Cask Labels

It wouldn’t be right to ignore the contribution to label design by ‘modern’ breweries. Here is the first of a selection of different styles, this one from The Penrhos Brewery, …

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Please accept our apologies if you found the Henry Meux label a little bland. This should cheer you up; our first venture into full colour printing for this example from …

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I am not 100% sure that this is a cask label, but I suspect it is. Cutting each one up to go on a bottle would be a little tedious. …

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Thank you to Nick who sent the image of this lovely example from W H & G Nicholls of Hertford. Another example with just one colour on a white background, …

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A complete contrast to the previous couple of examples, this label was in use in the 1920s. One colour, quite striking, the brewery and the beer. So was it produced …

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Our first venture into labels from the USA, brings this superb example from shortly after the repeal of prohibition from the Kips Bay Brewing Co of New York City. At …

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We shall try to maintain the current level of interest in this series of images. We intend to use more recent examples, as well as labels from abroad to supplement …

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It is going to be very difficult to follow the Magee, Marshall example that started this series, but we have to continue. I just hope this one from John Roberts …

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Another suggestion for our blog from Dale, so a number of cask labels, or barrel labels will follow over the next few weeks. To start us off is this stunning …

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