First Father’s Day DIY Gift Idea – Plus Something for Expectant Dad’s Too

June 1, 2021 by Jenny Walters Leave a Comment

We’re big believers in the importance of fathers so we welcome celebrating brand new dads on Father’s Day. Finding the perfect gift can be tricky. For those dads who love beer we have a couple of DIY gift ideas for the new dad that feature baby’s photo.

Photo Beer Labels

First Father's day gift idea; personalized beer labels with baby photo.

Happy first Father's day beer bottle labels. Design your label online with new dad's first child's photo.

What better way for a first-time dad to relax than with a cold beer? Better yet, label a six pack carrier filled with personalized beer bottles to give him at your Father’s Day BBQ.

Custom Beer Carrier

Drink Coasters with Baby’s Photo

Personalized drink coasters with baby photo for first Father's Day gift idea. Add your father's day message.

Make dad some personalized drink coasters for his man cave. These coasters are perfect for anywhere. They are made of heavy 16 pt coated paper and are recyclable. Can’t decide which photo of baby you love best? The minimum order for coasters is ten so make him a few different versions.

Custom Beer Can Labels

African American dad holding a personalized Father's Day gift; personalized beer can labels on canned beer. A great gift for first time dads; the labels include a photo of his first child.

He’s not your father but he is the father of your child which means your man will love a special gift you make just for him. Is your new dad a home brewer? Our labels work great on beer cans as well. Adding his little one’s photo to his canned beer will melt his heart.

Gifts for Expectant Fathers

Beer Labels with Ultrasound Photo

New dad holding photo of ultrasound made into a personalized beer label for a Father's day gift.

Baby may still be a bun in the oven, but that doesn’t mean you can’t surprise your guy on Father’s Day with a little something to show you appreciate him. Scan your ultrasound and make it into a beer bottle label. This is also a great baby announcement for friends and family.

The Man Behind the Bump Beer Label

Not sure how to surprise your baby’s daddy? Here’s a funny beer label for the dad who’s expecting and is proud of it. “The man behind the bump” is text you can add to any beer label along with his photo. In this case we used a birthday beer label and changed the words.

Have questions or comments? Leave a note below or contact us via live chat M-F, 9 am to 3 pm Pacific time. We’re also available via email any time at info at bottle your brand dot com.

Custom Gifts Home Brewers Will Appreciate this Holiday Season

December 2, 2020 by Jenny Walters Leave a Comment

The gifts that make the holidays memorable are the ones you’ve taken care to select. When you give a gift to your favorite brewer this year make sure it’s something special. Brewing is the epitome of careful craftsmanship as most brewers would agree, so here are a few ideas for someone that appreciates the unique.

Give Your Brewer Custom Bottle Neck Labels

Neck labels are the smallest label on a beer bottle and are applied to the neck of the bottle. They are curved to accept the shape of the neck and partially wrap around it. With a custom beer neck label you have the ability to add a batch number, monogram, logo, or in this case, a holiday greeting. Neck labels are the finishing touch to branding beer whether it’s for gifts or for a craft brewery.

Custom beer bottle neck labels make unique gifts for home brewers.

Make Custom Beer Labels With a Holiday Theme

You might say you’re not a designer, but don’t stress about design since you can simply add your text to our ready-made beer label templates. Beer labels come in rectangles, ovals, and squares. The beer label we call our “standard beer label” is 4 inches wide by 3.5 inches high so it fits not only on long necks but on stubbies. If you’re labeling a growler or squealer you might consider our “growler labels” which come 6 x 4 in portrait or landscape, and in square sizes 5 x 5 and 4 x 4.

Check out our wide variety of Christmas beer label designs, many of which have bottle neck labels that are companion designs by the same name.

Christmas brew dressed up with a custom label makes gifts home brewers appreciate. Order one or 100!

Make your home brewer a custom oval beer bottle label as a Christmas gift this year.

Surprise them with Custom Beer Bottle Caps

While we don’t currently offer custom beer caps we can say that this custom touch makes homemade beer not only look like this is a serious beer brewer, but a pro at that. Find custom beer caps at BottleMark Custom Bottle Caps.

Custom bottle caps are a great gift idea for home beer makers.

Customize a Bottle Carrier

Four-bottle or six-bottle carriers are available online from a variety of companies, including Amazon. They’re generally made of chipboard or cardboard and come with a handle for easy carrying along with dividers to protect the bottles .

Make custom six pack carriers by adding a large 6 x 4 growler label.

Many printing companies require a minimum order quantity in the hundreds if not thousands for custom carriers, so we’re offering this simple solution; personalize bottle carries with a custom label on the side. It’s fast and cheap. When you only need a small quantity of bottle carriers Amazon offers a package of ten bottle carriers in white or kraft cardboard.

Give the home brewer in your life a custom six pack carrier by adding a custom 6 x 4 inch label.

We added a 6″ wide by 4″ high custom growler label on each side of the carrier. These custom labels are available in quantities as low as one. This makes it very easy to create a custom carrier as a gift for your favorite home brewer.

Design a Personalized Bottle Opener

For a gift that keeps on giving, make a custom beer bottle opener that fits in a pocket like a credit card. Your home brewer will love opening a bottle for friends with one of these handy tools.

Since the holidays are a favorite time to break out the home brew, these custom inexpensive gifts are ones your favorite brewer will appreciate.

If you’re a home brewer let us know your favorite gift from the past. Add your suggestions in the comments. On the other hand if you need assistance please visit our live chat Monday through Friday from 9 am to 3 pm at bottleyourbrand dot com.

What Size Label Fits the Bottle for My Homemade Beer?

June 1, 2018 by Cindy Springer 4 Comments

Whether you’ve been brewing beer for a long time or just discovering how fun making craft beer is at home, at some point serious brewers will seek quality labels for their beer bottles. For all the hard work that goes into home brew you’ll want to make great looking custom beer labels. Home brewed beer is perfect for sharing with friends, trading with other home brewers, giving as gifts, or serving at celebrations. There’s not one label size that fits all craft beer bottles, so we’ll look at different popular beer bottles to help you decide what size we offer on our site to best fit your particular bottle.

Common Beer Bottle Names, Capacity, & Size Description

Here are the various beer bottle sizes and their commonly accepted U. S. names:

Stubby 11 oz. – This bottle is a favorite for craft breweries. The bottle runs about 6.25 inches tall.
Heritage 12 oz. – This beer bottle is shorter and wider than typical standard 12 oz. long neck bottles and is approximate 7. 6.25 inches tall.
Long Neck 12 oz. – This bottle usually stands at 9 inches tall and is more narrow than its smaller peers.
Bomber 22 oz. – This bottle runs about 11 inches tall and looks like the granddaddy to the long neck.
Mini Growler 32 oz. – AKA as a Grumbler, Grenade, Howler, Squealer, Bullet, or Growlette depending on where you are in the U.S. Most of these bottles run a little under 9 inches tall.
Growler 64 oz. – The standard growler is approximately 11 inches tall.

Bottle Sizes for Homemade Beer

For the most part each of these beer bottles styles, feature smooth sides, rounded shoulders, and are easily recognized by their distinctive shapes. It’s recommend to choose amber glass whenever possible for optimum UV protection, because beer ingredients are light-sensitive and light affects the taste of your brew. These bottles are also a great choice for homemade soda, iced tea, cold brew coffee, cold pressed juice, or even kombucha. There are many good sources to purchase beer bottles on the internet. Search for ‘home brew beer bottles’ or ‘home brew supplies.’

How to Measure a Beer Bottle for a Custom Label

Every bottle has an area that’s called the ‘label panel’. Sometimes it’s called the ‘print area’. This is usually a flat depression on the bottle bordered by a top and bottom ridge in the glass.

Measure the Height:
The area between the ridges is where you’ll want to measure to determine the height of the label panel. If there are no ridges then measure the area where the curve stops above the bottom of the bottle to where it starts at the top. Take about 1/4 inch off that measurement to make sure you have room for fudging and to prevent wrinkles in the finished label application.Measure the Width:
To find the area available for the width of the label simply wrap a cloth measuring tape around the bottle and note the measurement where the ends meet. If you don’t have a fabric measuring tape then find a piece of string, yarn, ribbon, shoelace, or something flexible and mark where the ends meet when you wrap it around the bottle. Lay that against a rigid ruler to determine the maximum width of the label panel. Most beer bottles have a gap in the back between the label edges so this measurement is just to determine the max your label width could be.

TIP: Measuring your label panel is the best guarantee that you order the correct size for your bottle. Don’t neglect this step before you create your custom labels.

Bottle Types and Suggested Label Sizes

Now that you have the maximum height and width for your label. You will want your label size to fall inside these measurements. Here are suggested label sizes from our website, by name and label dimensions, that are most likely to fit the different bottles.

Stubby – CIDER OR SODA LABEL: 4 inches wide by 3.5 inches high, 4 inches wide by 3 inches high.
Heritage & Long Neck – BEER LABEL: 4 inches wide by 3.5 inches high.
Long Neck (some styles) & Bombers – WINE LABEL: 3.5 inches wide by 4 inches high. Long Neck: OVAL BEER LABELS: 2.25 inches wide by 3.5 inches high.
Bomber, Mini-Growler, Standard Growler – GROWLER LABEL: 4 by 4 inch square, 5 inch by 5 inch square, 6 inches wide by 4 inches high.
Bomber & Standard Growler – GROWLER LABEL or LARGE WINE LABEL: 6 inches wide by 4 inches high, 4 inches wide by 6 inches high

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Additional Information About Our Beer Labels

How do the labels stick on the bottles? The labels are self adhesive with a semi-permanent glue, which means you can take the label off if you want to re-use the bottle, but the label stays on as long as you need them too. The entire back is covered with a seamed paper that protects the adhesive. You find the crack(s) in the seam and peel it off.
Are the labels waterproof? The labels are waterproof. You can put your beer bottles in the refrigerator or on ice and the labels stay on. The color is electrostatically embedded into the material so the ink won’t run.
Can I put my labeled bottles in the dishwasher? In some cases, you can run your labeled bottles through the dishwasher, but do a test run first. Some dishwashers are set at higher temps than others, so it depends on the settings. The dishwasher soap may leave a filmy residue on the label which you can wipe off with a soft, damp cloth.
Can I use a homebrew cleaning kit/sanitizer on the labeled bottles? The label adhesive cannot endure beer bottle sanitizers like Star San. The chemicals often melt the adhesive. Wash your bottles by hand in hot soapy water taking care not to scrape the surface of the label.
Can I use my own label artwork? Yes! Start at the Make Your Own tab and choose your label size/shape. Make sure your artwork is 300 pixels per inch resolution and JPG or PNG format. Please allow .125 bleed on all four edges. Files should be uploaded in RGB color format, because web pages are RGB. If you’re particular about color, place your order with no artwork and email us your CMYK file along with your order number to info at bottleyourbrand dot com. We’ll match your artwork and order together before we send your labels to press.

If you have additional questions about beer label sizes or need help with artwork questions please feel free to email us info at bottleyourbrand dot com or live chat with us weekdays M-F 9 to 3 Pacific time. Happy brewing!

Labels for Beer Cans & Other Aluminum Cans

March 1, 2018 by Cindy Springer 8 Comments

Canning beer? “What’s that?” you ask. It’s the revolution taking home brewing to the next level. Producers of small and medium-sized volumes of craft beer, cider, wine, cold brewed coffee, kombucha and other beverages call it micro-canning. We discovered it when customers began ordering our labels for beer cans.

Labels for Aluminum Cans

The label material we use is perfect for cans due to its waterproof, adhesive, and temperature-tolerant nature; translated it means it withstands cold temperatures and submersion in ice and water. Those are just the qualities needed for labeling cans of beer. We sell our beer can labels in very low quantities starting at only one label for $3.75 and 6 labels for $5.94. Pricing is tiered to provide a greater discount per beer can label as you purchase higher quantities. For home brewers and breweries that trade or sell small batches, our beer can labels make perfect sense; you get a professional looking can of beer and the flexibility of ordering small quantities with a fast turnaround time.

Some good reasons for using cans instead of glass bottles

Aluminum cans keep out oxygen and light which can affect taste and freshness. UV light reacts to compounds in beer to give it an ‘off’ taste.
Cans are easy to stack and lighter in weight than glass. One can of beer weighs 13.1 ounces. One bottle of beer weighs 19.2 ounces.
Unlike bottles, cans are unbreakable and go anywhere making them more portable. They are accepted in most environments, think boating, music venues, etc.
Aluminum cans are more likely to be recycled. They contain an average of 86% recycled aluminum.
With canning beer you do a quick soak, sanitize and fill, no messing around.
Beverages in cans chill faster than other materials.
Trading home brewed beer with friends across the country? Shipping glass is always a risk. With shipping cans there is less worry about breakage during shipping.

Aluminum Beer Can Labels – What Size Works?

Unlabeled aluminum cans are called “brite.” They come in a variety of sizes from 5.5 ounces to 32 ounces. The standard size aluminum can in the U. S. is 12 fl. ounces. This can is 2.12 inches in diameter and 4.75 inches tall. Which makes it perfect for our standard beer label which is 4 inches wide by 3.5 inches high.

Label Size Recommendation for 12 ounce cans

If you’re planning on canning beer with the larger 16 ounce can, also know as a tall can or a pounder, then use what we call our standard wine label size which is 3.5 inches wide by 4 inches high; basically the beer label size rotated 90 degrees. We also offer other label sizes which are worth looking into if you’re canning beer in a different can size. Crowlers, yes Crowlers not Growlers, are usually 32 ounces, are filled and sealed on site at your favorite micro-brewery, growler bar and even cold brew coffee bars. The 4″ x 4″, 5″ x 5″, or 6″ x 4″ label sizes are options for an aluminum can this size.

Label Size Recommendation for 16 ounce cans

How to Make a Beer Can Label

FIRST: Determine which size label fits best on your can. Do that by measuring the height and the circumference of your can. To measure around the can, the circumference, a sewing tape measure made of fabric is the best tool, but if you don’t have one, simply wrap a string around the can and cut it where the string ends meet. Measure the string flat using a ruler. Next, measure the height of the can between the indent on the top and bottom using a standard ruler. These measurements tell you if you need to use the beer label or the wine label for your can.

SECOND: Decide if you want to use a pre-made template and edit the text or start from scratch. When using a pre-made template simply edit the text lines or, to make more customization, click the orange Customize More button below the lines of text. You’ll enter the online designer where endless customization options are available. If you go the route of creating your own design from scratch, the blank canvas is displayed with all of the customization options. Take some time to explore them.

THIRD: When your artwork is finished, place your order online. Within two business days we’ll ship out your beer can labels.

Making a Beer Can Label for Selling Beer

If you’re making a beer can label for an alcoholic beer you plan on selling please visit this government page to find out what the TTB requires your label to display. There are very strict guidelines, including forms and specific steps for approval, of a beer label. One of the items that must be on the label when selling beer is the Surgeon General’s Warning. Of course, if you’re just making home brew to share and drink with family and friends then the government requirements don’t apply to you.

Right click and save this free PNG file of the government warning for your beer can label. Upload and resize in the online designer.

Resources for Beer Cans, Lids, and Can Seamers for Home Brewers

Thinking of switching to aluminum cans from bottles for your beer? Here is a list of resources to get you started; from all the can sizes available to purchasing products to can beer at home. This should help you get started:

Ball Standard Aluminum Cans
Ball Beverage Can Ends
Wells Can Company Beer Cans & Lids
Cans & Ends Oktober Designs
Oktober Designs Can Seamers
Manual Beer Can Sealer from All American

If you have questions about canning beer, one good source is HomeBrewTalk forums. Simply type ‘canning beer’ in their search bar to read discussions about relevant topics. We’re experts on beer labels, not canning, so ask us any question you like about beer can labels and we can help. We’re available on live chat weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm Pacific time. Hit us up on email at info at bottleyourbrand.com.

50 Funny, Unique & Amusing Beer Labels

January 7, 2014 by Cindy Springer Leave a Comment

Making a cool beer label for your beer is a thing of pride. If you enjoy looking at funny, unusual, or just plain weird funny beer labels then you’ll like this post. We’ve compiled a collection of 50 beer labels made by our customers that we find entertaining. Make sure you read the labels because our customers are a humorous and witty bunch. Don’t worry about being offended. We didn’t include any beer labels with bad language or gratuitous nudity.

Like a good coffee table book, beer labels can entertain you and make you laugh. We enjoy seeing the beer labels that come through our order queue. From brew clubs to individuals, the labels never fail to amaze us. Since our website lets customers pretty much add anything they want to a custom beer label we see a lot of funny labels. Today we share 50 beer labels from our archives for your viewing enjoyment.

Sit back, pop open a cool one and scroll down to have a look. You’ll find beer labels with Star Wars characters, pop culture or You Tube sensations, birth announcement beer labels, groomsmen beer labels, wedding beer labels, bachelorette beer labels and more.

Wedding Beer Labels

Wedding beer labels like these are popular submissions from home brewers about to tie the knot.

Patriotic Beer Labels

Beer lovers are a patriotic bunch.

Baby Birth Announcement Beer Labels

Birth announcements you can drink are fun! These baby birth announcement beer labels are a testament to proud parents.

Unusual Origin Beer Label

Our customers are classy trailer park dwellers.

Star Wars Beer Labels

These Star wars beer labels caught our attention. Hop Solo? That’s a classic.

Smart Beer Labels

Science lovers are also beer lovers. These clever beer labels prove it scientifically.

Cartoon Beer Labels

Pin-Ups seem to never go out of style even on beer labels and who can resist Scooby Brew?

I Mustache You Beer Label

This trend for wedding beer is still popular after several years on Pinterest and other social media sites.

Beer Labels Named for Animals

White men can’t jump, but they can hop! These animal beer labels are examples of how critters make interesting beer labels.

Disturbing Beer Labels

We’re not sure if these beer labels are funny or just disturbing. Menacing clowns, the apocalypse and a kick square to the family jewels. You be the judge.

Halloween Beer Labels

Some beer labels for Halloween are cute others are just plain scary.

Father’s Day Beer Label

Awww…who can resist this Father’s day beer label made with cute kid’s drawings?

Farm Themed Beer Labels (Obscure but clever)

It’s not often we see farms or farming on beer labels so we shared these two labels with you.

Birthday Beer Label

Birthday beer labels as clever as this one get a thumbs up from our crew. Make your own beer label on Bottle Your Brand.

Beer Labels You Don’t Want On Your Beer

We promised no nudity on beer labels, we didn’t say no partial nudity.

Beer Labels with Puns

A beer is like a parachute…that simile was never taught in your English class was it? We love a good play on words, especially in a beer label name.

Pop Icon Beer Labels

Fifteen minutes of fame or notoriety, either way sometimes when you end up in the media you also end up on someone’s beer label.

History of Beer Labels

This customer added interesting historical beer facts to his labels. Beerology 101 for those who love beer.

Government Themed Beer Labels

Bitter ale and bitter taxpayers…the government is often a beer label topic.

Beer Goggles Beer Label

You’ve heard of them…beer goggles. One of our customers decided to prove it’s true. We didn’t come up with this label, one of our customers did.

Bachelorette Party Beer Label

When you’re driving around in a limo with your BFFs, a beer label with bras on it is the perfect party favor. Bachelorette beer labels made our top 50 beer labels.

Inspired?

We hope you’re inspired by the 50 beer labels in this post. When you’re ready to make your own beer label either from scratch or from a beer label template, we’re here to help. If you have any questions hit us up on our live chat or email us at [email protected]