I got an e-mail today from someone at Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper, letting me know about a quiz created by their beer columnist Marc Bona. It’s a fun one, asking you to identify 31 labels from budget, or cheap, beer brands. It shows each label or can, with the name removed, and then you have [...]
We all know good labels, packaging and artwork can help a beer sell. I may not like that a mediocre beer might sell better than a great one if it has more eye-catching artwork, but it happens all the time. It was especially true in the early days of craft beer when many people who [...]
Our 55th Session takes a look at Label, Coaster and Cap Art. Our host, Curtis Taylor at Hop Head Said …, expounds on his topic Label, Coaster and Cap Art, and describes how to participate: On September 2, bloggers from around the world will converge at HopHeadSaid to write about the fabulous world of beer [...]
After Anheuser-Busch InBev‘s recent acquisition of Goose Island for just under $40 million, it seems they may be taking a page from the Chicago microbrewery’s success. One of Goose Island’s most popular beers is 312 Urban Wheat Ale, named for the Chicago telephone area code. Officially known as the Telephone Numbering Plan, it was first [...]
I came across this fun mosaic at Mazaika, a website for photo mosaic software. They feature a gallery of examples of what can be done with the software, including one of a dog using about 2,000 beer labels. You can see the dog bigger at Mazaika, where you can also make out more of the [...]
