UK/Ireland Bottle Caps

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  1. papat444

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

    Anybody know if the following have logos on their caps?

    Bulmer (Ritz, Strongbow, Scrumpy Jack), JW Lees, Jennings Brothers, Kilkenny, Meantime, Murphy's, O'Hanlon's, Oakham Ales, Riggwelter, Thomas Caffrey.

    Thanks!
     
  2. EmperorBevis

    EmperorBevis Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,338) Sep 25, 2011 England
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    Let's see! ** searches through small box **

    Bottle tops I keep if they have a brewery/beer/actual design on them
    though I have no idea what to do with them other than put them in a box,

    ANY SUGGESTIONS WELCOMED!

    beer bottle labels get soaked/carefully taken off whenever possible and then stuck into a notebook
    I am getting towards my third beer bore book now lol.

    But back to bottle caps Black sheep have their name scrawled in king off imitation handwriting and Riggwelter has this cap.

    Meantime have the company logo with their name below a partially obscured clock cog though their London Lager is merely black with Londoner written in Time type face in yellow.

    I have only one JWLee cap and that is from Manchester Pale Ale with the Ingred Bergman quote about
    "Be yourself. The world worships the original" though this was the only printed cap of theirs (though I bet the Harvest Ales have fancy ones)

    I think Oakham just use colour coded caps because after methodically going through about 400 assorted caps I found none.

    Jennings are blue and have the logo

    I've only seen Kilkenny and Murphy's in Cans in the UK, I did have a Caffrey's aluminium bottle bot the cap wasn't printed.

    I'm no much of a cider drinker but I prefer more natural apple based ones and know enough to steer clear of Strongbow, most of the proper big cider heads I've met have held a special place of hatred in their hearts for Scrumpy Jack. I have a couple of Thatcher's (name) and Aspall's (suit of armour logo) caps.

    Hope this helps in some way.
     
  3. Aye

    Aye Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 England

    Lees Harvest Ale bottle caps are blank. Well the one I have is.
     
  4. BlackHaddock

    BlackHaddock Grand Pooh-Bah (3,638) Aug 4, 2006 England
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    I send my bottle tops to Alabama.

    Actually the guy owes me a parcel: he sends me all sorts of beery stuff in return (normally).

    <*))))))><
     
  5. jmw

    jmw Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2009 North Carolina

    Mostly echoing what EmporerBevis had to say.
    Riggwelter itself has 'Black Sheep Ales' in circular script, but not the sheep logo.
    Meantime coffee porter has the marquis logo of the company with no other adornment.
    The '06 Lees harvest ale that I have has a plain black cap.
    Never seen Murphy's in anything other than cans in the states.
    And I'm sorry to say that I do know that Strongbow has the logo on the cap.
     
  6. Hoppsbabo

    Hoppsbabo Pooh-Bah (2,053) Jan 29, 2012 England
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    I'm pretty sure Oakham caps are all black.
     
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