Beer Label Art
Categories: General beer discussions
Written By: THFBeer_nate
In a recent post, Mike made reference to the beautiful artwork adorning the outside of North Coast Brewery’s, Brother Thelonious. I could not take my eyes off the label as I drove home from the market. It was intriguing to me as I considered that North Coast, in my opinion, never fails to deliver a great looking logo, regardless of the complexity or simplicity of the design.
Clearly, the aesthetic qualities of a bottle of beer (or the lack thereof) will not manipulate my taste buds into appreciating a particular beer more or less, but they may arrest my attention as I stroll down the beer aisle. If anything, they will leave me obliged to the brewer for putting heart and soul into every detail.
On the other hand, drinking a nasty beer out of a beautiful bottle irritates me. Besides feeling betrayed as my anticipation gives way to a sour face, the contents of the bottle should always supersede the clothing of the bottle (in my opinion).
Anyway, here is some ‘bottle art’ that I enjoy.
Anything by By Flying Dog Brewery:
The North Coast Brewing Company line up:
Nosferatu, Great Lakes Brewing Company:
Fiddler’s Elbow, Wychwood:
I stumbled across these labels, designed by Tim Nyberg, looking for a bottle to call home. I love the look and style of the artwork:
What brands/labels do you find attractive?
To what extent do think label art affects the sellability of the beer?
March 25th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Flying dog art is done by the same guy who did the art for the Wall by Pink Floyd. That’s pretty cool.
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March 26th, 2009 at 4:56 am
I didn’t know that…no wonder their bottle art has the trippy psychedelic look to it.
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March 26th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I always thought Troegs and Magic Had had some pretty cool labels.
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March 27th, 2009 at 5:13 am
I would agree…both implement bright labels. So far I have been too impressed with the contents of Magic Hat though.
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