Crowdsourcing the Best Beer Label Designs

If there’s ever a time to vote on the best graphic design, it’s when no money is involved – no contract. It’s just a fun discussion about existing designs.

I love package design, and I love beer, and when I went away to college at Humboldt State University, my introduction to good beer was through Lost Coast Brewery, whose labels have long been designed by artist Duane Flatmo. It’s no wonder, then, that when I asked followers on Twitter and Facebook for their favorite beer labels and packaging, I received a lot of shout-outs for Lost Coast and other Northern California breweries.

That being said, I received responses for different states and even faraway countries. Labels in this collection include gothic imagery, blocky typography as well as artwork worthy of hanging on a wall.

Do you agree that these are the best beer labels in the world? Please raise a glass for your favorites in the Comments below!

1. 21st Amendment Brewery Hell or High Watermelon (San Francisco)

2. Big Rock Brewery Warthog Ale (Canada)

3. New Belgium Brewing Hoptober (Fort Collins, Colo.)

4. Flying Dog Brewery Doggie Style (Frederick, Md.)

5. Lost Coast Brewery Downtown Brown (Eureka, Calif.)

6. Shiner Bock (Shiner, Texas)

7. Kona Brewing Co. Pipeline (Kailua Kona, Hawaii)

8. Deschutes Brewery Bachelor ESB (Bend, Ore.)

9. BrewDog Tokyo (Scotland)

10. Hops Clearwater Light (Clearwater, Fla.)

11. Wasatch Brewery Polygamy Porter (Park City, Utah)

12. Smuttynose Brewing Co. Star Island Single (Portsmouth, N.H.)

13. Arbor Brewing Co. Espresso Love (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

14. Dogfish Head Hellhound on My Ale (Milton, Del.)

15. Triple Rock Brewery Monkey Head Arboreal Ale (Berkeley, Calif.)

16. Speakeasy Untouchable (San Francisco)

17. Lagunitas Brewing Co. Lucky 13 (Petaluma, Calif.)

18. Hitachino Nest Beer Red Rice Ale (Japan)

19. Bottom-Side-Up Brewing Co. Killer Buzz (Vernon, Conn.)

20. Unibroue Trois Pistoles (Canada)

21. North Coast Brewing Co. Brother Thelonious (Fort Bragg, Calif.)

22. Drake’s Brewing Denogginizer (San Leandro, Calif.)

23. Independence Brewing Co. Freestyle (Austin, Texas)

24. Reaper Ale Mortality Stout (Lake Elsinore, Calif.)

25. 3 Floyds Beer Alpha King (Munster, Ind.)

26. Geary’s Pale Ale (Portland, Maine)

27. Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter (San Diego)