Beer Labels: Reach for a Cool One

Full Steam Summer Basil

A Bit of Restraint 

Breweries are often small, overworked, and cash-strapped. Labels with fewer colors cost less but can look terrific. Durham, North Carolina’s Fullsteam Brewery works in a clean, hip, retro-with-a-twist lithograph style. Who’s that guy? He’s a “semi-fictitious steampunk plantation owner,” of course.

Artist: Kurt Lightner