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Small Brewery Labels – We Make Short Runs Simple

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Diehard consumers often embrace the idea that “bigger is better”. In many cases, they’re right, but the size of craft beer breweries is a notable exception. While it’s true that many craft brew operations have increased in both size and product distribution, there are also hundreds of small breweries that are just getting their feet wet in the beverage business.

We help support these businesses by supplying small brewery labels that exhibit excellent label quality and can be implemented on a highly affordable model. Below are five ways you can benefit from using our readymade or custom designed small brewery labels.

  1. On-Demand Printing

After you finalize the design characteristics for your labels, you can order them from us on an as-needed basis — also known as on-demand printing. This lets you avoid paying for more labels than you currently need, and it’s also a perfect option for seasonal brews that have a short run, but are offered season after season.

  1. Hand Applied Labels

Is your brewery small enough not to need a production line for canning or bottling? If so, we’re a great option for receiving your labels. Get your labels on sheets that make them easy to peel and apply. The labels can contain a special adhesive that keeps them firmly in place, until they are peeled away. This feature helps reduce the cost of human error in the labeling process.

  1. Machine Applied Labels

If your brewery produces enough units that labeling them by hand is inefficient, and you’ve implemented a production line to handle canning and bottling and label placement, we can supply readymade and custom labels that synchronize with your automated labeling process. Order machine applied labels on-demand to minimize costs or in bulk sizes to save on cost per label.

  1. Labels for Seasonal Brews

Each year, the beer industry launches hundreds of seasonal products in the U.S. alone. Oktoberfest brews, summertime shandies, and robust, winter ales are common examples. The drinks often have unique labeling that’s designed with seasonal aesthetics in mind, as well as names the season inspires. We help you sell seasonal brews by supplying eye catching, custom designed labels for the season.

  1. Labels for Event Brews

Specialty beer is made for hundreds of events annually, including Oktoberfest, Mardi Gras, and national beer competitions, just to name a few. We supply custom labels that are specially designed for the event in question. An event-based craft brew can earn it brewer a large chunk of revenue in a short period of time, and our labels help make it possible.

Who We Are

Flexo-Graphics is a label printing specialist with more than 30 years of experience serving the industrial, consumer, food and beverage, automotive, and appliance sectors. Since the craft beer market exploded and hundreds of small breweries took flight, we’ve helped small breweries sell their carefully crafted libations by supplying small brewery labels that breweries can implement economically, and feel confident about how the label represents their brand.

To get started on implementing small brewery labels that can help your beers make a quick pit stop on store shelves before consumers snap them up, call us today at (262) 790-2740, or use the contact form on our website.

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