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How to choose bottle-labeling adhesives for breweries

Wet bottles, ice-proof, caustic wash-off, and high-speed labelers drive the choice. Casein is still the brewery workhorse on returnable glass.

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A brewery label has to go on a cold, often wet bottle, survive ice and pasteurization, and — on returnable glass — come off in caustic. It also has to run the labeler you already own. Use this as a trial checklist, not a spec sheet.

What's in this guide

  • What to write down before a trial
  • Four chemistries
  • Relative fit for a brewery

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