Favorite Bottle Cap

The other day a friend asked me what beers I would try from a brewery blindly regardless of public reception or style. I included Stone brewing company in my lengthy response, and it turned out he was giving me a pop quiz off of a Stone Brewing bottle cap that claimed I would include Stone in my answer.

I've got to hand it to them, they know how to pull off a good bottle cap.

 

The coolest beer cap is Prairie Bomb!, a catfish.

 

PBR's is a classic, even if it is schiessebeir.

 

Amen!

 

Pretty neat:

 

This


and this


are what immediately come to mind. Firestone is just so damn classy. And that silver writing against the vibrant green on the Hoptimum is just so sexy.

Oh, and who can forget Hopslam. I guess I like green?

 

I collect bottle caps and make magnets out of them. Right now the collection is just north of 100- all of them unique. As long as it's different in the smallest bit from other caps it counts (for instance, some Victory caps have an 'FL' on the bottom which is new...so that counts as a new cap).

I'd say my favorites, in no particular order, are:
- Rothaus, because of the memories, plus it's a pretty classy cap
- Ayinger caps
- Southern Tier
- Three Floyds
- Victory, since it is a marvelous design that sums up "we just won WWII" in a simple, retro way
- The Samuel Smith's sequence
- DFH 120
- Bell's Oberon
- Erdinger Urweisse

 

I like the red, white, and blue of Sam Adams. Not my favorite beer, but a great cap.

 

The Bruery bottle caps are probably my favourite; I mean, why have a cap that looks generic when you can stand out instead?

 

Previous thread: http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/best-bottle-cap.39352/

 

Kudos to you Beric!! I also make bottle cap magnets been doing it for about 5 years now, have over 300 unique ones, this is a great question and I have soooo many answers too! I wish I was better at taking pics and posting them on here, I'd just take 5 pictures of 5 at a time, sooo many good ones!!

Stone of course since they have so many cool different sayings
Straffe Hendrick - looks straight outta Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight Tonight" video!
Weyerbacher - looks like a bell off a joker/jester hat!!
Anchor Steam
Clown Shoes
Ballast Point
Unibroue
OLD Strongbow....yeah I know its a cider but it's such a cool cap!
Piraat
Gulden Draak
North Coast - 2 or 3 different styles that are all cool looking
Meantime - looks like clock gears!
Flying Dog
Acme
John Henry 3 lick spiker ale
Singha
Jacobins Des Cuvee Rogue
Young's double chocolate stout
Coney Island
Lucky Bucket

......just to name a few! good memories!

 

Call me nuts, but Rochefort 10. So simple, yet effective. The 25th Anniversary caps for Great Lakes were nice as well.

 

Cantillon

 

The one I just removed from its bottle.

 

The beers from Schlenkerla have the best caps in my book.

 

Re the Victory cap, just an FYI to update your info.

The cap symbolizes their motto, which is " Victory over Prohibition."

 

Correction, it's one of the advertising lines they use in several places and the apparent reason behind their name.

 

Green Man