Breweries with unique caps for each beer

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  1. BigDaddyWarbuxx

    BigDaddyWarbuxx Initiate (0) May 25, 2015 Iowa

    I've been getting into the habit of collecting bottlecaps, and I'm always to find as many different ones as possible. I know that Sierra Nevada, Samuel Adams, and Summit all make unique bottlecaps for each of their different beers, and I was wondering if anyone knows what other ones do that?
     
  2. PVMT

    PVMT Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2014 New York

    Two off the top of my head: Bell's makes special caps for seasonal beers (Hopslam, Oberon, etc.). There are five Lagunitas colored caps. Same design, just different colors.
     
  3. larryi86

    larryi86 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,118) Apr 4, 2010 Delaware
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    DFH doesn't have a different one for each beer, but they have golden caps for lower alcohol, red for higher alcohol and green cation caps for 15%+
     
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  4. Warren2621

    Warren2621 Pooh-Bah (1,737) Sep 26, 2014 Indiana
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    Fat Heads changes the color of the caps but not usually the logo
     
  5. Warren2621

    Warren2621 Pooh-Bah (1,737) Sep 26, 2014 Indiana
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    I found Zombie Dust with plain black caps before but I'm sure they were just out of regular ones or something
     
  6. mflamar

    mflamar Zealot (703) Jan 29, 2015 New York

    Odell's and Alaskan Beer Co. are two that come straight to my head.
     
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  7. fearfactory

    fearfactory Initiate (0) Aug 12, 2012 Massachusetts

    Stone has a nice variety on the gargoyle theme.
     
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  8. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Rochefort, Westvleteren, Anchor, Brooklyn
     
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  9. SoCal_Matt

    SoCal_Matt Savant (1,012) Jul 13, 2014 California
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    Firestone Walker.
     
  10. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Fuller's
     
  11. tvoss99

    tvoss99 Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2014 Arizona

    Leinenkugel's
     
  12. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    8th Wonder in Houston has a different cap for every beer that they do not put in bottles. Seriously, they use them for tokens when you pay for your beer at their brewery. They are about to start canning, so I don't think they have any plan to ever put them on a bottle of beer. But I will say this, they are epic, a lot of thought went into those caps.
     
  13. costanzo_mike

    costanzo_mike Pooh-Bah (2,848) Jul 17, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Shipyard has some variety for some of theirs
     
  14. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Schlenkerla, Schneider & Sohn
    (I'm just posting as they are occurring to me.)
     
  15. BallantineBurton

    BallantineBurton Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 Massachusetts

    Good question. There are quite a number of brewers, small and large, that use different crowns for different brews. Some have been already mentioned. Most simply use a different color for the same design to signify different beers; a few use unique designs.
    The most unique by far are the different Edgar Allen Poe crowns that Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore uses for their different beers. The designs as well as the colors are different. I know of at least 4 current Poe designs. Leinenkugel, Red Hook, Firestone Walker, and Spoetzl (Shiner) also use different crown designs for their different beers.
    Some other brewers that use different colored crown for different beers include:
    Alaskan
    Geary's, Portland, ME
    Brooklyn
    Mayflower, Plymouth, MA
    Shock Top
    Kona
    Full Sail
    Anchor Steam
    Uinta, Salt Lake City
    Abita
    Goose Island
    Odell
    Trader Joes Beers
    Lagunitas [Anyone have a blue Pale Ale Crown? I need one.]
    There are others, of course. This year I also notice a couple of breweries are using an orange crown for their Pumpkin Beers (Shipyard, Southern Tier, and others).
    Cheers!
     
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  16. scbeerman

    scbeerman Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2015 South Carolina

    I second the Baltimore Washington Beer Works (Peabody Heights/Raven Beer) caps - those things are pretty sweet. The brewer is a great guy too.
     
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