Show Us Your Label

[tugbucket]

http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/best-...-tutorials-to-level-up-your-skills-79428.html

A big list of Gimp tutorials as it looks like there are a bunch of people either already using Gimp or afraid of the learning curve.

 

[p40whk]

Here's the template for my brew

 

[jlb307]

The latest labels. I'm super excited the way they are turning out!

these turned out GREAT!
what do you keep them on with? using the milk method?

 

[RobWalker]

Just me latest, for a beer loosley based on Punk IPA (Punk - skinhead - geddit?)

pressure gonna drop on you!

 

[StittsvilleJames]

Made this label for a friend of mine who is doing his first brew this weekend coming up.

 

[p40whk]

Love both of those!

Ok, so how do you link a picture from Flicker? Mine didn't work above and I'm using the mobile app so I don't have too many options

 

[p40whk]

Let's try again:

http://m.flickr.com/photos/53493777@N07/10274261503/lightbox/

 

[501irishred]

Let's try again:

http://m.flickr.com/photos/53493777@N07/10274261503/lightbox/

Nope, can't see anything (all black)

 

[MikeCass]

these turned out GREAT!
what do you keep them on with? using the milk method?

The ones pictured I just used a glue stick because I just wanted to see how they all looked on the actual bottles. But when I am actually bottling, I use an aerosol spray adhesive I got from my local hardware store. It works great!

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback on my labels! I am super excited about them, hopefully the beer lives up to the labels haha.

 

[bizarrojosh]

Let's try again:

http://m.flickr.com/photos/53493777@N07/10274261503/lightbox/

Looks good. Is that some hobbit or lord of the rings art work?

 

[BlackGoat]

Behold the unicorn

 

[p40whk]

Looks good. Is that some hobbit or lord of the rings art work?

I was browsing through a website called deviantart.com when I ran across the dragon holding the beer. The artist does a lot of this type of work and I asked him if he would format the art for label size. It's not a hobbit or LOTR work but is in that genre.

I was going to have him draw something for me from scratch based on an idea I have (not the same genre as the dragon) but he made me a great offer to use the dragon which was a lot cheaper than paying for a new piece so I went for it

 

[Beersnob16]

Here are my first two batches bottled and labeled, I can't wait to see how they turn out.

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

Made a beer for the record release of my friend's new album!

 

[smileyak87]

Currently brewing

 

[smileyak87]

Coming spring 2014

 

[jstuts2260]

Here's my label for one of our Oktoberfest party beers. In the printed version the hops look much more crisp - not sure why they're blending in so much online. Thoughts?

 

[Reno_eNVy]

The Smoking Pumpkin (based on Yooper's Oatmeal Stout, Reno_eNVy's Punkin' Ale and my own tweaks)

This label is fraking awesome! Nightmare is one of my favorite movies (well, my #1 favorite Disney or Tim Burton movie, at least.)

 

[reverendj1]

This label is fraking awesome! Nightmare is one of my favorite movies (well, my #1 favorite Disney or Tim Burton movie, at least.)

Haha thanks. I've been a big Nightmare fan for a long time. I figured pumpkin stuff needs to be Jack related. The background was unedited by me. I just grabbed it off Deviantart or something. Most of the time I have to do a lot of tweaking to get a label right, but this image just happened to fit perfectly with my name/theme. Thank you for the pumpkin beer pointers! I think I'm going to need a few iterations with this recipe to really get it tweaked.

 

[chocotaco]

Brewed two mini-kegs of this for our Blazonctoberfest (company is Blazonco) event today. It was a big hit!

In case the text is unreadable:
"A guy drinks a Shock Top and hates it, and you think that of ME?
No. I AM the one who Shocks.

HEFEWEIZENBERG is a decidedly American wheat beer with
a hint of orange, a blast of Noble and Cascade hops, and a clean
American finish.

Its extra bitterness makes it almost like a wheaten pale ale, but its
young wheat haziness make it technically a Hefe.

At a mere 4.5% ABV, it's quite sessionable - so drink up. Don't
be shy; we'll cook another batch.

Let us know what you thought at http://high-brau.com"

 

[Titan88]

Here are a couple of mine. Tallahatchie Brewing Company out of New Albany, Mississippi. Trying to stick with a Southern theme. Got a lot of inspiration from modernlifeisANDY's labels.

 

[danielofthedale]

Brewed two mini-kegs of this for our Blazonctoberfest (company is Blazonco) event today. It was a big hit!

In case the text is unreadable:
"A guy drinks a Shock Top and hates it, and you think that of ME?
No. I AM the one who Shocks.

HEFEWEIZENBERG is a decidedly American wheat beer with
a hint of orange, a blast of Noble and Cascade hops, and a clean
American finish.

Its extra bitterness makes it almost like a wheaten pale ale, but its
young wheat haziness make it technically a Hefe.

At a mere 4.5% ABV, it's quite sessionable - so drink up. Don't
be shy; we'll cook another batch.

Let us know what you thought at http://high-brau.com"

This is amazing!!!!!!!

 

[brettwasbtd]

The latest for Simcoe Maris otter SMASH

 

[chocotaco]

This is amazing!!!!!!!

Thanks! Nobody seemed to get the joke, but everyone liked the beer (which was dead simple, recipe follows - not sure if it's more of a Wit or a Hefe but either way it's real tasty and sessionable). It was up against Kostritzer and Bitburger, and we kicked both mini-kegs of my homebrew and the others still had a bit left by the end.

HEFEWEIZENBERG
2.75 Gallon batch

~3 Gal spring water
0.5 oz Hallertauer leaf / 45 Min
0.3 oz Sweet Orange Peel / 5 min
3.15 lb NB Wheat LME / Flameout
5-6 Oz Orange Blossom Honey / Flameout
Handful of Cascade leaf (probably about .5-1 Oz) / Flameout

1 packet Danstar BRY-97 rehydrated, pitched at 60 F
Fermented at 62-65 F for 3 weeks
Kegged into two mini-kegs for a yield of 2.6 Gal and force carbed

 

[mxrob]

Our first AHA event was this year in Grand Rapids, MI. The group brew was, appropriately enough, Beer City IPA. The daughter-in-law did all the art work.

We had 8 beers to offer. Our Imperial Rum Stout ran out in just a couple hours. Lots of fun! Can't wait for next year... Grand Rapids will be hosting the AHA convention.

 

[reverendj1]

Our first AHA event was this year in Grand Rapids, MI. The group brew was, appropriately enough, Beer City IPA. The daughter-in-law did all the art work.

We had 8 beers to offer. Our Imperial Rum Stout ran out in just a couple hours. Lots of fun! Can't wait for next year... Grand Rapids will be hosting the AHA convention.

I think I had your Kona coffee stout there. Good times!

 

[501irishred]

Our first AHA event was this year in Grand Rapids, MI. The group brew was, appropriately enough, Beer City IPA. The daughter-in-law did all the art work.

I REALLY like the template! Big props to "the daughter-in-law"!!

 

[mxrob]

I think I had your Kona coffee stout there. Good times!

Yeah, we had a few different offerings.

 

[mxrob]

I REALLY like the template! Big props to "the daughter-in-law"!!

Yeah, without her artistic ability our equipment would have looked great but our labels would be stick men... LOL!

 

[Jacinthebox]

Brathair's "Red Eye'd Irish Punk Ale"