Saving bottles with damaged labels

I would try to buy another one - if that's impossible I would keep it.

 

I save a lot of the more rare bottles, and if I have multiples I get the label off of one that I store for memories of all the hazy nights ;D

 

my beer bottle collection is nearing 800....soo...yeah, some people like to save their empties. as far as a 'whale' is considered, i will save the bottle regardless of the condition the label is in because...well, when the hell am i ever going to get another bottle of said 'whale'

 

If that's what you do/like then by all means save that bottle regardless of the label

 

Only bottle I ever kept was an original Cat's Piss by Evil Twin. They had to change the label to Katz Pizz for later releases. It makes for a very interesting conversation piece especially for the unwashed masses of non craft drinking friends.

 

I have close to 700 bottles that will be put on shelves of all four walls of the man cave when its complete. I think it will add a touch of the WOW factor when I have friends over.

 

I save labels, i keep the bottles till i have 10 or so then i soak them and let them dry and then soak them again usually comes right off but some dont and i dont frett i have hundreds of lables fit nicely in a photo album with a print out of my rating next to it if i rated it kind of fun and i keep them in alphabetical order that way if someone is like hey what do you think about this beer i can be like what hold on a sec and look it up plus one day i plan on making a table top or collage or something with them, this does not apply to etched or painted bottles though i keep some toss others, i collect cans and growlers too.

 

make sure an glue em down

 

I save all the empty bottles of good beer I drank. It's a hobby, nothing wrong with it. It's like a cooler version of a stamp collection.

 

If I save a bottle that I know will be difficult to replace and the label is damaged, I use a dab or two of glue from a low-temp hot glue gun and smooth it out as best as I can.