By Greg Kitsock Getting a beer label to market is an intricate dance fraught with more missteps than the brewing of the beer itself. At the very least, it means navigating a gauntlet of federal and state regulations that can be confusing, contradictory ...
By Dave Gausepohl During the course of the year, one of the most celebrated and alluring beer styles has got to be bock beer. To a real beer enthusiast, bock beer is truly a brew to seek out and savor (when it can ...
By Dave Gausepohl Beer bottle labels since Prohibition have more importance than a simple mention in that Cheryl Crow song. Labels are a great way to trace a brewery’s lineage, as the part on the label that includes the brewery’s name and city ...
By Dave Gausepohl A long-time collecting friend and labelologist, Bob Kay has taught me ways to trace brewing history from a simple piece of paper. Most beer bottles contain a neck as well as a body label; some more elaborate packages contain back ...