Designing the Black Hops 4th Birthday Labels: Part Four – Murder Hornet
PART 4 OF 4 It needed to be scarier… The Murder Hornet was actually the first label that was designed in the range. Dan Norris, Black Hops co-founder, had given me the brief description of the beer to kick things off at the very start of the project and see what I would come up […]
Designing the Black Hops 4th Birthday Labels: Part Three – Vermonster Nitro Sundae
PART 3 OF 4 Ice-cream nitro birthday sundae? Yes, please. Vermonster is an 8% Nitro Sundae New England IPA full of big juicy hops and creamy malts, and canned on nitro for something a little special and to really add to that creaminess. This was the one can that I knew I wanted to be […]
Designing the Black Hops 4th Birthday Labels: Part Two – Black Forest Birthday Cake
PART 2 OF 4 Black Forest Birthday Cake. Following up the Zappy Birthday label, I really wanted to keep the minimal theme running, and create a series of labels that all shared a common aesthetic, while each being unique and reflecting the beer inside. A birthday is never complete without the cake, and the Black […]
Designing the Black Hops 4th Birthday Labels: Part One – Zappy Birthday
PART 1 OF 4 Zappy Birthday to you! Designing any kind of beer label is always a fun job, but I was especially excited when Gold Coast independent brewery Black Hops approached us to design a series of labels for their 4th Birthday limited Releases. The Black Hops branding has always been on-point from the […]