Artworks That Became Beer Labels
The story of Bell’s Beer is a good one, and I was there from the very beginning.
Most of these designs were created as etchings in copper, and I still own all of the original copper plates on which they were etched.
If you’d like to purchase an impression created directly from one of these original copper plates, and become the owner of a tangible piece of beer history, please visit my contact page.
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Au Sable Brook Trout (Two Hearted Ale)
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Billy Goat (Consecrator Doppelbock Beer)
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Opus Salvelinus III (Two Hearted Ale)
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Woodcut Fish (Two Hearted Ale)
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The Brewmaster of Kalamazoo (Bell's Beer)
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Gull (Great Lakes Ale)
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Fencerow (Great Lakes Amber Ale)
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Heron (Great Lakes Amber Ale)
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Wood Duck (Great Lakes Amber Ale)
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Loon (Great Lakes Amber Ale)
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Sturgeon Bay (Third Coast Ale)
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Apple Trees (Special Double Cream Stout)
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White Pine Cone (Bell's Best Brown Ale)
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Rex I (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex II (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex III (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex V (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex IX (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex XV (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex VIII (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex XI (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex X (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Rex XVI (Kalamazoo Stout)
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Cafe Kabuki X (Rye Stout)
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Dean of Michigan Trout (Two Hearted Ale)
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Dr. Ladislav J. Hanka Sketch (Two Hearted Ale)
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Humulus Lupulus Sketch (Harvest Ale)