Beer labelling in Ireland
What the label must say when you sell your drink in Ireland – with references to the rules. The guides cover the label only; Revenue answers questions about Alcohol Products Tax and licences, and Re-turn about joining the deposit scheme.
- What goes on a beer label in Ireland? The rules at a glance
Name, % vol, volume, allergens, an EU address, best before and lot – plus Re-turn on cans and the 2028 health warnings: what a beer label needs in Ireland.
- Alcohol health warnings on Irish labels: what goes on from 3 September 2028
From 3 September 2028: the liver and cancer warnings, the pregnancy pictogram, grams of alcohol and kcal in a 60 × 30 mm box – exact layout, sizes and colours.
- The Re-turn logo and barcode: Ireland's deposit on cans and plastic bottles
Which containers are in Re-turn, the logo’s size (9.7 × 8 to 12 × 10 mm) and clear space, where to get the file, and the barcode in ladder format.
- Allergens on a beer label in Ireland: barley, not "gluten"
Barley, not "gluten": how to declare barley, wheat, oats, rye, lactose and sulphites on a beer label in Ireland, and when you write "Contains barley".