Has anybody had luck with getting labels that are laser printable and will peel off the bottle easily?
Beerlabelizer.com there are some free labels and some require donation, which I recommend as the site owner is an avid home brewer... I just print them on regular paper with a laser printer and adhere them to the bottle with a glue stick and or some milk which although it sounds crazy the protein molecules in the milk will make the labels stick... I use glue sticks and they fall off easy when soake in water
Great site, thanks. So all you pay is $5 and you can print and download any label? And as far as you using regular paper, doesn't the condensation from the bottle make the label fall apart?
I'm pretty sure the $5 is a one time fee and regular computer paper works great and doesn't break down with condensation, unless your beer is submerged in ice and water in a cooler then it may? Laser printers work great but I haven't tried using my ink jet printer yet.
I use a laser printer on regular paper and use milk to stick them on it works great and then comes right off.
not sure if it's my printer settings or what but when I save label as jpg file and print it comes out as big pic on 8 x11 paper. Is there a way to adjust size for 12oz or bomber?
I just select the print option rather than save on the website and then it takes you to a page where you can select what kind of bottle your labeling ( 12oz, 22oz, etc ). The biggest label size will print 2 or 3 on a page and the 12 oz. size will print 6 labels per page.
If you are worried about it, pick up a can of spray polyurethane and give the paper a quick spray before cutting and applying labels.
Questions though, to the OP's request for something that peels off easy, do you find that those Avery labels do? Don't know the number off the top of my head, but I've used a different Avery label and was anything but easy to pull off after use...
No, they dont peel off easy w/o an oxyclean soak. However, if you use the 5168 TEMPLATE, not the actual labels, you can print the right size labels on regular paper and stick on with milk, which works suprisingly well, so I've heard. It sounds stupid I know, but I heard it works great.
