The weaknesses of bottle labels

[mordantly]

i use red stripe, sn, carta blanca, and fat tire bottles. never once dicked with a label. the cap alone tells anyone that it is a refilled vessel.

[Spelt]

I'm a fan of Oxi-clean for this. One overnight soak in a tupperwear tub and all the labels are off the bottles and sitting on the bottom. No physical effort required whatsoever. Plus Oxi-clean is cheap and you don't have to pay shipping, just hit the local grocery.

[BDawg]

Deschutes, Kona, Redhook, Sam Adams, and even the local Fred Meyer "Fire Station 5" store brand bottles are great for reuse. Labels come right off. I especially like the Kona & Fred bottles because they have no raised identifiable lettering or designs like the Deschutes' hop vines or the Sam signature.

[Billy Klubb]

since I don't enter contests, the raised designs don't bother me. most of the time I don't even I don't even bother with the labels. I do have a bunch of smooth label free bottles just in case though.