Saving bottle caps

Discussion in 'Breweriana' started by TonyLema1, Mar 1, 2015.

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  1. papat444

    papat444 Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,961) Dec 28, 2006 Canada (QC)
    Pooh-Bah

    I've (belatedly) started collecting my caps. Over the course of the last year and a half, i've almost amassed all the bottle caps representing all breweries i've sampled from. Very close to covering my coffee table with all of them. Have about 500 unique ones.
     
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  2. MikeP64

    MikeP64 Zealot (661) Jan 24, 2015 South Carolina

    Three words- BEER CAP POKER Draw 7-keep- 5best-one pair/3 of a kind/flush/etc
    instant disqualification if you pull one of my girlfriends Bud Lite....
     
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  3. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    I've got the same shadow box. I just started making some magnets. Waiting on resin so I can make some coasters too.
     
  4. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    I'm not really into bottle caps.
     
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  5. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    Also, if you need any, I have TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXTRAS PLEASE HELP ME GET RID OF THEM...DROWNING...IN CAPS...SOS...
     
  6. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    Send you a label?
     
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  7. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    Yessir...
     
  8. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    Git to drinkin' new beers and post a pic! Good luck!
     
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  9. UtisTheLaw

    UtisTheLaw Pundit (876) Jul 26, 2012 Texas

    Took my first stab at making some resin coasters. I like how they turned out, but there's definitely bubbles in them.
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  10. Wolfhead

    Wolfhead Pundit (795) Sep 1, 2009 Illinois

    I've seen one on the Bed Bath and Beyond website but it had a different glass design
     
  11. Jmorey

    Jmorey Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2015 Michigan

    i was able to locate the one posted here http://www.cheaphumidors.com/craft-beer-typography-shadow-box.html

    Wish they gave some wood options. I'd just want the glass panel, and then make my own, which is way too much work.

    also found this place. or should i saw my wife found this. i like it. I think both the US map version and the michigan set would be great. Although I would probably just fill it up and not restrict the caps to be in their general location or if I got michigan, got just fill it up with what i like to drink.

    http://www.beercapmaps.com/

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  12. reidjoshua

    reidjoshua Zealot (709) May 3, 2013 Florida

    This is what I did with mine... came out better than I ever expected.

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  13. offthelevel_bytheplumb

    offthelevel_bytheplumb Maven (1,277) Aug 19, 2013 Illinois

    I've been saving my bottle caps since I first started drinking. I'm just short of having two full ten gallon jugs of bottle caps. I have no idea what I'll do with them, if anything at all.
     
  14. Pav5069

    Pav5069 Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2014 Pennsylvania

    When I was in college me and my friends ended up making a beer pong table out of beer caps. I like the magnet idea!
     
  15. CapCollector16

    CapCollector16 Initiate (0) Jan 6, 2015 Ohio

    What brewery are the caps on the bottom coaster? With the crazy looking dude on them
     
  16. reidjoshua

    reidjoshua Zealot (709) May 3, 2013 Florida

    jester king.
     
  17. zekeman17

    zekeman17 Pooh-Bah (2,082) Feb 14, 2010 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    I need some help here. I ordered one of the cap maps of Pennsylvania.
    There are over 100 holes to fill. There are a ton of breweries in PA, but when I try to
    come up with ones that have printed caps I get:
    West---Erie
    Central--Yuengling, Troegs, Appalachian, Stoudts, Victory
    Esat--Weyerbacher, Fegleys, Yards

    Any that I'm overlooking?
     
  18. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    If you aren't opposed to old caps and spending a few bucks, there are always cork-backed "Keystone" caps for sale on Ebay.
     
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  19. zekeman17

    zekeman17 Pooh-Bah (2,082) Feb 14, 2010 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    That might be a different way to go--I was thinking caps from beers that I drank, but old caps could be cool too.
     
  20. SirBottlecap

    SirBottlecap Initiate (0) Jan 28, 2013 California

    I have a feeling that would take a while! Maybe fill it up with as many as you can, even all of the doubles, then eventually replace the ones that are the same with new unique ones?
     
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