Steve Kitchen and the Beer Labels of Parallel 49 Brewing
“I started by pitching a set of 6 designs at the brewery owners with the idea that, as each beer had character, each beer WAS a character… Those design decisions still live on today and hopefully make a Parallel 49 beer recognizable on shelf with even the quickest of glances.”
Coors Light Gets Artsy Too With New City Series Labels
The first three in a series of American city-themed labels for Coors Light have been registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. They feature New York, Miami, and Atlanta. Unlike the recent Miller High Life Artists Series, none of these gives credit to the artist. All of these are presumably for cans. Miami […]
Party Cowgirl – The Best Beer Labels of Week 14, 2015
In Week 14 we’ve got multiple labels from the same breweries. For some reason there was a plethora of paper labels submitted to the TTB this week, which means the images aren’t available. I doubt I’m on any if these breweries radars, but I hope I’m not revealing too many surprises with my posts. The following […]
New Sprecher Labels Registered for Hydra Beer Company
Is Hydra Beer Company a new imprint of Sprecher? I’m not sure, but they registered these labels this week, and they are kick ass! There’s a website address on these labels to a site that doesn’t exist. Is Sprecher attempting to add a little Metal to their offerings without affecting the soda labels? I guess […]
10 Months in Orbit – The Best Beer Labels of Week 10, 2015
A bit of a slow week for eye-popping labels. These four I’ve selected as the Best Beer Labels Of The Week are worth checking out. The following labels were registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau during the 10th week of 2015. They have been selected for their aesthetic appeal or simply because I […]
The Ballad of Sir Shock-A-Lot – The Best Beer Labels of Week 6, 2015
It was a huge week for awesome labels! Every one of these could be its own post. I can’t say that every week. Let’s dig in! The following labels were registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau during the 6th week of 2015. They have been selected for their aesthetic appeal or simply […]
Darren Booth and the New Labels for Great Lakes Brewing
Great Lakes Brewing has been releasing press on the progress of their new rebranding. In the past week, a handful of their new labels have been registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. What’s really exciting about the new illustrations by Darren Booth is they feature collage! You can see the process at […]
First Four Miller High Life American Artist Series Labels Approved
Four new labels from Miller entitled “American Artist Series” were registered this month with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. They are noted to be a series of 5, so I’ll definitely post when the fifth one gets approved. I love a good throwback campaign. I’m excited to see a brewery, especially one […]
Monkeys and Robots and Soviet Bears! Oh My! Best Beer Labels of Week 3, 2015
And buffalos and dogs and fish and birds. Oh. My. And ninjas. The following labels were registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau during the 3rd week of 2015. They have been selected for their aesthetic appeal or simply because I thought they were really cool. Valiant Brewing Chernyy Medved Cherry Stout This […]
Catch 23 – The Best Beer Labels of Week 2, 2015
This week in label approval history, Gigantic redeems itself, Floridians get frosty, a ghost ship haunts the ocean blue, and a squirt of hop juice make our collective eyes burn. Let’s get to it! The following labels were registered with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau during the 2nd week of 2015. They have been selected for […]
Howell Golson and the labels of Wicked Weed Brewing
It takes a daring and adventurous brewery to use lacy funghi, juicy organic plant forms, otherworldly spiders, and fantastic forest creatures to sell beer. Wicked Weed of Asheville, NC is that brewery and Howell Golson is the artist behind it all. Howell Golson: The ideas behind all of the Wicked Weed sour beer labels began […]