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Bottles Worth Saving

Discussion in 'Breweriana' started by anglagard1, Nov 18, 2012.

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  1. anglagard1

    anglagard1 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2010 Wisconsin

    In a recent thread, someone mentioned having 5,000 beer bottles saved. My question to you is: if you were to save a few beer bottles to display, what would they be?

    I have a little cubby hole near my beer fridge which is a natural spot for keeping 20 or so bottles on display. Utopias is a keeper. Delerium Tremons is also a must. I have one that was made special for my aunt's 80th birthday party with a picture of her imitating Mother Theresa. I'm also partial to Unibroue bottles and Old Rasputin. As for the others, they are mainly rarities that could lose their place to more interesting additions. Any thoughts?
     
    #1 anglagard1, Nov 18, 2012
  2. Shoo65

    Shoo65 Initiate (0) Oct 23, 2011 Indiana

    I like to hold on to all the 3 Floyds bottles I can get. Their labels are artistic and awesome.
     
    #2 Shoo65, Nov 18, 2012
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  3. Prh27

    Prh27 Initiate (0) Apr 24, 2012 Virginia

    I really like the bottle and label for DFH 75 min
     
    #3 Prh27, Nov 18, 2012
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  4. brewbetter

    brewbetter Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2012 Nauru

    Are you talking about cellar or graveyard? It sounds like graveyard, in which case you should just recycle all of them. Keeping empties is hoarder-style.
     
    #4 brewbetter, Nov 18, 2012
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  5. anglagard1

    anglagard1 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2010 Wisconsin

    Personally, I'm talking about a top twenty trophies that are both worth saving as art as well as for fond memories. Remember that others have already admitted to saving up to 5,000 bottles. You're not going to make me feel weird about saving 20.
     
    #5 anglagard1, Nov 18, 2012
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  6. brewbetter

    brewbetter Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2012 Nauru

    I wasn't trying to "make you feel weird." I was giving my opinion on the topic.

    I don't see the beers I've consumed as "trophies," I see them as empty glass bottles and aluminum cans taking up space.
     
    #6 brewbetter, Nov 18, 2012
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  7. BeerNDoggerel

    BeerNDoggerel Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2011 Illinois

    Fighting off my hoarder tendencies, I have only allowed myself to save three.

    As a pair of bookends, I have a Stone Ruination and a Flossmoor Station IPA. Both are classic painted bottles in the same general color palette.

    I also have one of the former Dark Horse, Crooked Tree IPA bottles--so simple, so Zen, I would almost order the beer in restaurants just to have the label to look at. (Still the bottle in the photo on the beer's review page at Beer Advocate.)

    Okay, and maybe not so disciplined... Somewhere lurking around here is an Ommegang Hennepin label. Nothing againist the Ommegang label redesign, but a lot of good memories associated with that now-deposed design. This one even has the little "Product of Belgium" rectangle.
     
    #7 BeerNDoggerel, Nov 18, 2012
  8. brewtaster

    brewtaster Initiate (0) Sep 20, 2008 Indiana

    Cannot go wrong with FFF bottles, empty or...................preferably full !
     
    #8 brewtaster, Nov 18, 2012
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  9. brianlindman

    brianlindman Initiate (0) Oct 30, 2010 Colorado

    I save ll my hard to get 22oz bottle only. I lint th bck of my bar with them.
     
    #9 brianlindman, Nov 18, 2012
  10. anglagard1

    anglagard1 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2010 Wisconsin

    Then why did you reply to this thread? I appreciate beer and some bottles obviously have enough work put into them that they are worthy of saving imo. Especially the one I mentioned with the picture of my 80 year old departed aunt. I'm talking about a hole in the wall that was sitting conspicuously empty that I threw a few beer bottles in. You implied that it was morbid (using the word graveyard) and told me I should throw them out. I disagree.
     
    #10 anglagard1, Nov 18, 2012
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  11. MaxOhle

    MaxOhle Initiate (0) Nov 10, 2012 Illinois

    Its called collecting ^
     
    #11 MaxOhle, Nov 18, 2012
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  12. brewbetter

    brewbetter Initiate (0) Jun 2, 2012 Nauru

    I replied because it's relevant. I did not coin the term "graveyard." That is the word people use to refer to empties.
     
    #12 brewbetter, Nov 18, 2012
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  13. anglagard1

    anglagard1 Initiate (0) Nov 17, 2010 Wisconsin

    I prefer the term "shrine" : )
     
    #13 anglagard1, Nov 18, 2012
  14. litheum94

    litheum94 Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2008 California

    The only bottles I've saved have been a Gratitude bottle and the zombie Darkness bottle. I love the look of both if them.
     
    #14 litheum94, Nov 18, 2012
  15. dna1964dna

    dna1964dna Initiate (0) Oct 2, 2012 Idaho

    FFF bottles are the only bottles I hang onto. The label design is artwork.
     
    #15 dna1964dna, Nov 18, 2012
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  16. MPLSbrewer

    MPLSbrewer Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2010 Minnesota

    I keep 1 of every darkness vintage and there anniversary bottles
     
    #16 MPLSbrewer, Nov 18, 2012
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  17. iadler

    iadler Initiate (0) Aug 12, 2009 Illinois

    I love the BA Dark Lord bottles and have 5 of them in my collection. Also like the simplicity of the Bourbon County variations as well as the old labels of the bourbon county prior to 09. Also the Darkness bottles etc. etc. I have a bottle collection problem...
     
    #17 iadler, Nov 18, 2012
  18. paulys55

    paulys55 Initiate (0) Aug 2, 2010 Pennsylvania

    I'm not saying I don't believe this 5000 bottle story. I'm just saying I'd like to see pictures of how and where this collection is stored.
     
    #18 paulys55, Nov 18, 2012
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  19. omniscientcause

    omniscientcause Initiate (0) Jun 4, 2010 District of Columbia

    I had a few hundred I kept but most got recycled when I moved. Kept a 120/Bitches Brew and a Hoptimum before they went to 12 oz bottles.

    I started my collection back up at my new apt. Mostly keep top 100 beers and put them on display or beers I cant get in my own distribution circle. They go on top of the kitchen cabinets where nothing is being stored so they arnt in the way of anything.
     
    #19 omniscientcause, Nov 18, 2012
  20. black13

    black13 Initiate (0) Apr 11, 2010 Oregon

    I've only saved one empty bottle, and I feel the bottle is much better than the contents.
    Rogue Voodoo Maple Bacon Ale.

     
    #20 black13, Nov 18, 2012
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