A cut through the label corpus
Type only beer labels
62 labels in the register read as type only. Every one was described by us from the filed artwork — the TTB records what a label says, never what it looks like.
Kelly's BrownPREMISE BREWING COMPANYThe label is predominantly typographic, with the beer name "KELLY'S BROWW" set in outline capitals running vertically down the centre in a tall, narrow sans-serif. At the lower right sits a circular emblem featuring a stylized hop cone in gold set against a purple ground, with "PREMISE" and "BREWING" arced along the top and bottom edges. The remainder of the label carries regulatory text and storage instructions in small sans-serif type against a white field.white · purple · gold · black
Things We Don't Say... Version 9.0WANDERING SOUL BEER CO.The label is predominantly type-based, with the brewery name and beer style centered at the top in a serif typewriter font, flanked by small star ornaments. Below, a series of three solid horizontal dot rows serve as a visual divider under the phrase "things we don't say..." The remaining space features the beer name, version number, and ABV statement in the same serif typewriter face, with a substantial block of justified prose text on the left side and regulatory information on the right and bottom edges. The design employs a stark, utilitarian aesthetic with no illustration.black · cream
Club Colombia DoradaThe front label features a cream-coloured ground with ornamental golden type and decorative flourishes arranged symmetrically. The beer name "Club Colombia" appears in a large serif condensed display face in oxblood and gold, flanked by horizontal burgundy rules. Above sits the text "Orgullo Colombiano" in a flowing script, and below are the words "Maestría Cervecera", a small shield emblem, "100% Malta / Pilsner - Caramelo", and "Dorada", all set in golden type. Small ornamental line ornaments frame the composition vertically.cream · gold · oxblood
AmbleNATURAL HISTORYA label designed as a naturalist's field journal entry, with a central framed specimen card in pale cream containing handwritten-style notes on elderflower and wildflower honey, habitat, tasting notes, and geographic coordinates. The composition is symmetrical and austere, set against a muted off-white ground with the beer name "AMBLE" in russet capitals below the Natural History logotype, and regulatory text ranged left and right in small serif type. The palette is restricted to cream, sage green in the logo, and russet-brown type. The overall treatment evokes a 19th-century naturalist's documentation system.cream · russet · sage
The LittlesNATURAL HISTORYA field-notes design on a deep green background presents a naturalist's specimen card for an India Pale Ale. The label mimics a journal entry with a central framed box containing handwritten-style italic script recording specimen details, habitat, tasting notes, and origin. The header features serif capitals and a small circular emblem, all rendered in cream and gold metallic ink against the matte ground.dark green · cream · gold
Brewers Retreat West Coast IPASIERRA NEVADAThe label is dominated by the beer name set in large, bold gold sans-serif caps arranged in an arc across the upper half, with a stylised three-lobed emblem centred below it flanked by the year numbers 20 and 26. The word RETREAT appears in matching gold caps on the second line, with WEST COAST IPA in smaller letters below a pair of horizontal rules. The entire composition is centred on a deep forest green field with regulatory text in smaller gold type running vertically down both edges.forest green · gold
Free-FloatingFINBACKThe label is entirely typographic, composed in a geometric sans-serif font across a solid forest-green field. "FINBACK" appears vertically along the right edge in tall, condensed capitals, while "FREE-FLOATING DOUBLE IPA" is distributed horizontally and vertically across the center and lower portions in pale yellow-cream lettering. Style descriptors and ABV information are set in smaller type along the top and right margins.forest-green · cream
UltraterrestrialFINBACKThe label is dominated by hot magenta ground with text arranged in bold, irregular angles across the surface. "FINBACK" runs vertically in large cream caps down the right side, while "ULTRATERRESTRIAL" is split and rotated across the centre and lower portion in the same typeface. Beer style descriptors—"TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE WITH MOSAIC, VISTA, SABRO"—and regulatory text occupy the remaining space in smaller cream type, creating a densely typographic composition with no figurative element.magenta · cream · black
Hamm's Cold BeerHAMM'SThe label features a horizontal tripartite composition with a cream field at top, a gold-striped band running across, and a navy blue band at the bottom. The dominant visual is the word "Hamm's" rendered in large red script lettering across the centre, with "COLD BEER" in white sans-serif capitals on the navy ground below. A small red shield emblem containing a white wagon-wheel motif anchors the upper centre, flanked by event details in black type.red · cream · navy · gold
Bourbon County Brand Tiramisu Cask Finish StoutGOOSE ISLAND BEER CO.The front label features a dark brown field with a circular emblem in the upper right: a goose in profile within a gold circle printed against diagonal hatching, set within a round banner reading "GOOSE ISLAND". The composition is dominated by regulatory and descriptive text in gold and cream, arranged in horizontal bands; a paler yellow-green panel at the bottom contains the bottled-on date, ABV statement, and volume. The label is bordered by a thick magenta frame with a teal inner stripe.brown · gold · magenta · teal
Bourbon County Brand Triple Barrel StoutGOOSE ISLAND BEER CO.The front label features the Goose Island brewery emblem—a flying goose in a circular frame with diagonal hatching—positioned in the upper right against a charcoal ground. The composition is divided left and right by a vertical gold rule, with product name and description in gold condensed sans-serif capitals on the left side and a large white blank panel on the right. A thick magenta border frames the entire label with cyan and gold accent lines, while the back label repeats the brewery name and product details in the same typographic system with four gold stars as a secondary mark.charcoal · gold · magenta · cyan
Unholy Church Galaxy Triple IPAUNHOLY CHURCHThe label is type-only, dominated by the brewery name 'Omnipollo' in bold sans-serif at the top, followed by 'Unholy Church' rendered in a stylized, interlocking gothic or blackletter-influenced hand-lettered script. Below sit the beer style descriptor 'Galaxy Triple IPA' in clean sans-serif, with regulatory and production information in smaller type. The entire composition sits on a white ground with black text and a barcode near the bottom left.white · black
Ekstra DrySVYTURYSThe front label features the brand name 'EKSTRA DRY' in large, heavy serif capitals running vertically down the centre in black, with a red 'EKSTRA' block positioned above. A stylised signature in script appears in the lower left in grey. The label is divided between a white field on the right and a pale grey field on the left, with regulatory and descriptive text arranged in columns. A yellow diagonal panel spans the upper left, containing yellow-on-yellow ingredients and brewing notes. The right edge carries a tall yellow vertical band with regulatory text running along its spine.white · yellow · black · red
Modelo EspecialMODELO BEERThe front label presents the beer name gold · cream · black · brown