Craft Beer
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Chicago, IL
The beer labels you need in just 5-business days.
We’ve printed custom beer labels for more than 1,500 breweries, from microbrew startups to nationwide craft brands. Cans, bottles, crowlers, growlers, keg wraps, keg collars: every format your taproom and shelf-ready packaging needs.
No minimums on order quantity, no surprise overage fees, and no long-term contracts. Whether you’re canning a small seasonal batch or running a year-round flagship, you order what you actually need, when you need it.
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The most common format for craft beer at scale. Pressure-sensitive labels printed on waterproof BOPP work for flagship sixpacks, seasonal releases, and most canned craft beer in 12oz, 16oz, 19.2oz, and 32oz formats. They run on standard labeling lines and handle cold-fill, refrigeration, and cooler conditions without peeling.
Good fit when you want simple, fast, durable labeling on standard cylindrical cans.
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For 12oz longnecks, 22oz bombers, and bottle releases that need a finished, retail-grade look. We print on a range of materials and finishes, including premium textured papers, gloss and matte films, and metallic substrates.
Good fit when your beer is going to retail shelves, gifting boxes, or premium reserve releases.
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32oz aluminum cans for taproom fills and to-go singles. Crowler labels typically take a 9″ × 5.625″ footprint, printed on water-resistant film that holds up through fridge storage and handling.
Good fit when you want a clean look on freshly-filled taproom releases or special projects that aren’t going through your full canning line.
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64oz refillable jugs for taproom takeaway. Growler labels can be wrap-around panels, hang tags, or front-and-back layouts depending on the bottle.
Good fit when you want a branded experience for the regulars who fill at the bar, plus a way to keep your name on display long after they leave the taproom.
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Cardboard collars that slip over the neck of a keg. Help breweries track inventory, keg age, and SKU at a glance, plus give bar staff and accounts something branded to look at. Through our Keg Collar Cooperative, we group your order with other breweries’ to keep the cost lower without compromising quality.
Good fit when you want low-cost branded keg identification at scale.
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Full-coverage wraps that turn a stainless-steel keg into a branded surface. Print in full color or black and white, sized for half-barrel and sixtel kegs.
Good fit when your kegs ship to bars, festivals, or events where the brand benefits from being seen, not just identified by a stencil.
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Case Study
Growing with ever-expanding brewery operations
18th Street Brewery in Gary, Indiana is growing fast. They went from a Kickstarter campaign to being named Indiana’s best new brewery, in the space of a year. Since then, they’ve expanded their brewery, collaborated on projects with some of biggest names in craft brewing, and added more than a dozen new beers to their lineup. See how we helped them grow their business with labels that catch the eye, for beer that catches the taste buds.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Most craft breweries end up using more than one format. Here’s how they typically break down:
- Pressure-sensitive can labels (printed on BOPP): The default for most craft beer. Simple, fast, durable. Works for flagship sixpacks, seasonal releases, and any standard 12oz, 16oz, or specialty can size.
- Bottle labels: For 12oz longnecks, bombers, or premium bottle releases going to retail shelves. We print on a range of materials and finishes, from gloss film to textured premium papers.
- Shrink sleeves: 360-degree coverage for cans or bottles. Best when the design wraps around contours, you want a no-adhesive look, or you need tamper-evidence. Requires a heat tunnel for application.
- Crowler labels: 32oz taproom fills, to-go singles, or special releases that don’t go through your full canning line.
- Growler labels: 64oz refillable jugs for taproom takeaway. Wrap-arounds, hang tags, or front-and-back panels.
- Keg collars: Cardboard collars on keg necks for inventory, keg age, and brand visibility at the bar.
- Keg wraps: Full-coverage stainless-steel keg branding for festivals, events, and high-visibility accounts.
When you reach out, tell us about your operation, what you’re filling, and where the packaging is going. We’ll help you figure out which formats fit your operation, deadline, and budget.
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No minimums, no overage, no surprise charges.
- No minimum order quantity. Order what you actually need, whether it’s 250 labels for a porter or 50,000 for a flagship run.
- No ±10% overage. Order 5,000 labels, get 5,000 labels, pay for 5,000 labels. The price you’re quoted is the price you pay.
- No setup fees for SKU changes. Run multiple beer SKUs in one job at no extra setup cost.
- No long-term contracts. Order when you need labels, scale up or down with your production, walk away clean if we’re not the right fit.
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Yes. Every project gets reviewed by a label expert on our team before we print: artwork, material, application method, and finish choices. They catch issues that would cost you a print run if they slipped through. Things like color shifts that drift between runs, application compatibility issues for your specific can or bottle size, and finish problems. One expert owns your account from quote through delivery, so the person who reviews your artwork is the same person you’ll talk to when you reorder.
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Standard pressure-sensitive labels (cans, bottles, growlers, keg collars) ship in 5 business days* from artwork approval. Shrink sleeves and labels with advanced finishing (foil, embossing, soft-touch) can take longer. Tell us your deadline when you request a quote and we’ll let you know exactly what’s possible.
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Yes. Our digital printing process runs multiple SKUs in a single job with no extra setup costs. Order 500 labels for a porter, 1,000 for an IPA, and 750 for a pilsner. All in one production run, same turnaround, same pricing structure.
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Yes. We print all of these formats in-house, so you can place a single quote request that covers cans, bottles, crowlers, growlers, keg collars, or wraps. One quote, one production schedule, one expert owning the account.
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Our broad range of label material types, printing capabilities, and finish offerings allows us to print the perfect custom product label to match your needs. Combine that with industry best customer service, and you get a long-term partner for your custom label printing.
