Reading Beer Can Labels

Nothing more annoying than not being able to quickly determine the ABV. Unreadable dot-matrix printed ABV is the same thing as not having the ABV marked at all.

 

Is it just me, or have other beer drinkers noticed how hard it is to figure out the name or more importantly, the style of the beer in that can or bottle you're considering buying? It seems to me that the style of the beer (IPA, lager, Belgian Wit) should be printed clearly and _highly_ legibly, smack dab at the front of the can or bottle...and not in tiny "9 point" type that you need your glasses to be able to read! I suppose if one is an IPA fan these days it doesn't matter quite as much... since you can grab nearly any can of beer in the store's fridge at random and you stand a better than 70% chance that it will be an IPA! (LOL). But still, isn't the number one question that beer drinkers want answered: "What kind of beer is this?"
A related issue are stores that arrange their beer by geographic region rather than style. At least with the stores that organize by beer style, you know you're in the right section.

 

Nahh, I think brewers should feel free to create art with the cans themselves or put the work of other artists on display. Obviously I want the style and name of the beer on the can, but it's not too much of a concern for me if it's printed on the back or in small font