Who Keeps Their Beer Labels/Bottles When Done? and How?

I used to keep my BA 95+'s above my kitchen cabinets. Then I moved. Some things just aren't worth bringing along with you. Moving is a huge pain in the ass. Especially when you're downgrading from a 2BR to a studio. Empty bottles just didn't make the cut. I gave a few away to a friend who drank them with me for him to display at his place and I have a bunch of caps in a bag still. I would like to display them under glass on a small table one day. I'm also using a few caps to make bottle cap boutineers for my upcoming wedding.

 

I personally save all my Rogue bottles after a good rinse as well as some rarities
and they appear here and there around the abode. What I have a huge collection
of is 6 pack containers which fold nicely and store out of sight till I can find
some nice picture frames for the more loved ones.

Awesome icon by the way


Waka Jawaka rules!

Cheers

 

Recycling. Shelf space devoted to other things so not even tempted to save anything related to beer.

 

The new wave of cool cans is the way to go for above the kitchen cabinets---love them personally and they are light enough not to bring the house down!

 

I'm not usually a collector or a sentimentalist, but when Pretty Things announced they were shutting down I saved a bunch of their labels.

When it's time to wheel the recycling bin out to the curb each week, I add all the cans and bottles at the last minute so the ancient immigrant ladies helping to put their grandchildren through medical school by rummaging through recycling have easy access to 'em.

 

I used to save this stuff then realized it was not worth holding on to. There are so many bottles and caps and labels that really it came down to what will I do with it all so it got tossed. I think you have fun with it till you need more room for other stuff then it grows old. Like my shot glass collection, I must have 200 shot glasses from all over world now they sit in a big box.

 

Ever see the brew-phanelia sales on Ebay???

 

I tried, but they take up too much space.

 

I had a buddy who kept all his unique bottle caps to eventually make a mosaic of them on a coffee table. Eventually, he outgrew the idea before he had a chance to finish it, and started working overseas anyway, so not sure what happened to all those caps.

 

I save, but don't seek out, old bottles and cans and put them on random shelves on my "beer wall". I also save painted-label 22oz bottles for a future beer chandelier. See what l do with my caps on this link to another current thread...What do you do with beer caps?

 

Nice! I am thinking of doing another wall or ceiling with coasters and labels.

 

Go to Ebay and type beer and then hit the brewerania link on the left. Narrow your search and then find someone out there who has space for all that beer related paraphernalia.

Cheers

 

I have about 1,300 bottles lining the walls of my man cave on shelves that I made from 1x4's. Here is a cut-and-paste collage of about 50' of wall space.