Show me Your Labels
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- jimjohson
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Re: Show me Your Labels
i'm even lazier i get swmbo to scribble on the caps. type(i.e. apa) and bottling date. had to get her to do it, as I can't even read MY writing
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I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain
-- Quaintest thoughts -- Queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
Who cares how time advances?
I am drinking ale today."
Edgar Allan Poe
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain
-- Quaintest thoughts -- Queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
Who cares how time advances?
I am drinking ale today."
Edgar Allan Poe
Re: Show me Your Labels
as my wife doesn't drink my beer (or any other beer for that matter) she doesn't care if I label my beer or not. She knows the end results will be the same... I'll drink my beer. if it's not marked, it's Nong Surprise.
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Re: Show me Your Labels
I'm too inept on computers to make or share a great label like some of these. Mine is simply my boat picture (< over there). It has Wandering Star Ale arced across the top in New Times Roman, as it is on the actual boat (except the boat doesn't say "ale", brings too many visitors). Underneath in script, it has "Off We Go", sort of a motto for my wife and I. I ordered those online, I think I only have 20. Each bottle gets a Brother P-touch label with a name, abv and bottling date. The labeller was only $20, the tapes are about $9 each, but label hundreds of bottles.
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Never mind, there it is.
Never mind, there it is.
- RickBeer
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Re: Show me Your Labels
I can't see spending the money on labels, but that's just me. I took a picture and put it in Word 6 times on a page. Put the name of the brewery across the top with WordArt, then setup the label with fields using Mailmerge which is fed from my brewing spreadsheet. I print 4 sheets per batch (24 labels) on re-used paper (i.e. the other side has printing on it) and cut them up, then use a glue stick to adhere them. I also write the abbreviation on the cap with a marker so I can see them when they are all bunched up together.
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Wow, talk about trademark infringement...
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Re: Show me Your Labels
l love the Hop Miser.
I'm Mister Bitterness
I'm Mister Hop
I'm Mister IBU
I'm Mister Big IPA
They Call Me Hop Miser
Whatever I Brew
Starts To Melt Your Taste Buds
I'll Fill Your Mugs
I'm Mister Bitterness
I'm Mister Hop
I'm Mister IBU
I'm Mister Big IPA
They Call Me Hop Miser
Whatever I Brew
Starts To Melt Your Taste Buds
I'll Fill Your Mugs
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#93 - Gerst Amber Ale
Conditioning and Carbing
Fermenting
On Deck
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#93 - Gerst Amber Ale
Conditioning and Carbing
Fermenting
On Deck
Re: Show me Your Labels
Chris, you forgot "Get to the HOPPER" in you best Arnold voice.
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Re: Show me Your Labels
I don't know what you are talking about. Don't look at my labels......<waves hand> Look! Fedora Dave has a Steam Beer!!RickBeer wrote:Wow, talk about trademark infringement...
Re: Show me Your Labels
I. Love. This.BlackDuck wrote:l love the Hop Miser.
I'm Mister Bitterness
I'm Mister Hop
I'm Mister IBU
I'm Mister Big IPA
They Call Me Hop Miser
Whatever I Brew
Starts To Melt Your Taste Buds
I'll Fill Your Mugs
Chris, when your bottle shows up in a few days I expect a video posted of you singing this while drinking it.
- Chuck N
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Re: Show me Your Labels
A label for one of the beers (gushers) I was forced to toss. I'll make it again. And RIGHT next time.
Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into
Are awake through years with transferred touch and go on glowing
For long years.
And for this reason some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.
― D.H. Lawrence
Are awake through years with transferred touch and go on glowing
For long years.
And for this reason some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.
― D.H. Lawrence
- lindseywinstead
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Re: Show me Your Labels
My "brewery" is named 2thedogs Brewery. We have five dogs and two cats (6 permanent furkids and 1 canine foster), so our lives have definitely gone "to the dogs". We name each brew after a beloved pet, past or present. In addition to being an animal lover, I am a sci-fi nerd as well. Needless to say, I am rarely at a loss for label ideas. Bottling today is my first attempt at an Imperial IPA, and the muses suggested a Star Wars theme, just for something different.
EDIT: Edited to include label photo as an attachment, as my original link didn't work as I wished.
EDIT: Edited to include label photo as an attachment, as my original link didn't work as I wished.
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Re: Show me Your Labels
I've been using http://www.beerlabelizer.com for a long time, but got kinda tired of "same old, same old", so I decided to create a minimalistic template in Photoshop that would work for beer, wine, or mead with minor tweaks. I google for nice background images... so infringement galore!!!
Here are a few labels I had made using my template:
Cheers!
Here are a few labels I had made using my template:
Cheers!
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- lindseywinstead
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Re: Show me Your Labels
I like these very much! My labels don't have a great deal of continuity to them, which I sometimes bemoan. As for the "Googling", I am just as guilty. If anyone sends me a "cease and desist" or any form of litigation, I would consider it a compliment to have been noticed!russki wrote:...I decided to create a minimalistic template in Photoshop that would work for beer, wine, or mead with minor tweaks. I google for nice background images... so infringement galore!!!
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Re: Show me Your Labels
Thanks! Your label is really cool too - I love attention to details -did you do the Jedi Dog artwork yourself? This looks ready for a store shelf!lindseywinstead wrote:I like these very much! My labels don't have a great deal of continuity to them, which I sometimes bemoan. As for the "Googling", I am just as guilty. If anyone sends me a "cease and desist" or any form of litigation, I would consider it a compliment to have been noticed!russki wrote:...I decided to create a minimalistic template in Photoshop that would work for beer, wine, or mead with minor tweaks. I google for nice background images... so infringement galore!!!
In Soviet Russia, beer brews you!
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