Incorrect Labeling

[homekegger1]

Have just put a couple of beers into the fridge to drink tonight, only to crack one open and find it wasn't what I thought it was.

The method I desided to use for my bottles was simple and easy, or so I thought. Since I now use swing top bottles for my left over brew that can't fit into the keg, I decided to number the lids.

Well tonght, I discovered that I have 2 9's and 2 10's. I also discovered that the brews in 1 & 2 were not what I thought. Firstly I thought they were a pale ale, only to think to myself that they were to dark for that, so I deducted that they were the stouts I bottled. WRONG

It turns out to be my Old Perculiar. This brew did turn out fantastic, but I only bottle a couple. I was saving them to show off. Since I cracked one I am now enjoying it, but I was after the stout. Just to see how it turned out.

I use an excel spreadsheet to let me know what is in what bottle. Note to self, update the bloddy thing when I fill the friggin' bottles.

Anyone else have a problem like this? Or am I the only wally that can't account for my beer.

Cheers

Craig

 

[barls]

only you mate

 

[peas_and_corn]

I number the caps, and don't have a problem. It's the number brew it is since my very first- I haven't been doing it for very long, so my last batch was no.28

 

[homekegger1]

Seems that I decided to take a punt on the stout I was looking for in Bottle 9 and 10.... Well I messed up again and got my old Perculiar...

Third time lucky... I am finally drinking my Stout.

Cheers

HK

p.s. Barls, I am still yet to lose millions of dollars of government property or fire a rather large cylinder of metal into the sea.

 

[Stuster]

I put letters on the top to remind me rather than numbers. So I put S for stout, SB for special bitter etc. Works well for me.

 

[Barry]

Good Day

Put a letter for the type of beer, plus date.

The dunkel I bottled yesterday had

D
297

This way you know what brew it is without looking up record etc.

 

[Kai]

Printed Avery labels with the name, date and alcohol content.

 

[tangent]

look through bottle
can't see through the dark beers
can see through, might be a lager, might be an APA

 

[Screwtop]

All my recipes in Beersmith's Brew Log are alphanumerically coded. A0001 was my first Ale (Kit), L0001 first Lager (Kit), AGA0001 first All Grain Ale, etc.

I use small cheap Avery FMR2438W labels and write the code number on by hand, reuse the bottles 5/6 times before a new label is required, crossout the prev number and write on the current one at bottling time.

The Brewlog is printed from beersmith to a file which I parse into Excel and print. The list is kept in a plastic protector sleeve in the brewery on the fridge door with a magnet. Pull out bottle with AGA0010 on the label, check the list and see it's an all grain APA, also brew date, secondary date, OG, FG, bottling date etc.

Works for me

 

[NT11]

I use small avery sticker from officework. I stick it on a cap so it come off everytime it opened. It come with printing software - can't read my own writing. ~$7 for 980 label.