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Confession!

The sneaky photo I posted last week of the Strong Island Co. crate was in fact a fake. I’ve been working on a design for friends and their new venture. I’ll keep it a bit hush for now, but here’s some of the development. Take one freshly made ply crate. Stain it mahogany. Beat and scratch the hell out of it with hammers, screwdrivers a plastering trowel and some sandpaper. Re-stain the dents and scratches to make them darker. Then scratch my head about how to authentically paint the logo on without making a mess of it…

Apologies to the people I duped.


  1. ha ha – amazing. So – how about some Strong Island Ale? anyone know of a local brewery that could make it? we could get local designers/artists to create ever changing labels?

  2. Tristan

    10 May

    Super Strong Island Extra Ales……

  3. Martin

    10 May

    You should contact Oakleaf brewery in Gosport, http://www.oakleafbrewing.co.uk/index.htm, best local brewers around…

  4. Paul

    10 May

    Could run a home brew competition, have a tasting and prize award night and the best one gets labelled up as SI BEER

  5. Tristan

    10 May

    Didn’t we talk about that in the boozer once. Not so SI, but just for fun. ASDA brewing kits all round and see what we can do.

  6. Paul

    11 May

    Wilko’s have a whole home brew section!

  7. Tristan

    11 May

    Lets do it. How long does it take? Millys might be up for a tasting session during the week at LJR.

  8. Mark

    11 May

    Hmmm, looking at the exterior structure of brand new box compared to the final box they are physically different so think we are being duped again.

  9. Tristan

    11 May

    @ Mark, that’s the back in the photograph. The other sides all have diagonal panels, which won’t have a logo on.

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