Unopened beer collection.

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Hello fellas, Im pretty new to the forms but not beer. I was wondering if anyone does the same as me. About 7 years ago I started collecting beer bottles after I hade some good craft beer. Now im up to 200 bottles or so. Including a Rogue 10,000 brew ale. I have to say all these bottles are unopened for my collection. And my rule is that I have to drink the beer before I collect it. Does anyone else do this kind of collecting? And me I dont see the point if somone collects bottles that are drank. Just seeing if anyone has same intresest. If so i would love to hear about it.

 

[onthekeg]

Some beers don't age too well, so having them just to have them doesn't work out.

 

[Beer_me_plz]

I'd agree. What I'd do is drink it and take notes. What's left in the bottle after a couple years is not what was intended by the brewery. Unless of course it's one of those you can age for many years.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Some beers don't age too well, so having them just to have them doesn't work out.

I dont plan on drinking them. They will be going up on display when I make something. I do have 3 beers that im ageing right now. Oh try looking at a clear bottle of cheep modelo thats been sitting for 4 years. Looks pretty cloudy. But most of my beers are in brown bottles. But are totaly undrinkable.

 

[Beer_me_plz]

I dont plan on drinking them. They will be going up on display when I make something. I do have 3 beers that im ageing right now. Oh try looking at a clear bottle of cheep modelo thats been sitting for 4 years. Looks pretty cloudy. But most of my beers are in brown bottles. But are totaly undrinkable.

This probably goes without saying but whatever you make make sure it is sturdy! I can't imagine the smell if that thing comes crashing down!

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

This probably goes without saying but whatever you make make sure it is sturdy! I can't imagine the smell if that thing comes crashing down!

Yea, lol already was thinking about that. Id hate to loose them the most. Thats why there not up yet. Mother nature can be a SOB.

 

[stjackson]

To each his own, but I just don't see the point in collecting bottles full of good beer. If I buy a beer, dammit I'm drinking it.

 

[duboman]

To each his own, but I just don't see the point in collecting bottles full of good beer. If I buy a beer, dammit I'm drinking it.

+1 to this!
I buy beer to drink, not look at

 

[NickTheGreat]

+1 to this!
I buy beer to drink, not look at

+ 2 :fro:

 

[baulz]

I dont plan on drinking them. They will be going up on display when I make something. I do have 3 beers that im ageing right now. Oh try looking at a clear bottle of cheep modelo thats been sitting for 4 years. Looks pretty cloudy. But most of my beers are in brown bottles. But are totaly undrinkable.

Why not drink them fresh, fill with water and re-cap? No one will ever know the difference.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

+1 to this!
I buy beer to drink, not look at

Well u didt read my post. I buy the beer drink it an save it. Beers to to good not to drink.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

My rule is I have to drink the beer to collect it. So the only beer going to waste is my collected ones.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Why not drink them fresh, fill with water and re-cap? No one will ever know the difference.

I would know. Its funny even the people I know don't understand why I do this. I just like saying there never opend. Like my seirra navada 25th annaversary brew? Least thats what I think it is. Or hen rogue came out with there 10,000 brew ale I bought two one to drink the other to save. Still have it too. That was on 06.

 

[duboman]

Well u didt read my post. I buy the beer drink it an save it. Beers to to good not to drink.

Ya, I got that part but still not quite sure why you choose to drink all but one and save the one, like I said, I buy beer to drink, meaning ALL the beer!

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Ya, I got that part but still not quite sure why you choose to drink all but one and save the one, like I said, I buy beer to drink, meaning ALL the beer!

Not sure why either just do. I know I could probably stilldrink about 20% of them tho.

 

[CastleHollow]

So what exactly are you collecting: bottles or beer? I guess that's the different perspective some folks have in their replies.

I collect both. The "beer" collection, however, is for later drinking. Maybe, years & years later, but at some point, I know I will be drinking these. The "bottle" collection is just that--bottles/labels but no beer. All of these bottles are cleaned out & recapped, some with their original cap.

To me, these are different collections, and I'm not clear why you are collecting beer which (unless stored properly) will probably some day go bad. And may in fact actually ruin the bottle you are trying to collect.

 

[Xpertskir]

Sounds like a waste of beer to me. I left my bottle collecting where it belongs, college dorm rooms.

 

[Zuljin]

Why not drink them fresh, fill with water and re-cap? No one will ever know the difference.

Yeah. Then you can sell them on Ebay and CL. Muwhahahaaaa!

I have a few unopened commemorative Coke bottles just because. And hey, some collector one day might pay a ridiculous amount of money for them.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Yeah. Then you can sell them on Ebay and CL. Muwhahahaaaa!

I have a few unopened commemorative Coke bottles just because. And hey, some collector one day might pay a ridiculous amount of money for them.

Ditto to this. But I collect beer not soda. Its al relative in the end.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

So what exactly are you collecting: bottles or beer? I guess that's the different perspective some folks have in their replies.

I collect both. The "beer" collection, however, is for later drinking. Maybe, years & years later, but at some point, I know I will be drinking these. The "bottle" collection is just that--bottles/labels but no beer. All of these bottles are cleaned out & recapped, some with their original cap.

To me, these are different collections, and I'm not clear why you are collecting beer which (unless stored properly) will probably some day go bad. And may in fact actually ruin the bottle you are trying to collect.

Well I also am saving only a couple for ageing. The most part I save them for the fact that I drank them all and I can take one or more out and save them. To me having already drank bottles is pointless. Thats why I keep them all full. And knowing that I didt recap them makes it more worth while to me. And maybe a collector of some too. Who knows. Already been doing it for a wile not gonna stop now. Well maybe soon because I'll be having mybown craft ones too. Wich I will save and age one and collect the other. And as for the caps I save those for a friend of mine.

 

[passedpawn]

Sounds like an unused condom collection.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

Sounds like an unused condom collection.

Lol well whoes gonna save a used one? That is my question. Its like having a coca-cola. Now would you save that bottle empty or full?

 

[1fast636]

i am collecting the ones i drink to make a boarder around my finished basement when i get to that point in my house. i think i am up to one wall done lots more to go. and every bottle will be different no doubles for me unless i can find DFH120 then they will be marked first bought aged 6months aged1year aged2years (i had it once and regret not getting the 4 pack that was there)

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

i am collecting the ones i drink to make a boarder around my finished basement when i get to that point in my house. i think i am up to one wall done lots more to go. and every bottle will be different no doubles for me unless i can find DFH120 then they will be marked first bought aged 6months aged1year aged2years (i had it once and regret not getting the 4 pack that was there)

Thank you. I started with the same idea and now I have a bunch. Also i have no dups either except for the ones im ageing. Wich I will drink those. Now do you save them full or empty?

 

[FutureJack]

This thread is fantastic. Mind if I help you get the fish off the hook?

 

[ktblunden]

I collect beers to age (ones that are meant to be aged) and I collect bottles for future brews. That's pretty much it.

 

[EnjoyGoodBeer]

This thread is fantastic. Mind if I help you get the fish off the hook?

Not sure what you mean.

 

[igotsand]

Give us a list of some of your prize possesions?
I heard rogue, sn25, what else?
Igotsand

 

[unfairbeef]

I started collecting bottle for homebrew reuse but one day I realized that I had about 150 different types of beer bottles. I just separated out one of each to not use for homebrew and maybe one day I'll have a good idea for something to use them for. Brew room shelf decoration or something, I dunno. I wouldn't ever keep full ones, though. I wouldn't be able to keep myself from tallying up how much all of them cost and looking at them as wasted beer. Don't have anything particularly rare but I travel a bit and get bottles that I can't get where I live. It's all in the eye of the beholder...

 

[SilverZero]

Unopened beers are like unspent money.

Somebody make a signature out of that! (I do like the idea of re-capping with water, though.)