When do you label?

[jimmarshall]

At what point in the bottling process do you affix your labels?

 

[AnOldUR]

When do you label?

During the first year or so of your brewing career. After that, it’ll either be a something scribbled on the cap with a Sharpie or kegging.

 

[sfgoat]

During the first year or so of your brewing career. After that, it’ll either be a something scribbled on the cap with a Sharpie or kegging.

This!

 

[jimmarshall]

During the first year or so of your brewing career. After that, it’ll either be a something scribbled on the cap with a Sharpie or kegging.

Actually, ive been brewing for a year..... doing the sharpie thing, want to try to make a label though

 

[Pie_Man]

While the bottled beers are conditioning is fine. I do not normally bother with labels, but when I do the printer paper with milk "glue" has worked well for me.

 

[sfgoat]

When I did label I would bottle and then wait a few hours to label to ensure the bottles were completely dry.

 

[Homercidal]

I've labeled after letting the bottles dry as well. I usually fill, cap, rinse and then either wipe dry or just move to a place to let them air dry. Then after a day or so I label.

But really, I haven't labeled in a LONG time. I do have a couple of label ideas I will be doing soon.

 

[AsgardNorth]

(Still in diapers when it comes to brewing... with that said).

I put labels on anything that I brew over 2 1/2 gallons, or a case worth. Then I put a label on no more than 6, mainly for when I take it to a friend's house. Otherwise, I throw a label on the box holding the bottles, and rotate cap tops colors and sharpie those that don't have labels.

I label a day after filling after wiping down the bottle with a bar cloth.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

I haven't labeled anything in my 2.5 years of home brewing. But I now have a growing stock of meads, as well as an 8 bottle wine cellar that is filling up for serious aging (last bottle/ special batches etc). So I'll be making labels to go specifically on those bottles. But the other stuff gets the sharpie code on a cap.

 

[DromJohn]

After bottling, I print and cut the labels, so maybe fifteen minutes after bottling.

 

[IslandLizard]

If I need to (and want to) I print address return labels 1.75" x 1/2" on the laser printer. Has my logo, name of beer and date brewed.

Sharpie on the caps otherwise.

 

[Hello]

The couple of times I've done it, after I've bottled and the bottles are dry. Milk does the trick.