The Label Makers’ impressive track record of providing leading spirits brands with striking, stand out labels continues, as it works with Spirit of Manchester Distillery to launch a new spiced botanical rum called One-Eyed Rebel. More known for its core gin range, this has been the distillery’s first foray into the rum category, which is set to grow by 9% in the UK this year, with flavoured and spiced rums being the biggest growth drivers. In creating the distiller’s vibrant

Bradford based The Label Makers has created an eye catching label for one of the fastest growing rum brands, The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. The label wraps around two-thirds of a specially embossed black gloss bottle commissioned to launch the brand’s limited edition. The label was designed by NB Studio. With the rum brand taking its name from the ‘Kraken’, a mythical giant squid like sea monster in Scandinavian folklore, the iconic bottle is styled on a Victorian demijohn, inc

A special edition gin release, featuring a label by Bradford based The Label Makers, has been launched by Leeds based distillery, Folklore Society Gin, to raise funds for mental health charities, Mind and Blurt Foundation. The charity bottle ­– 'Essentially Amazing Thank You Gin’ – has been created in collaboration with Leeds art collective, In Good Company (IGC). The colourful and contemporary design for the label was inspired by the vivid and rich poster artwork of Rebecca

Impactful labels by The Label Makers have helped created a premium look for rum brand, Lost Years – a debut collection of four unique rum blends from independent rum house, Cane & Able. Sourced from leading Caribbean and Latin American distilleries, inspiration for the Lost Years brand has its roots in marine conservation, with an inspirational story centred on supporting one of the region’s most celebrated and endangered creatures, sea turtles. Backed by its partnership with

The Label Makers has teamed up with Tees Valley based gin distillers, Steel River Drinks, to create an impactful, industrial looking label for a premium hand sanitiser gel product called Stainsby Gel. Made using gin ingredients and at 70% ABV spirit, the Public Health England compliant hand sanitiser was initially given away to charities and care homes amid shortages caused by Covid-19 coronavirus. The product is currently at retail and aimed at discerning consumers wanting a

Bradford based label designers and printers, The Label Makers, teamed up with Rainbow Cosmetics to give its multi award winning self-tan brand, Sunkissed, an eco friendly makeover. Family run Rainbow Cosmetics was established in 1990 to wholesale top brand fragrances and cosmetics. More recently, the firm established a separate division that allowed it to focus on building its own brands, one of which is Sunkissed, a tanning brand made in the UK and sold in more than 40 count

The Label Makers has produced a range of striking new labels for a special release beer series by West Yorkshire based Vocation Brewery. Noted for making bold statements with their modern brews, the craft brewery is giving traditional beer branding a wide berth, in favour of some vibrant designs to match the liveliness of their new releases. As a limited edition initiative for 2019, the special release series consists of 12 new beers in can and keg formats, with each being re

The Label Makers has produced a label update for gin producer, Hawthorn’s, to celebrate a recent award success. Hawthorn’s has earned worldwide recognition after being awarded an unprecedented fourth gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Hawthorn’s gin was inspired by the grandfather of Hawthorn’s founder, Will Turnage. His grandfather ‘Skip’ was a WW2 Commander in the Royal Navy who disliked rum so started distilling his own gin made from botanicals he h

The Label Makers has produced a new look for distiller non alcohol spirit brand, Amplify. Seeking to ‘refresh the alcohol free ‘spirit’ sector’ and positioning itself as ‘spirited, carefree, adventurous, sociable and uncompromised’, the vibrant new label features a bespoke painting by artist Sophie Abbott, which has been faithfully reproduced by Leeds based brand design consultancy, Elmwood, which worked closely with the premium label manufacturer to achieve a high quality re

UK cleaning products manufacturer Astonish has teamed up with Bradford based The Label Makers, for the supply of labels for its antibacterial products. A surge in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic has seen UK shoppers buy 7% more liquid hand soaps and spend 10% more on household cleaners compared to this time on 2019. In addition, sales of hand sanitisers has seen a marked increase of 255% year on year. Astonish, a second generation, UK based family business that has been m