B&C Brewery

B&C Brewery recently showed me some outstanding and totally original graphic talent.

 

Unlike many of us who went straight for the barley, Russ and wife Renie Gallant started their homebrewing careers with wine. They named their winery R&R Red Grin (after the effect great red wine has on your teeth). Russ decided to put his fine arts degree to work and design labels to crown their achievements. After some hard work painting, photographing, and Adobe illustrating, voilà!

That's one classy label.

When they turned to beer making, Russ and Renie wanted something more casual, more in the spirit of brewing and consuming beer, but still with a splash of personal flair. They found inspiration for their brand in their two playful, Jamaican-name-inspired cats: Bammy and Callaloo.

Bammy (a Jamaican bread made from cassava but also a gray tabby who really wants to catch his tail)

Callaloo can has beer? (Named after a Jamaican leafy green)

Russ set to work on a cartoonish design with retro graphics and strong colors that would really pop against the amber glass of a bottle. The labels include a generous banner space for notating their most recent concoction.

Totally a-mew-sing

Knowing as every good graphic designer does that a 1-inch bottle cap needs a more simplified look, Russ scaled this graphic back to feature just the cats and the name with a checkered background.

Compare the two and note the changes. B&C has provided a great example of how you can take a complex logo and make it into a successful bottle cap.

The complete package

While Russ and Renie may keg most of their brews, whenever one of these bottles shows up to a party, Banny and Callaloo are sure to make a splash! Brew on, B&C Brewery.

Gift Certificates for Valentine's Day!

Looking for a last-minute but perfect gift for Valentine's Day? Give the gift of 100% custom caps! The brewer in your love life will thank you for it.

Because nothing says I love you like a "POW IPA!"

BottleMark Gift Certificates

New Hops and Barley Caps

Just added two new, ready-to-order beer series to the BottleMark library of designs. A tribute to the key ingredients of beer: hops and barley!

Hop to it!

The wonderful flavors of barley need love, too!

BottleMark loves printing photographs, and these new caps really show off the awesome photo-quality printing we do every day.

Now I expect some caps will be more popular than others in this series, but it could inspire some really interesting, unexpected brews. Why not make a hopped-up stout?

If you do, you obviously need this cap.

Or my personal favorite, a hop scotch?

Too punny.

See the caps for yourself in our design library: http://www.bottlemark.com/shop/cap-library/design

Mosh and Brew Cycle Crew

Check out this tattoo-worthy design.

Guy in Ohio ordered this logo cap for his gang the Mosh and Brew Cycle Crew. Mosh and Brew builds tall and otherwise bizarre bikes; they ride with pride and also brew good beer (but I don't think at the same time). I suspect there's some heavy metal involved, too, for a truly epic hobby combination. Ride on!

Solid

BottleMark loves brewers, but we also love companies that support brewers, too! And who can deny the awesome that is bottle cap schwag?

You cannot deny it.

Solid, a reputation management company specializing in elegant websites and media campaigns, is helping get some breweries going strong. As a special beer-themed gift, Solid designed these caps, dropped them into resin, attached a magnet, and...

Voilà!

A Solid idea.

The Slug and Satellite

This numbered non sequitur series piqued my attention: was someone cellaring a beer for 10, 15, and 20 years? And...is that a slug??

Yes, that's a slug.

Over in London town, workers at a mobile satellite communications company called Inmarsat enjoy their very own fully-licensed, on-site pub. (The English have impeccable priorities.) Named as a parody of the pub chain "The Slug and Lettuce," the "Slug and Satellite" has served thirsty employees on Fridays 5-9 for many years. In fact, some of the all-volunteer staff have been working the bar for over five years. Manager Richard Locke decided that some recognition of service was in order, and so he ordered some honorific bottle caps. With a hole punch and some safety pins, he turned simple beer closures into "Up"-inspired badges of glory.

A Slug and Satellite Five-Star General

When not at their Friday posts, the Slug and Satellite crew have taken to flaunting their bottle caps on their employee ID badges, garnering plenty of attention for the bar in shiny style. Congrats, hard workers of the Slug and Satellite. We doff our hats to you, your years of dedication, and your worthy cause!

New Caps in Design Library

Here at BottleMark, we've been hard at work expanding our little business (not to mention fulfilling orders), and now the design library reflects our all-new printing process.

Lookin' good, dawg.

White caps. Matte finishes. Colors that pop. All at the same ridiculously low price. Whether you're ordering from the library or creating your own custom masterpiece, check out just how good our bottle caps look: BottleMark Design Library.

We've also added a few new designs...
Our Brew Date design features the beer style, a barley graphic, and plenty of space to date your beer with a sharpie. Great option if you brew a lot!

Because you still like using sharpies on your caps.

New Homer Simpson beer quote cap:

Because it's a classic.

If I had my way, I would spend my whole day adding meme caps to the library. But for now, I limited myself to only one:

Because we're all brewing beer better than Dos XX.

Got a great idea for a library design? You know where to find me.