The Broken Glass Curse

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  1. musicman7070

    musicman7070 Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2012 New Jersey

    I'm going to start off by saying that I've slowly been building up my glassware collection, marking my different beer trips that I've taken over the past couple years. I accumulated glasses such as a Hill Farmstead wine glass when I went to the brewery this summer, a Hardywood Park GBS glass that I got at the Gingerbread Stout release last year, and a Founder's glass that I bought online. I'm gonna cut right to the chase and say that all of these glasses that I had obtained have broken within the past six months, either by falling on the ground or breaking in the sink. These have been three of my favorite glasses, and they've all broke.

    So, my question to you all is, have any of you had terrible luck with your beer glasses breaking all the time? Maybe I should start drinking my beer out of red Solo cups or something. That would be pretty cool if they sold plastic tulip glasses for clumsy people like myself.
     
    #1 musicman7070, Nov 3, 2014
  2. KendallKid

    KendallKid Initiate (0) Jun 9, 2014 New York

    I am afraid to answer this question for a fear of the curse extending itself my way !!!
     
    #2 KendallKid, Nov 3, 2014
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  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Knock on wood, no, I have not broken any of my most fragile glasses. I seldom use them in favor of just using shaker pints most of the time to help protect the good glasses, but I'll use a goblet, snifter, Teku, etc. occasionally. I use extreme caution when washing them, and they are put back in the display cabinet right away.
     
    #3 PapaGoose03, Nov 3, 2014
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  4. sunnrider

    sunnrider Initiate (0) Jul 4, 2013 Spain
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    Get extras and keep them in the cellar/cupboard, it´s usually easier to buy a 6 pack of glasses.
    Your favorite glass always breaks though.
     
    #4 sunnrider, Nov 3, 2014
  5. powpig2002

    powpig2002 Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2012 Florida

    Don't, I repeat, don't put your good glasses in the sink. Don't let your wife wash them. Wash them separately, dry immediately and put away. Hell I even take my rings off when I wash them. Broke one by hitting it with my ring. Good luck
     
    #5 powpig2002, Nov 3, 2014
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  6. Five_Four_Plus

    Five_Four_Plus Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2014 California

    I've seen stainless steel shaker "pints" at a couple of breweries lately!
     
    #6 Five_Four_Plus, Nov 5, 2014
  7. kevanb

    kevanb Pooh-Bah (2,705) Apr 4, 2011 Illinois
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    I've got a pretty deep collection of glassware, ~300, and I've only broken one glass before, and I didn't even break it, my friend did by mistake, so maybe it's you?
     
    #7 kevanb, Nov 5, 2014
  8. cosmicevan

    cosmicevan Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 New York
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    i seem to break just hard to replace DLD mini snifters...hunting them down the 2nd time around is often way harder than the first.
     
    #8 cosmicevan, Nov 5, 2014
  9. Five_Four_Plus

    Five_Four_Plus Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2014 California

    Evan, don't you know rare glasses are only for masturbating to at a distance, not for drinking out of?
     
    #9 Five_Four_Plus, Nov 5, 2014
  10. musicman7070

    musicman7070 Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2012 New Jersey

    It's definitely me. I just leave the glasses out instead of putting them away. It's my own fault.
     
    #10 musicman7070, Nov 6, 2014
  11. trxxpaxxs

    trxxpaxxs Initiate (0) Mar 5, 2010 New York

    My girlfriend knocked over my Tired Hands wine glass. It had only been used once. So fragile. So fragile.
     
    #11 trxxpaxxs, Nov 6, 2014
  12. newjack

    newjack Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2014 Illinois

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    #12 newjack, Nov 6, 2014
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  13. Mullen2525

    Mullen2525 Zealot (627) Dec 9, 2012 Massachusetts

    Being able to read that after shattering. That glass just straight up taunting you.
     
    #13 Mullen2525, Nov 6, 2014
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  14. cosmicevan

    cosmicevan Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 New York
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    i am DEFINITELY doing it wrong then.

    actually a really cool picture though. can i use that in my avatar?
     
    #14 cosmicevan, Nov 6, 2014
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  15. newjack

    newjack Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2014 Illinois

    Absolutely!
     
    #15 newjack, Nov 6, 2014
  16. cosmicevan

    cosmicevan Initiate (0) Dec 13, 2009 New York
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    i dunno, what do you think?
     
    #16 cosmicevan, Nov 7, 2014
  17. newjack

    newjack Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2014 Illinois

    The "absolutely" was in reference to you using the pic as your avatar.
     
    #17 newjack, Nov 7, 2014
  18. Five_Four_Plus

    Five_Four_Plus Initiate (0) Feb 17, 2014 California

    Shrunken down it just looks like Trey's most shameful heroin shit.
     
    #18 Five_Four_Plus, Nov 7, 2014
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  19. JrGtr

    JrGtr Pooh-Bah (1,775) Apr 13, 2006 Massachusetts
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    For some reason, the only glasses I have had break are those that I can't easily replace.
    That said, just yesterday I broke my Left Hand Brewing curved "pint" (actually a 12-oz serving fit perfectly in there)
    Since I recently moved, and haven't yet unpacked most of my beer glasses, it hurts that much more - it was the only non-imperial pint, non-shaker pint I had found. I would get around to the rest, but other things take a bit more precedence for unpacking - like clothes, kitchen supplies, and whatever SWMBO wants unpacked first.
    Heck, I haven't hooked up my guitar amps yet, much less unpacked the guitars....
     
    #19 JrGtr, Nov 8, 2014
  20. KendallKid

    KendallKid Initiate (0) Jun 9, 2014 New York

    Abstract art for sure !!!
     
    #20 KendallKid, Nov 9, 2014
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