Breweries with the least and most professional beer labels?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Jake351, May 27, 2012.

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  1. Jake351

    Jake351 Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Massachusetts

    -Dovetailing from the topic of the new Weyerbacher labels...(one of my fav beers, BTW)

    I'm sure you've all noticed that some craft beers (especially the smaller 'start-up' companies), may have..err..less than stellar art or fonts, (some of which look like they may have constructed from Printworks for Windows 98. Of course, this just for labels only, which doesn't correlate w/ the quality of the beers of course.
    Which are your favs? Most meh? Most cartoony?
    Go wild w/ this topic!

    I'll start:
    Worst looking labels: Bar harbor brewing company.
    Most professional: Ommegang
    Best Pin-up art: Haverhill Brewery
    Most embarassing beer to bring home to have your wife see: Middle Ages Brewing: 'Double Wench' (Google Image this)
    Best Comic Book art: Stone Brewing
     
  2. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,502) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    i like the names and labels of Flying dog brews
     
  3. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Pundit (890) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Most Professional: Firestone Walker
    Worst Looking: Lost Coast
    Makes Me Feel Good for the New Season: Sierra Nevada
    Badass: Rogue
     
  4. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

  5. dukes

    dukes Initiate (0) Apr 2, 2012 Maryland

    Weyerbacher labels are the worst
     
  6. beerguy2784

    beerguy2784 Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2012
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    Most professional.. Firestone proprietors reserve series & westvleteran... Some of the DFH regulars are nice and basic, but it varies a lot through their lines and some aren't great

    Most cartoony.. Flying dog

    Least professional.. I'm sure there are worse, but weyerbacher's double simcoe has a terrible label
     
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  7. bifrost17

    bifrost17 Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2011 Washington

    Professional: Maine Beer Co.

    Worst: Red Hook

    METAL: 3 floyds
     
  8. mondegreen

    mondegreen Initiate (0) Nov 4, 2009 Georgia

    Not sure about most/least professional, but I'll add that Cigar City's labels have gone from being very amateurish two years ago to being quite polished & attractive now.
     
  9. EgadBananas

    EgadBananas Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2009 Louisiana

    I must agree. All the Belgian Style Ale labels they do, as well as the Bourbon County line, are just plain classy.

    Stay classy, Goose Island.
     
  10. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

    Also, I especially liked Surly's labels when I was underage because they passed as energy drinks when dealing with certain clueless cops...
     
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  11. Jparkanzky

    Jparkanzky Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2011 Ohio

  12. beerguy2784

    beerguy2784 Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2012
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    I'm not sure what they looked like before, but I picked up a homefront ipa a couple days ago and the label is really busy - I'm not a fan.
     
  13. FriarTuckInLuck

    FriarTuckInLuck Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2011 Arizona

    Most Professional: Firestone FTW
    Most Cartoony: No doubt Coney Island(the person who said Flying Dog must not get "art")
    Most Artistic: Odell sixers/four packs,Dogfish 750s, and the aforementioned Flying Dog
    Most Pretentious: Goose Island(Belgian style ale...come on guys)
    Most Ugly: Moylans, Marin, Green Flash, Dogfish sixers(why so bad guys?)
    Most Longwinded: Lost Abbey(borrring) Stone(awesome)
     
  14. Jnorton00

    Jnorton00 Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2007 Massachusetts

    Im shocked no one had shit on the dark horse labels yet.
     
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  15. GWTW

    GWTW Zealot (589) May 19, 2011 Florida
    Society

    Classy: Samuel Adams
    Folksy: Smuttynose
    Scary: Stone
    Appropriate: Highland
     
  16. corey0212

    corey0212 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2007 Connecticut

    Most awesome: Jolly Pumpkin
    Fucking righteous: Jolly Pumpkin
    Best use of a cat with a sword: Jolly Pumpkin
     
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  17. Heatwave33

    Heatwave33 Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2011 Florida

    My favorite labels:
    FFF
    Dogfish
    Cigar City
    Surly

    Plain Labels:
    Brooklyn
    Weyerbacher
     
  18. evilc

    evilc Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 California

    Worst: Russian River
     
  19. pjs234

    pjs234 Maven (1,453) Jun 29, 2008 Connecticut

    Worst is definitely Weyerbacher. Best looking labels IMO are NEBCO. I may be a homer, but 668 and Imperial Stout Trouper are awesome labels.
     
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  20. BigCheese

    BigCheese Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2009 Massachusetts

    Love Flying Dog

    Most Professional: Firestone Walker
    Most "Classic": Sam Adams
    Artsy/Hippy: Magic Hat
    Favorite: Smuttynose
    Least Favorite: Founders, Lagunitas
    Best Cans: Ghandi Bot and Gansett
     
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