Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Following the positive comments in the recent competition I have decided to start a thread where label designs can be posted.
Labels can be helpful - that way you can tell the difference between hand sanitiser and gin and you don't drink the wrong one!
I use beerlabelizer. The images produced are in PDF format and I have converted them to JPG to upload. You can adjust the size of the label to suit the bottle.

Cheers
Carol

Baileys Choc Raspberry Luxe and Mocha

Baileys Luxe Choc Mint

Mango Liqueur

Great idea for a thread Carol... I like the labels you have posted, I love graphic design and think that all too often it is ignored when distilleries release spirits. Labels are to me like the garnish in a cocktail... not essential but they can make the experience.
Doc

Thanks Doc. I am having fun with beer labelizer. At Christmas I bottled DIY Baileys in champagne bottles with a crown seal and a suitably festive label. Recipients loved it.

I have been to your site ( eastviewestate.com for those reading along) and I love the quirky names and labels. As you say it adds to the experience. In the commercial world I think it also helps your product to stand out in what seems to be an increasingly crowded market.

Cheers
Carol

Great wisdom in those words Carol... I have always had a love of commercial art. We have a saying here at Dobson's... if they ZIG we ZAG... we just try to be different, but still make quality our first priority.
cheers
Doc.

Unicorn Tears

Another good label there Carol... I love seeing people take pride enough to label their spirits, it is something I have always done I often keep a sample bottle and the best is coming back after some years and re - discovering a great old bottle, the label lets me know exactly when it was made... Lyn my wife and I stumbled upon my first ever gin the other night. it was labeled and numbered so we knew it was the first bottle... I really wish I could say it was good... but man was it rank ! a real horror show.... but it was fun knowing I had made it so long ago.... anyway keep up the good work... the labels are great.
Doc

Thanks Doctor
It is interesting to look back on earlier concoctions. Things that I thought were pretty good a year ago I wouldn't bother making now. It is encouraging that even the professionals do the same thing.

Cheers
Carol

Kaffir Lime Vodka

Another great label Carol... I particularly like the choice of font. Nice.
Doc

Citrus Gin

Another strong label Carol... it has a soviet feel to it... I love the Soviet propaganda posters of the 40's - 50's.... if you get a chance have a look at the poster work of a guy called Saul Bass you may like his style...
Cheers
Doc

Thanks Doctor. I wil look up Saul Bass. I am enjoying playing around with Beerlabelizer. I have started a collection of interesting images for potential labels so hope to extend my skills over time.
Cheers
Carol

Playing around with images and labels.
Cherry Gin with Szechuan Pepper instead of Juniper Berries and a Raspberry version of the same.

Hello Carol
Love the thread and I need to look into the labels that you use as I want to put that on my bottles.
At the risk of by jacking your thread what is the go with your kaffir lime drink. We have a kaffir lime tree and only ever use the leaves.the limes get thrown as I did not think they were edible. Do you have a productive use for them .

Hi Wellsy
Beerlabelizer is very cheap - developed in New Zealand but the price is in $US. I think I paid $11 for it and it is lots of fun. Laser print the labels and stick on with milk and they come off easily so you can do it all again.
A friend has a kaffir lime tree and brought over some limes and some leaves.
I have made kaffir lime vodka ( infuse chopped leaves in neutral) and kaffir lime gin.
For the gin, chop one lime into quarters. I removed any seeds I could see. Add 600-700ml gin ( I use 40% ABV neutral and Zymurgy Bob's gin extract so I can control the ginniness). I also add 1 bottle of white wine ( as I got a lot free when I ordered red wine online for my hubbywhen Covid started - adds a little bit of sweetness and some complexity). I leave it about 4 weeks and strain off the fruit. Taste testers tell me it is really good. This gives me about 2 bottles of kaffir lime gin at around 25% ABV.
Kaffir lime vodka has also been popular with taste testers. I had two different kinds of leaves and the thinner leaves had a very pleasant grassy taste. Taste testers enjoyed it with ice and soda. I did cut the ABV back to 20%.
Most of my taste testers are of mature years and not "seasoned" drinkers so I aim to get maximum flavour without having them getting tipsy, falling over and breaking their hip!

Cheers
Carol

Legend
Thanks for the info Carol. So many recipes so little time lol.
Once I get plenty of bourbon Naomi will start on some neutrals, well as neutral as you get with a pot.
I will definitely give this one a go. I have a son who is a big gin drinker and a Russian daughter in law so vodka is a must lol. They might be my summer projects as no generations will mean I can do when the water temp works best for stripping runs

I will be interested to see what you can do with the pot in terms of creating something neutral-ish. The gin extract has quite a strong flavour so that might work with a base that already has some residual flavour. The kaffir lime vodka also has quite a strong taste so if you could create something that worked with the lime flavour while it would not be
"vodka" as such, it might still be very pleasant.
I make a lot of fruit gins ( 600-700ml gin, 500g frozen fruit, one bottle white wine or rose ( yes there were a lot of freebies!) in a large wide mouthed jar for 4 weeks and then strain. Makes 2 bottles. Fruit goes back in the freezer to have with icecream or pancakes. ABV around 25%. Fruit is "forward" as they say. Again if you could make something neutralish to use as the base for the gin that worked with the fruit flavour that might make a very nice drink. You could also leave out the gin part and just have a fruit "cordial".
Keep me posted on your neutral-ish pot adventures.
Maybe start a thread and see what the brains trust can come up with.