Bottle Labels

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Bottle Labels

Post by leon103 » Wed May 20, 2015 2:26 pm

I might be over confusing matters but what do you guys do to label your bottles to know what it is?

I used to use certain coloured tops for certain beers, i.e. Stout was red, larger was gold etc.

But there are only a certain amount of coloured tops available and I am starting to make more than one type of stout and larger so I need a system to identify them. I don't really want to label each bottle because they would be a pain in the arse to peel off when I go and reuse the bottles.

Any tips?

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Goulders » Wed May 20, 2015 2:35 pm

Write on the bottle top with the Gye number or letter for the first name of the beer with a marker pen.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by leon103 » Wed May 20, 2015 3:13 pm

Thanks

What is a Gye number?

Was thinking of giving each brew a number and putting that number in my brewing diary and on the bottle lid.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Stewb » Wed May 20, 2015 3:15 pm

Goulders wrote:Write on the bottle top with the Gye number or letter for the first name of the beer with a marker pen.
+1 for a single letter/ number on the lid with a sharpie
Stick a blackboard in your cellar and anyone can know what they are getting

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Meatymc » Wed May 20, 2015 4:30 pm

I've started labeling 2 dozen of each brew to go into 'stock'.

Set up a simple 21 label print template using Microsoft Word, type up 1 individual label and then copy and paste into the remainder. Print off 1 sheet (I think I paid £1.50 for 4 x 21 label sheets) and whack 'em on.

Couple of days before reusing I soak any labeled bottles in a bin full of cold water overnight and they peel straight off.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Goulders » Wed May 20, 2015 4:38 pm

leon103 wrote:Thanks

What is a Gye number?

Was thinking of giving each brew a number and putting that number in my brewing diary and on the bottle lid.
Gye is Apple autocorrect of "Gyle"!! Grrr

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by leon103 » Wed May 20, 2015 6:16 pm

Thanks all

I like the idea of a blackboard/whiteboard idea. It can go on the garage door near the brewing area.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by jack_c » Wed May 20, 2015 6:21 pm

I use a Chalk pen on the bottle - after it dries, it doesn't come off with condensation in the fridge, you need to use the rough side of a washing up sponge. very handy.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Stewb » Wed May 20, 2015 6:39 pm

jack_c wrote:I use a Chalk pen on the bottle - after it dries, it doesn't come off with condensation in the fridge, you need to use the rough side of a washing up sponge. very handy.
Oooh I like this idea

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by jack_c » Wed May 20, 2015 7:01 pm

Cheeky photo (the pita is having to write the same label 50 times a batch, but, worth it)
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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Stewb » Wed May 20, 2015 7:08 pm

It actually looks really good though.

Being a lazy man i might combine that with the blackboard so i only write out the full details once, but then just a shorter name on the bottle

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by leon103 » Wed May 20, 2015 8:39 pm

That looks brilliant.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by IPA » Thu May 21, 2015 7:41 am

I use the coloured spots available in Ryman's they come in a range of colours and if you need to use the same colour twice just simply mark it with a cross or a dot. Attach the same colour to your brewing record in place of a gyle number.
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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by Jocky » Thu May 21, 2015 7:43 am

I use round 25mm labels from A4labels.com, and I laser print them at home, and stick them to my bottle caps.

The labels come off glass with some hot water so I may look at getting rectangular ones for the bottles in future.

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Re: Bottle Labels

Post by AFewTooMany » Thu May 21, 2015 8:26 am

Jocky wrote:I use round 25mm labels from A4labels.com, and I laser print them at home, and stick them to my bottle caps.

The labels come off glass with some hot water so I may look at getting rectangular ones for the bottles in future.

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Love this. Do you get a template for the computer or just work out your own?

EDIT: ignore just saw the template on product page Image

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