Comments on: Collecting Mania

Collecting Mania

tellurian — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:48:34 -0800

Beer Caps. With 12,568 scans available to peruse, Uncle Corkie is the winner in my books. Franco Ferretti may have the largest collection of bottle caps but it's not online. Collecting, a postmodern pastime?

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Sat, 20 May 2006 23:18:34 -0800

By: Serial Killer Slumber Party

Serial Killer Slumber Party — Sun, 21 May 2006 01:01:28 -0800

As great as this collection is, I think only 96 from Australia is pretty piss-poor. I could probably find 96 scattered on my floor.

By: spazzm

spazzm — Sun, 21 May 2006 03:52:39 -0800

Serial Killer Slumber Party: Isn't there an australian beer named "Piss Poor"?

By: spazzm

spazzm — Sun, 21 May 2006 03:54:44 -0800

Oops, my bad, it's not "piss poor" but Piss Weak.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sun, 21 May 2006 04:32:27 -0800

How can an article which is at least fifty percent dominated by the role of collecting in the Victorian era refer to the impulse as being 'postmodern'? Ah. I see that the author is an English professor. Hence the gratuitous quotes from Baudrillard and Benjamin. That explains it all.

By: Serial Killer Slumber Party

Serial Killer Slumber Party — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:11:55 -0800

Well spazzm, while Piss and Piss Weak seem to be taken, I think you might be onto something with 'Piss Poor'. The beer for the Aussie battler! We'll make millions!

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:15:53 -0800

Bert was my first heads-up to existence of the hobby of bottle cap collecting.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Sun, 21 May 2006 05:33:21 -0800

Don't forget the Aussies also had Duff beer... ...that lasted not-very-long after certain lawyers for certain large corporations caught wind!

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Sun, 21 May 2006 06:15:11 -0800

That's amazing. Though I looked at one, and he had a "Breckenridge Brewery" cap in the spot for Birmingham Brewery. That kind of stuff could drive a person nuts.

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Sun, 21 May 2006 13:19:26 -0800

I like New Glarus' bottlecaps (only available in Wisconsin). It's the state of Wisconsin with a fingerprint pattern. It works well for their "Drink indigenous" campaign. It was voted best small brewery in America, so if you ever get the chance, visit.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Mon, 22 May 2006 13:10:58 -0800

I've started my own quest/collection. I am going to drink as many different beers as I can in 2006 and put pictures up on flickr. Of course it opposed by my desire to lose some weight at the same time.