The weaknesses of bottle labels

[Alchemywunderkid]

I nudged the edge of a Red Hook ESB label that had been soaking in Star San for 2 days and it just about floated off... no scrubbing, no muss, no fuss... sweet.

Any other bottle label vs. cleansing/sanitizing agent that work ridiculously well we should know about?

[Elbone]

Gordon-Biersch bottles are the same way. The labels fall off of their own accord after about 30 minutes in hot Oxyclean solution. Don't even need a nudge. Nice heavy bottles, too.

[Evan B]

unfortunately, Sierra Nevada bottles are NOT this pleasant. I received two cases of them, and after soaking for a week in PBW, the labels barely came off and left a shitton of paper and glue on the bottle

[Fritz Eye]

Dogfish Head bottles in old PBW solution over night.
The labels come right off and all you have to do is wash off the residual glue slime.
I pick up a case at my neighborhood distributor for $ 1.20.
Of course anything German, you just lok at the bottles and the labels pop right off.
Cheers.

[Elbone]

unfortunately, Sierra Nevada bottles are NOT this pleasant. I received two cases of them, and after soaking for a week in PBW, the labels barely came off and left a shitton of paper and glue on the bottle

I stopped saving SN bottles for this reason. I think they've changed glue or something because they didn't used to be that way. Whatever they're using now isn't water-soluble and has a rubbery texture like dried rubber cement. Gunks up the scrubbie I use. Not worth the effort!

Fortunately, since Gordon-Biersch started distributing in Alabama, this hasn't been a problem for me!

[henrythe9th]

BLC (Beer line cleaner) takes all most all labels off and the glue

[Mylo]

<--- this guy's policy.... if it doesn't come off on its own after an overnight soak in PBW, move on.

In addition to life being too short to bottle homebrew (see below), life is even more wasted on scraping labels off of said bottles prior to filling.


Mylo

[Billy Klubb]

<--- this guy's policy.... if it doesn't come off on its own after an overnight soak in PBW, move on.

In addition to life being too short to bottle homebrew (see below), life is even more wasted on scraping labels off of said bottles prior to filling.


Mylo

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