Bottled Up
by Beeraroundtown ~ February 23rd, 2010. Filed under: Homebrewing.
Had a bit of free time this evening so I decided to class up a few capped bottles of my sour blend. Whipped up a mixture for sealing the top, printed out a couple labels, complete. There, that should at least force me to think twice about opening these up.
February 24th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Those look awesome Derek!
February 24th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Oh… You printed you’re own labels…. how… uh….creative you must be. Is that a nice way of not saying, “damn what a dork!”?
;-}
February 24th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Brandon – Thanks!
DW – No beer for you!
February 24th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Those do look awesome. I used to label my beers, too, but then I just had to take the damn things off after I drank them. Now I put these little removeable neck collars on them. But those are fine-looking bottles. DW is a hater–whatcha gonna do? The only reason to homebrew is to have fun, and so I say label and wax away.
BTW, what do you use for a label adhesive? That may be part of my problem.
February 24th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Jeff,
Yah, I’ve only labeled a couple batches/bottles, either for special occasions or for beers that I plan on cellaring for a while. Besides, it beats trying to read my chicken-scratch handwriting on the caps.
The easiest way I’ve found to get labels to stick is to use milk. You just sponge some milk on the back, rubber band them on the bottles till they dry. Then when you want to remove the labels you just toss them in some water and the labels fall off. But, they also fall off if the label just gets damp in general, so watch out coolers and hot days.
February 25th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Milk, interesting. Do they fall off in the fridge?
February 25th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Usually not. If you take them out of the fridge on a hot day and the bottle sweats then yes.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Speaking of dorks…. Don’t you have ANY sense of humor Jeff? Derek obviously got the playful jab. Where ya raised in a convent with Nuns that slapped yer wrist with a ruler when you said “Dang?” ;-}
Is they’re a certain NW Latitude marker that when you pass that point all sense of humor is lost. It’s really sad. BTW, that’s a joke too. Wanted to make sure you didn’t miss the social signal of humor.