Label Designs Tips for gluing and removing!

[Hulpy]

Having just read a helpful way to post pics on the forum through photobucket, please excuse the (Master brewed) on the labels. O.n this forum i accept my novice status.

I can finally show some labels let me know what you think and feel free to post yours.

To remove my labels I put the beer bottle in a mason jar only slightly bigger the the bottles and fill with boiling hot water

I glue all my labels with pva glue as they peel off all in one, but stay stuck on



The original Husk (wilo newkie with malt spray goldings hops + treacle)



mexican rock lager with 12mls tequilla



Magnum elderflower cider with extra lime



and this is the barolo im about to bottle.

 

[Tarticus]

What software are you using to create your labels ??

They are very good by the way like them

 

[winelight]

Extremely good. I use cheap self-adhesive ones! I could never be bothered with anything else. They soak easily in cold water, you just have to rub off with your thumbs.

 

[bobsbeer]

Very nice. I like your wine label. I would print on a laser and stick on with milk. Then they come off with a soak in the sink. What you need is a waterbased vegetable or starch based glue as that comes off in water. Avery labels are a pain in the rear as they are rubber based and leave a residue on the bottle which needs to be scrubbed off.

 

[winelight]

Avery labels are too good - cheap and cheerful self-adhesive labels come off much more easily, leaving nothing behind. Mine come from a4labels.com

 

[graysalchemy]

Never bother. I spent to long getting the buggers clean to put more labels on. So i use coloured bottle tops to identify.

Black - Stout
Gold - Bitter
Yellow - Pale ale

You get the idea.

Great artwork though. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[evanvine]

You get the idea.

Yes I do, but how do you date them etc?

 

[PD]

marker pen on crown cap..... 1/9, 6/10 etc my book records give full details

 

[graysalchemy]

You get the idea.

Yes I do, but how do you date them etc?

I have separate shelving for old stock and new stock, and because i always have various different styles in stock it means i can run down a stock so there isn't much left when new stock comes to condition. I never run out of beer.

 

[evanvine]

Sounds as though, unlike me, you are well organised A!

 

[graysalchemy]

Yes (not)

Everything has it's place and every place has it's thing :lol:

 

[Hulpy]

What software are you using to create your labels ??

They are very good by the way like them

thanks i start them off then SWMBO finishes them off but its a combined effort we use photoshop

I find the labels really make a difference to non home brewers who tend to mistrust anything not in shiny packaging

 

[Will12283]

I just put what it is on the crown cap (eg EB= English Bitter, P= pilsner and so on). I keep notes of everything in a little book and use it for reference.

In future will be looking at adding a date or something to show what is older than the other stuff.

 

[Monte Cristo]

Here is one i have just created for a wheat beer that I have conditioning



I print them with a laser print and stick them on with milk, dead easy! :hat:

 

[Hulpy]

Like it!

 

[Aleman]

I never run out of beer.

Neither do I . . .ALDI or LIDL or Morrisons always have beer on the shelves for me

 

[Baldbrewer]

Monte-Cristo , what software do you use to create your labels?
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[Monte Cristo]

I use Adobe illustrator and photoshop, although i have been using them rather a long time. :hat:

 

[graysalchemy]

I never run out of beer.

Neither do I . . .ALDI or LIDL or Morrisons always have beer on the shelves for me

Not making a confession Tony :hmm: :hmm:

At least one of those sell 'beers' that contravene the Shameful Drinks Act 2003. :evil:

 

[winelight]

I use Adobe illustrator and photoshop, although i have been using them rather a long time. :hat:

This is the problem, us ordinary mortals don't stand a chance. My labels feature a lot of cut-and-pasting...