We love the artwork route cideries should take to convey their distinct model visually and tie it to the flavour profiles of a given product. Not solely do these designs must align with the model itself, they need to evoke some sort of emotion from potential patrons once they stroll down an aisle or take into consideration making a cease at their taproom. Seeing is as necessary as tasting when exploring new merchandise and that is all accomplished with intention by design!
We determined to run an open-ended contest the place anybody, cider fan or cidery, may submit cideries’ new-ish label or a label for a cider that has been in long-term manufacturing (much less most well-liked). We took all submissions and gave every one a very good exhausting look. We created 4 distinct awards primarily based off what moved us probably the most. We didn’t contemplate any cider label that was not submitted.
NOTE: These opinions aren’t that of a bigger viewers or ballot throughout the online. These opinions are that of CiderScene’s group members.
We listed all 17 submissions beneath for cider followers to feast their eyes on! Beneath, we now have our 4 winners, too!
Attention-grabbing Strategy: Misplaced Horizon Cider Mill – Previous Hang-out
Nostalgia Journey: Kekionga Cider – Watermelon Gumballs
Cleanest Design: Seattle Cider – Gentle Cider
Native Artist Appreciation: Humboldt Cider – Sundown Rubdown
Cider Label Contest Submissions
Waldschanke Ciders – Base Kamp
Artist: Scarlet Moody
Particulars: Our inspiration behind this design is sort of sentimental to our household and we’re hoping others will get pleasure from it as a lot as we do. We needed the can label to be recognizable, but nonetheless stand out on a shelf with a clear and basic design.
Our household hails from Switzerland/Germany, and the brand is a modernized model of the flag that represents the Canton (or province) in Switzerland the place Co-Proprietor Ruth is from- Thurgau. If you happen to look intently sufficient, the lion’s mouth and eye kind an apple!
The pale background of the label is definitely an enlarged photocopy of a hand drawn ink drawing of the unique Waldschanke positioned within the forests of Romanshorn, Switzerland, made by Ruth’s father, George’s, finest good friend celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the unique cidery (which truly remains to be in operation to this present day!)
Web site: https://www.waldschankeciders.com/
Buskey Cider – Watermelon Rosemary
Artist: Elle Correll
Particulars: It’s our summer time seasonal, and our hottest and talked about cider over time! Being each the artist and the enterprise proprietor, I’ve a novel capability to know the complete historical past of the corporate draw on the model by design pondering.
For the Watermelon Rosemary Cider, we created this cider with our Randall program in Could 2016 a few months after launching. The character of the Randall program was we may take a look at new flavors that we’d wish to make into future batches. The Watermelon Rosemary was an instantaneous hit amongst prospects, and rapidly bars round city requested if they may promote it at their places as nicely. After launching draft, we scaled it up into 12oz after which 16oz.
The Buskey Watermelon Rosemary label options our iconic industrial brick constructing positioned within the in style craft alcohol neighborhood of Scott’s Addition in Richmond, Virginia, with each BUSKEY and CIDER painted signboards featured on the entrance of the constructing. Utilizing roughly 1,800 colours on the label, the exploding watermelon makes use of 2-D art work to create the sensation of motion and pleasure that might be elicited in actual life. With the historic feeling of the bricks coupled with the trendy vibes of exploding fruit, this label portrays what the Buskey model stands for: high quality cider with a enjoyable, approachable expertise.
Web site: https://www.buskeycider.com/
Misplaced Horizon Cider Mill – Previous Hang-out (Attention-grabbing Strategy Winner)
Artist: Jamaica Cole
Particulars: The artwork idea was a collaboration between her and me, and is completely a part of the aesthetic we knew we needed to go along with after we started. Previous Hang-out is admittedly a little bit excessive forehead, so we needed one thing enjoyable and fully unpretentious for the label. We wish to make glorious ciders with out taking ourselves too significantly, and to deliver folks in on the expertise. Texas forests, campfires, and ghost tales had been all themes we talked about after we started engaged on this. Our motto is: “finest loved with a very good good friend on a late night time hike into the unknown.”
Web site: https://www.losthorizoncidermill.com/
Wilmington Brew Works – Watermelon Sugar
Artist: Wilmington Crew
Particulars: The Wilmington Brew Works Ciderosa line started as a blended cider cocktail, that transitioned to a blended cider drink for higher high quality management, and evental bottling. We experimented with a Watermelon Cucumber flavored cider originally of Summer season 2021, which was very nicely acquired. Because the Harry Types’ hit ‘Watermelon Sugar’ grew to become the Track of the Summer season, it was clear what we wanted to do.
Web site: https://wilmingtonbrewworks.com/
Kekionga Cider – Watermelon Gumballs (Nostalgia Journey Winner)
Artist: Nate Morken
Particulars: This label is for Watermelon Gumballs. It was designed by Nate Morken at Acculabel in Fort Wayne, IN. The inspiration for this got here from our many summers on the baseball diamond. There we’d throw in massive “wads” of Huge League Chew bubble gum whereas we had been enjoying baseball all day.
Web site: https://www.kekiongacraftco.com/
Deserted Cider – Basic Cider
Artist: Brendan O’Connor
Particulars: We knew we needed to teach our prospects about our strategies, apple varieties and origins, and our mission. Brendan, our designer, got here up with an excellent and good-looking resolution. Drawing inspiration from classic bus tickets, he organized all our info into totally different panels. The result’s an info-dense can that’s truly legible and fairly straightforward to learn.
Web site: https://www.abandonedcider.com/
Austin Eastcider – Chili Lime Watermelon
Artist: Vals (@vals421)
Particulars: Chili Lime Watermelon blends Pacific Northwest Watermelon Juice, Californian ‘Anaheim’ Chilis, and Mexican Lime Juice for a cloudy, 8.3% ABV. imperial cider that may take your style buds and your finest buds for a trip! Hailing from Mexico Metropolis, we partnered with Vals to deliver this will design to life @vals421.
Our Imperial Stash sequence is an experimental line of excessive octane ciders that mixes the inventive spirit of Austin’s East Aspect with craft and culinary flavors for a novel sensory expertise with each new cider.
Paying tribute to the tasty custom of having fun with chili, lime and salt on freshly reduce watermelon, we sought out a partnership with the superb illustrator from Mexico Metropolis, Vals! Folks unfamiliar with this scrumptious taste combo will probably be delighted to make the invention. We love that we had been capable of work with Vals on this venture to additional the good custom of Tex-Mex fusion!
Vals: “It’s a Mexican custom to eat fruit, particularly watermelon, with chili and lime and I’m so excited to have the ability to symbolize this custom with my art work for this new Austin Eastciders taste. I selected to incorporate a watermelon in sun shades accompanied by chili, limes, and stars that symbolize taste explosions to additional animate the design”
Web site: https://austineastciders.com/
Stowe Cider – Puff Puff Pineapple
Artist: Eric LiPuma
Particulars: The inspiration for the label is the collaboration between us and Black Diamond BBQ for the cider. The pineapples within the cider had been smoked by Black Diamond, therefore the smoking pineapple!
Web site: https://www.stowecider.com/
9 Pin – Lavender Lemonade
Artist: Joe Klockowski
Particulars: Our Lavender Lemon cider is part of our seasonal cider sequence centered on showcasing the standard and breadth of NY agriculture, following or mission of utilizing 100% native grown NY apples and components. This label is designed with an emphasis on domestically sourced components in a daring and up to date approach that appeals to a playful craft beverage demographic. Lavender leaves, blooms and lemon slices are simplified into flat colourful graphics that wrap round and prolong past their background. These wrapping stylized parts encourage the viewer to choose up and rotate a single can to totally see your complete design whereas additionally making a hanging wall of sample when a number of cans are stacked subsequent to one another on a shelf.
Web site: https://www.ninepincider.com/
Proper Bee Cider – Rose
Artist: Stout Collective
Particulars: We labored with the improbable group at Stout Collective so as to add our Rosé to the household. The aim of Proper Bee Cider is to deliver folks collectively, and we needed all of our labels to really feel pleasant, inviting, and welcoming. The design is basic, clear, crisp, and recent with all the data you want. A little bit blurb about our origin story on the aspect makes you smile as you benefit from the magnificent medley of hibiscus, rosehip, currant, raisin, and a drop of honey from our very personal beehives. Its stunning blush hue and energetic aroma are a delight for the senses, with a label that’s straightforward on the eyes. Get pleasure from!
Web site: https://www.rightbeecider.com/
Locust Cider – Mojito Cider
Artist: Blind Tiger
Particulars: The design for our labels and cans is impressed by Day of the Useless. We began our firm in Washington however we now have roots in Texas which is the place this route initially spawned from. We needed to showcase a aspect of toughness and perseverance but in addition vibrancy whereas bringing ahead our flavors by taste cues and illustration.
Web site: https://www.locustcider.com/
Citizen Cider – Spill the Tea
Artist: Tess Wilkinson
Particulars: We’re submitting our current specialty launch: Spill the Tea, a Inexperienced Tea cider. We needed this cider to be a toast to summer time, in addition to a toast to Pleasure. I used to be impressed by the vibrance and delightful flare of Drag tradition in addition to the daring colours of summertime that align with the brilliant taste of this cider. What got here to be was a can that’s playful, enjoyable, recent, and full of affection. Hope you get pleasure from, and hope you discover the time to do this cider.. you’ll find it irresistible!
Web site: https://www.citizencider.com/
Duluth Cider – Greenstone Cider
Artist: Jake Scott
Particulars: My inspiration for the identify and label of this cider got here from Duluth’s largest and oldest supply of inspiration: Lake Superior. The Isle Royale Greenstone is discovered solely in Lake Superior, and is the stone I designed into my spouse and co-owner, Valerie’s engagement ring once I proposed on the shore of Lake Superior in 2013. The can’s summary design concurrently represents 3 issues: 1. the attribute turtle-shell-like sample of the Isle Royale Greenstone, 2. piled boulders alongside the shore of a peaceful Lake Superior, and three. hop leaves from the fragrant Crystal hops used on this semi-dry cider.
Web site: https://duluthcider.com/
Keel Farms – Creamsicle Cider
Artist: John Daly
Particulars: Our Creamsicle Cider artwork was created by artist, Jon Daly, primarily based in Buffalo, New York. Daly creates the artwork for all of our wines, ales, and ciders that we produce right here on the farm.
We needed our Creamsicle cider to be paying homage to childhood days; brilliant, enjoyable, and energetic! We be certain to at all times embody the apples (how our cider is began) behind all of our can artwork. As soon as the apples have been included, we then add in and spotlight the true taste of the cider itself. This label is one which we love and we hope that you’ll find it irresistible too!
Web site: https://www.keelfarms.com/
Seattle Cider – Gentle Cider (Cleanest Design Winner)
Artist: Christina Dean
Particulars: The inspiration for the Gentle Cider can and field design got here from the liquid itself. It’s mild and brilliant, it’s minimalist however daring and thrilling, it garners a re-examination and is enjoyable and approachable. Gentle Cider is a notable departure from the core choices of Seattle Cider Co. The purpose was to attraction to mild beer drinkers whereas remaining true to our cider drinkers. It’s recent, thrilling, and will probably be well-suited as a crossover beverage for all.
Web site: https://www.seattlecidercompany.com/
Humboldt Cider – Sundown Rubdown (Native Artist Appreciation)
Artist: Dave Van Patten
Particulars:
This cider is made with Peach & ardour fruit fermented individually, then blended with recent mint.
From a cider fan: I really like that they assist native artist Dave Van Patten whose art work decorates their labels, taproom and backyard, and whose murals may be present in Eureka. His artwork is so enjoyable and eccentric and I really like seeing the brand new labels once they come out. Additionally it’s tremendous cool that one of many founders of Humboldt Cider was additionally a founding father of the Eureka Avenue Artwork Pageant, which is remodeling our metropolis’s panorama.
Web site: https://humboldtcidercompany.sq..website/
Bend Cider – Acai Mint
Artist: Sheila Dunn
Particulars: This botanical cider begins with a refreshing spearmint nostril accenting the scrumptious apples and bringing a perceived sweetness, the tannins of the Acai berry give construction and texture.
From a cider fan: I actually benefit from the vibrant colours. It actually makes it stand out on the cabinets and matches the vibrancy of taste I get from Bend’s cider.
Web site: https://www.bendcider.com/
