beer labels

[Ed Gilmore]

I don't normally put labels on my home brew but right now I'm brewing 4 cases of beer for my daughter's wedding reception.  I'm brewing 2 different styles so I need 2 different labels (48 each).

I've looked a bit on-line and found some web sites that will print labels for you but they are charging 80¢ to $1.00+ per label and I'd rather not spend that much on labels.

I bought a pack of Avery "Multi-Use Labels" and can create the text/art.  I tried printing one and put it on a bottle and stuck it in a bucket of ice (as they will be at the reception).  Water saturates the label and it looks like it might come off or the ink run if left for a few hours.

So does anyone know of a web site where I can order labels for less than 80¢ each? ... OR ... does anyone know of labels I can buy and print (with an inkjet printer) that won't run or come off? ... OR ... does anyone know of a sealer or something I could spray over the Avery labels so that the ink won't run and the labels won't come off?

OR any other suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA

Ed Gilmore
Managing Partner
BCAD Services
706-797-3324
ed.gi...@bcadservices.com

[Timothy Maher]

You just have two buckets with a sign on each bucket saying what the
beer they are about to take is.

[Steve Allison]

I have done something similar for weddings/big events.  I just buy the pack of colored round labels (~a couple of bucks for more than you will need) that are about the size of a nickel.  Then stick them to the caps and have a sign showing the color "codes".  I actually label this way for all of my bottling except comps of course. 

[Timothy Maher]

Or just write on the bottle caps with a Sharpie or something.

On Mar 4, 4:50 pm, Steve Allison <swa1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have done something similar for weddings/big events.  I just buy the pack
> of colored round labels (~a couple of bucks for more than you will need)
> that are about the size of a nickel.  Then stick them to the caps and have a
> sign showing the color "codes".  I actually label this way for all of my
> bottling except comps of course.
>

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Timothy Maher <tim.s.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You just have two buckets with a sign on each bucket saying what the
> > beer they are about to take is.
>
> > On Mar 4, 4:38 pm, Ed Gilmore <ed.gilm...@bcadservices.com> wrote:
> > > I don't normally put labels on my home brew but right now I'm brewing 4
> > cases of beer for my daughter's wedding reception.  I'm brewing 2 different
> > styles so I need 2 different labels (48 each).
> > > I've looked a bit on-line and found some web sites that will print labels
> > for you but they are charging 80¢ to $1.00+ per label and I'd rather not
> > spend that much on labels.
> > > I bought a pack of Avery "Multi-Use Labels" and can create the text/art.
> > I tried printing one and put it on a bottle and stuck it in a bucket of ice
> > (as they will be at the reception).  Water saturates the label and it looks
> > like it might come off or the ink run if left for a few hours.
> > > So does anyone know of a web site where I can order labels for less than
> > 80¢ each? ... OR ... does anyone know of labels I can buy and print (with an
> > inkjet printer) that won't run or come off? ... OR ... does anyone know of a
> > sealer or something I could spray over the Avery labels so that the ink
> > won't run and the labels won't come off?
> > > OR any other suggestions would be appreciated.
> > > TIA
>
> > > Ed Gilmore
> > > Managing PartnerBCAD Services706-797-3324

> > > ed.gilm...@bcadservices.com

[Evan Smith]

Or... have you ever seen the Celebrator Doppelbock bottles? How
they've got those little plastic rearing-goats attached to a string,
draped around the neck of the bottle? You could easily do something
like that with really inexpensive materials... though you may need to
invest in some slave labor (like family) to make it happen because it
would be tedious indeed.

[hammer one]

Pick up a few sheets of self stick laminate put those over your
lables. That should keep the water out.

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[Bruce]

Ed - Ask your daughter to elope and keep the beer for yourself - you
won't need labels and you'll save a bunch of $$$$.

On Mar 4, 4:38 pm, Ed Gilmore <ed.gilm...@bcadservices.com> wrote:

[jstn]

bruce is on the right track with his suggestion. he is almost to the
solution. which is obviously to put out a sign at the wedding saying,
"A generous donation has been made by Ed Gilmore on behalf of his
wonderful daughter and her groom to a worthy cause of great
importance." And then give the beer to me.

for serious tho, i can't think of a way to label the bottles in such a
way that they would both look fancy and reliably hold up to being
immersed. if you come up with a solution maybe we should add an
"Innovations" link to the homepage and post the info there for the
whole interweb to view. then we could contribute to it over time and
have sub links and other computater jargon thingys.

good luck!

jstn
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