Hi there,
I'm new to the forums but have been perusing for quite some time. This forum is certainly a wealth of knowledge. I couldn't find an answer to a question I had though regarding label art.
I recently commissioned a professional illustrator to design my beer labels for me for the future. He designs band tshirts and truthfully I was flattered that he is offering to take the time to do these designs for me at the particular cost.
My question though is the content.
Apart from the obvious risks of alienating your consumers by putting something objectionable on the label, is there a risk that a label can have your beer pulled from the shelf of any place even if the distributor is perfectly fine with the label?
I don't plan on putting any nudity, but the plan is to have very violent and otherwise, "colorful" designs that mimic what anyone would see on a regular basis on a death metal band's tshirt.
Here are examples of what this guy does:
If I submit a label with all the appropriate shtuff like surgeon general warning, beer style, ingredients that I'm required to mention, address of brewery... can I have any art on my label? Will they come back and censor the art? Or will they overlook that.
I did recently read about Flying Dog having their Raging Bitch pulled from shelves in Michigan because someone was offended, and I'm open to that happening, but my plan is to not make into Harris Teeter's or Total Wine.
Help.
Thanks in advance
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I just found the answer to this here, regarding prohibited practices of labeling beer.
(3) Any statement, design, device, or representation which is obscene or indecent.
I'm new to the forums but have been perusing for quite some time. This forum is certainly a wealth of knowledge. I couldn't find an answer to a question I had though regarding label art.
I recently commissioned a professional illustrator to design my beer labels for me for the future. He designs band tshirts and truthfully I was flattered that he is offering to take the time to do these designs for me at the particular cost.
My question though is the content.
Apart from the obvious risks of alienating your consumers by putting something objectionable on the label, is there a risk that a label can have your beer pulled from the shelf of any place even if the distributor is perfectly fine with the label?
I don't plan on putting any nudity, but the plan is to have very violent and otherwise, "colorful" designs that mimic what anyone would see on a regular basis on a death metal band's tshirt.
Here are examples of what this guy does:
If I submit a label with all the appropriate shtuff like surgeon general warning, beer style, ingredients that I'm required to mention, address of brewery... can I have any art on my label? Will they come back and censor the art? Or will they overlook that.
I did recently read about Flying Dog having their Raging Bitch pulled from shelves in Michigan because someone was offended, and I'm open to that happening, but my plan is to not make into Harris Teeter's or Total Wine.
Help.
Thanks in advance
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I just found the answer to this here, regarding prohibited practices of labeling beer.
(3) Any statement, design, device, or representation which is obscene or indecent.
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