bottle any. Other wise I just print out a 4x6 picture of the whole label for the kegerator.

Here are a couple of mine.

 

[BrewThruYou]

I use 3/4" circular weatherproof matte inkjet labels from onlinelabels.com.

Round Labels - Circle Label - OL5275 - 0.75" Circle

 

[Penguinetti]

When ever I bottle I always like to make a lable for each bottle, but I don't want to wash labels off bottles after each fill. That's why I started making labels for the bottle caps. Each of the pics will fit onto 1" labels that I put on every bottle cap, and this system is working well.
I use the Avery® White Print or Write Clear Mailing Seals for Laser and Inkjet Printers 5248, 1" Round, Pack of 480
Print or Write Mailing Seals, Clear
I just thought it would be cool to post pictures of your homebrew labels.

I use just the top picture of these labels for my bottle caps if I bottle any. Other wise I just print out a 4x6 picture of the whole label for the kegerator.

Here are a couple of mine.

What program do you use to make those labels?

 

[Gregscsu]

Inkscape

Free and relatively easy

 

[Calichusetts]

Easy...cheap...colored rubber bands. Just keep track of what means what

 

[drunkrhino]

i had some custom caps printed out from bottlemark.com as gifts

 

[E-Mursed]

Sharpie....hands down the cheapest, quickest, and easiest method.

 

[badbrew]

Go to the store and get these:
SupplyBuy - Avery Print or Write Removable Color-Coding Labels - 3/4in dia, Assorted, 1008/Pack

Write on them.

 

[Sippin37]

Easy...cheap...colored rubber bands. Just keep track of what means what

I like this idea a lot being that I use custom bottle caps from Bottlemark.com, which are the same for all of my brews, it just has my brewery logo on it. Definitely going to start doing this.