ear-fung.us I'm a programmer. I'm also pro-grammar.

My Latest Creation

As some of you may already know, I've started brewing my own beer at home ("homebrewing" creates "homebrew"). I've made some 2.5 gallon batches here and there including an American Light Ale, an Oatmeal Stout, and a few other misc brews. Then I decided to invest in some better equipment. Don't get me wrong, Mr. Beer is a great kit to start out with, but I felt the quality of the beer I could create was being held back by some of the more simplistic equipment and ingredients that you get with Mr. Beer.

I now have a problem: I have a bunch of glass bottles with different styles of beer in them. The majority of these bottles are unlabeled. Luckily, I have two different color bottle caps that I've used, but that's really the only differentiation between the bottles at the moment.

I've decided that whenever I create a new batch of beer, I'm going to create a custom label for it. just like commercial micro-breweries do. I'll print out the labels on my inkjet printer on plain paper, cut them up, and adhere them to the bottles using Elmers' Spray Adhesive (the stuff schoolkids use to tack things to display boards for presentations). With the type of spray glue I'm using, it shouldn't be too hard to remove the labels once the bottle is empty. I understand that the inkjet printer won't produce the best and most lasting results, but it'll do for now.

So, I proudly unveil my first-ever label. It's for my latest batch which I'm calling "Bitter Old Lady IPA" (India Pale Ale).

I'll be printing, cutting, and adhering the labels tonight. Who knows... if this turns out to be way more of a hassle than its worth this may also be my last label!

Bitter Old Lady IPA

And here is the label on a few test bottles: