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Homebrew Labels

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Homebrew Labels

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I want to do some beers for a television show I'm finishing off at my work and I want to do some custom labels (but I also don't want to be cursing my decision when I have to scrape the labels off all the bottles). What do you guys use for custom labels? Avery labels or anything else?
I've got photoshop skills and a colour printer so it's something I'd like to tackle myself.
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Post by Lager Bore »

Glue Stick is good for affixing labels. It's water soluble so they come off very easily.
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Post by thatleetboy »

+1
Lager Bore wrote:Glue Stick is good for affixing labels. It's water soluble so they come off very easily.
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Post by jaymack »

Love doing lables in Photoshop but never get around to actually printing and sticking them on.

My daughters usually help me with putting little dollar-store stickers on the cap so I can differentiate what's what.
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Post by markaberrant »

Dredge, or brush a bit of milk on the back of the label. Makes a great adhesive and comes off super easy.
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Post by Lager Bore »

thatleetboy wrote:+1
Lager Bore wrote:Glue Stick is good for affixing labels. It's water soluble so they come off very easily.
Heh, more than a +1 as I was making reference to thatleetboy's labels. Photoshop and glue stick: easy, non-toxic and pro.
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Post by phirleh »

Thanks for the advice, the glue stick worked perfectly. The only drawback was people wanted to keep the bottles as souveniers. Out of the 25 bottles I brought in to work, I only got 11 back!
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BTW, the show is on Discovery Science in the States now and is called Machines!, it starts probably in the fall up here on Discovery Canada.
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Post by Lager Bore »

phirleh wrote:Thanks for the advice, the glue stick worked perfectly. The only drawback was people wanted to keep the bottles as souveniers. Out of the 25 bottles I brought in to work, I only got 11 back!
That looks really great, I'm glad they worked out!
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