Best/Worst Beer Label Removals!!!

Looks like I need to start using Oxiclean.
I have the worst time with Founders/Lagunitas.

Mayflower Porter (and I assume other beers) along with Cambridge Brewing Co. labels come off with pretty much no effort though

 

Sierra Nevada are the easiest to me and Brooklyn is the hardest

 

GI Sofie falls off in warm water, don't even bother with St. Peters stickers. Pretty sure they use yellow cake to make their labels.

 

I collect labels and drink a lot of Founders. I dont have a single Founders label in the collection.
Also, as mentioned earlier, DFH labels fall off in the fridge which turns drinking into mystery beer hunter if ya got a mix.

 

New Jester King labels are very difficult to remove due to lamination making it really tough for the hot water to get in there. Their old bottles, on the other hand, were very easy to remove.

 

Dark Horse labels are awful. Not even worth trying.

 

Brooklyn Brewery ones are really tough.

 

Everything Jack's Abby are really easy to take the label off of. I have a tough time with Duck Rabbit and Terrapin bottles.


A wet "magic eraser" I find to be the best for taking label gunk off after soaking.

 

Amonia mixed with the water works wonders!!

I find Great Divide and Weyerbacher (not brewer select) are easiest and I toss the DFH and of course Stone are all doomed

 

Anything Belgian or German just need a soak in hot water. Plus the bottles are thicker as they re use them there and even bottle condition.

Cantillon is the exception. No luck for me.

 

another vote for Dogfish...I find myself fidgeting with their labels all the time and trying to peel them off in one complete piece.

 

Shorts are very difficult. No success yet. Agree on the oxyclean. That's what I use... Magically stuff. Lol.

 

Magic Hat come off easy. I soak all mine in a sink of hot water and baking soda and that usually does the trick.

 

easiest = kuhnhenn

hardest/most pain in the butt = Hair of the Dog, Shorts, Maine Brewing Company

 

I recommend soaking the bottle in a cooler all day, and just trying to peel it off with your hand a half dozen or so times.

 

I find Aecht Schlenkerla labels exceedingly easy to remove - just get them wet and they basically slip off.

Pretty much all British beer labels give me a devil of a time.

 

Midnight Sun used to be paper and glue (easy to remove). About a year ago they switched to a sticker which is a bit of a pain, but the Most Wanted Series (i.e. Berserker and Brewtality) is a whole other beast. Fought through one and recycled the rest.

Can't stand painted bottles Rogue: instant recycle.

 

Some unmentioned:

Easy: Fuller's. Slips off with a soak.
Hard: Unibroue. Both the labels and the foil at the top require a long soak and then scrubbing with a brillo pad to get off.