Brewer 1 (of 2) comment: Like the emblem concept here in Entry #6. The name is a little wrong, but that can be fixed later. We don't discriminate, fat beavers need love too, but IMO this one might appear a little too big. It might just be the angle that the beaver is sitting. A font similar to #9 might work better as well for the Company name.
Whoops - sorry about that. I'm working on a few other brewing (a nano & a couple microbrewer) logos for my regular design work at the moment so I got a little confused. I'm also a homebrewer, so working on beer logos all day is awesome.
I'll look at some more fonts and see what I can do about the fatness of the beaver. Although - beavers are pretty fat...I think if you go too skinny you can start to cross into "rat territory"
thanks for the feedback - if there's anything else you'd like to see, just let me know :) cheers josh
Hey guys! Here are a few more options. I put the beaver on a diet for all. I also tweaked some elements (with & without the striped background) and have included a single color (could be any color) that you could use for glasses, t-shirts, embroidery, tap handles, etc. And lastly, I tried a stylized, retro-styled cursive font. More of a traditional, authentic craft brew feel.
Here's a version with my version of Beaver Creek - I looked at several photos and then tried to draw from an in-between angle, so everything is 100% original. There's a beaver kinda lazing alongside the creek to reinforce the brand. #27 is just a closer view of the illustration itself. The art is 3 colors on white. thanks josh
#26 - We like the what you did on the landscape illustration. Something about the emblem shape just isn't jiving for us right now. Not sure how to direct you on that. Sorry. We like having the barley and the focus on the beaver creek landscape.