Gold Packaging Design · 2020
Tucher AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier Bavarian Beer Packaging Design
- A' Design Award 2020 Gold Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Bloom GmbH Nürnberg
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 57,340
- Verification code 71340BF21E · Verify this award
About Tucher AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier Bavarian Beer Packaging Design
In medieval times, local breweries let their beer age in over 600 years old rock-cut cellars underneath the Nuremberg castle. Honoring this history, the packaging of the "AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier" takes an authentic look back in time. The beer label shows a hand drawing of the castle sitting on rocks and a wooden barrel in the cellar, framed by vintage-style type fonts. The sealing label with the company’s “St. Mauritius” trademark and the copper-colored crown cork convey craftsmanship and trust.
Bloom advertising agency's Bavarian Beer Packaging Design emerges from a rich tradition of Central European brewing heritage, where visual identity systems have long served as vessels of cultural memory and regional pride. The design demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how packaging operates as a carrier of meaning, employing an oval label format that recalls nineteenth-century commercial printing traditions while integrating contemporary production values. The illustrated fortress vignette at the label's heart functions as more than decorative embellishment; it establishes geographic and temporal coordinates, suggesting centuries of brewing excellence rooted in specific place and tradition. Technical accomplishment manifests through careful typographic orchestration, where gothic-influenced letterforms establish historical gravitas while script elements introduce warmth and human touch. The chromatic strategy proves particularly astute, limiting the palette to warm amber, cream, and sienna tones that harmonize with the visible liquid within, creating seamless integration between container and contents. This visual unity reinforces authenticity claims inherent to the product positioning. The production suggests meticulous attention to material considerations, from the substantial glass vessel conveying quality through weight and permanence to the paper label's apparent texture suggesting traditional printing methods. The design successfully navigates the tension between heritage signification and contemporary shelf appeal, achieving a presence that communicates tradition without appearing anachronistic. Viewers might contemplate how packaging design serves as cultural storytelling, encoding regional identity, craft values, and historical continuity within the modest dimensions of a beverage label, transforming a functional container into an artifact of cultural expression.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- In medieval times, local breweries let their beer age in over 600 years old rock cut cellars underneath the Nuremberg castle. Honoring this history, the packaging of the "AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier" takes an authentic look back in time. The beer label shows a hand drawing of the castle sitting on rocks and a wooden barrel in the cellar, framed by vintage style typefonts.
The seal label with the company's "St. Mauritius" trademark and the copper colored crown cork convey craftsmanship and trust. - Dimensions & Packaging
- 500 ml standard returnable bottle - a popular beer packaging/ beer container in Germany.
Outside body diameter: 65 mm
Height: 260 mm - Tags
- packaging design, Tucher, Nuremberg, beer, Bavaria, vintage, hand-drawn, beer label, beverages
- Design Challenge
- Apart from POS displays and cardboards, the AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier brand is not supported by any classic or digital advertising. This way, the beer label alone is responsible to convince the target group and activate them to buy.
- Inspiration
- The Tucher Brewery is located in Nuremberg, a city whose history is intertwined with beer throughout the ages.
After the city council passed a purity law in 1302, the first "quality beer" was brewed here. On their mission to preserve the traditional brewing art, Tucher brews the unfiltered and naturally clouded AEcht Nuernberger Kellerbier ("Original Nuremberg cellar beer") in a traditional way. Of course, we wanted the packaging design to reflect the brewing heritage of Nuremberg and Bavaria. - Image Credits
- Bloom GmbH Nürnberg
- Patents
- Tucher Bräu GmbH und Co. KG