Show Us Your Label

[agrazela]

Shoulda called it "Yellow Snow"

 

[Bargerbrew]

Shoulda called it "Yellow Snow"

I thought about it, but I wanted friends to drink it!

 

[bobeer]

Here's one I made during my lunch break yesterday. It's for my first bottled batch in a year or so--since I started kegging. Going to age these guys for a while! I might even wax the caps. I'll post the finished product when I get there. I wanted it to look sort of like a moonshine label.

 

[njviking]

Just finished this one. gonna play with the fonts a little but overall I'm pretty happy with it

 

[Gooners]

Hi! I'm new here and new to homebrewing. Front and back labels for my planned beers for the year.

 

[DirtyBurd]

Rough Draft

 

[monkeeroot]

Dapper ESB ready for sharing.

 

[rockydog101]

Dapper ESB ready for sharing.

That is great! What did you use to print?

 

[monkeeroot]

That is great! What did you use to print?

Thanks.

The labels were designed in Photoshop, laid out in MSWord, and printed on light card stock with a laser printer. Cutting them out with scissors is a pain in the a$$ but luckily I don't have to cut too many of them.

Originally I had designed the labels for bottles, but I usually share my homebrew in growlers so the tag option just made sense.

 

[Tippsy-Turvy]

Here's my first label:

 

[sharxbyte]

Here's my label. Don't have the ABV yet, but I'll put it on before printing out the labels and sticking them on.

 

[njviking]

Hi! I'm new here and new to homebrewing. Front and back labels for my planned beers for the year.

I Like the clean simplicity of your label. If i were shopping, i would definitely stop and read it.xr

 

[njviking]

Here's my label. Don't have the ABV yet, but I'll put it on before printing out the labels and sticking them on.

Dig it...:rockin:

 

[Gooners]

I Like the clean simplicity of your label. If i were shopping, i would definitely stop and read it.xr

Thanks! I wanted to try to keep it refined a little to highlight the portraits. I might change the background color a little.

 

[Schemy]

Relocating this. My hand drawn Gaurdians of the Galaxy inspired, "Starlord Galaxy Ale" label. CC welcomed and encouraged.

Can I steal this for a Galaxy Pale Ale I'm doing for our club beer camp.

 

[CAustin919]

Just a simple label for my orange honey blonde. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1427552169.765258.jpg

 

[mike89t]

My new "Extra Special Bitter" label and the final printed product with custom bottle caps from Grogtag

 

[Siberian]

I've gone to a simpler style of label recently mostly because my old labels took so long to make I didn't have the time to finish them for every batch.

I can make 3 of these layouts in the time it took to do one of the other. They're a bit more retro in style. I'll probably keep tweaking the template but I'm pretty happy so far.

I even redid one of my old labels in this new style:

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Printing them on tinted paper gives them a bit more pop:

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Also cheaper since it's only Black toner and I get 9 to a page for 12oz and 6 for bombers.

 

[danhauk]

Printing them on tinted paper gives them a bit more pop:

I love the idea of printing on colored paper! Gives it color to differentiate at a glance without using any extra (expensive) ink.

 

[Kharnynb]

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The colored paper trick i have to try, that sounds like a good way to make more labels, cheapish.

I've been useing milk as an adhesive, it seems to work well, it sticks, but also comes off with a bit of hot water.

 

[Pyg]

( slightly )

What program is everyone using for these labels?
I had previously used word, but it always came out like poo!

 

[Kharnynb]

I use gimp and generally just search for labels that are similar to what i want and then edit them.

I'd use photoshop, but i don't like paying that much ;D

 

[Sanker]

I HIGHLY recommend using Knox gelatin as an adhesive... super cheap, easy and it will stay on submerged in a cooler! Little hot water and its off in seconds! Search the forum for Knox and you'll find instructions

 

[Siberian]

I second the Knox, works great.

 

[Siberian]

( slightly )

What program is everyone using for these labels?
I had previously used word, but it always came out like poo!

I make mine in Gimp which is sort of an open source version of Photoshop.

 

[rockydog101]

I had mine printed through grogtag. I like how they came out.

 

[sboyajian]

The new label for my Black IPA (I was wearing a Johnny Cash shirt when I named it, brewed it and racked to secondary -- purely by coincidence).

 

[dad23ds]

My daughter's 21st is in a couple of days. I packaged a case of AHS Raspberry Tart. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1428194350.014664.jpg

 

[tkline808]

Woke up in the middle of the night and couldnt get back to sleep. So I started on a label for my latest. Its a feeble Colette clone.

 

[Nomofett]

( slightly )

What program is everyone using for these labels?
I had previously used word, but it always came out like poo!

I use photoshop and love it, but if you don't want to spend a lot of money and are an honest law abiding citizen, then GIMP is free substitute, or even photoshop elements (much cheaper) would be good. For some reason I always had bad luck with gimp but most that try it dig it

 

[Aniseed]

Gimp user here also!
Been a lurker here forever, recently joined - here is one of my latest label projects; for a porter I brewed last month and the "poster" I did to go along with it (I usually print one of these to photo paper and hang it in my home bar when I tap a new beer) - the race car is from iracing - a online racing simulation that I do when time permits

And a label for a Moose Drool clone:

And my new "Skeeter Pee" label - wanted something a little more "wine" looking for this brew, but still wanted to retain some of the "tongue-in-cheek" humor of it's heritage- the name is the french translation of "the piss of the mosquito" - At least according to google translate.

 

[rockydog101]

I use photoshop and love it, but if you don't want to spend a lot of money and are an honest law abiding citizen, then GIMP is free substitute, or even photoshop elements (much cheaper) would be good. For some reason I always had bad luck with gimp but most that try it dig it

For anyone using a Mac, Pixelmator is incredible. It's not free, but not expensive.

 

[BBBco]

My first attempt at labels. These will be for the kegerator. Feedback welcome!

 

[helterscelter]

And my new "Skeeter Pee" label - wanted something a little more "wine" looking for this brew, but still wanted to retain some of the "tongue-in-cheek" humor of it's heritage- the name is the french translation of "the piss of the mosquito" - At least according to google translate.

Wow. Your "skeeter pee" is 18.5%abv ?!

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

 

[phug]

This will be the generic base for my label, thanks to the guys in the label help thread and the Knox thread for label applicationView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1428757337.826577.jpg

 

[jimdkc]

For anyone using a Mac, Pixelmator is incredible. It's not free, but not expensive.

Another strong endorsement for Pixelmator here if you have a Mac!

 

[MarkKF]

My first attempt at labels. These will be for the kegerator. Feedback welcome!

I love both. I wish I was as creative.

 

[zippy84]

First stout and first label.. a stout with a chocolate twist. It is still in the fermenter and at 6% after only a week it's going to finish quite a bit stronger than I expected... hence the name.:cross:

 

[Bargerbrew]

I like that one Zippy84.

 

[zippy84]

Good to hear, bar the waay off metric conversion it worked out well, obviously I don't normally deal in ounces!!