Beer Glass Obsession

[mje1980]

Just picked up this tankard in an op shop for 20 cents :blink:

I wonder has it anything to do with Bayside Brewers; Oktoberfest comp/festival?

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I have an almost identical one i got from the wollongong ofest a few years ago, except for the "10 year anniversary" bit. Got a few of them, from before they banned the glass ones and bought in the plastic ones. The one litre one sits in my fermenting fridge with my temp probe hahah.

 

[geoffd]

looks like one I had from a number of years ago at an Octoberfest at the showgrounds...

How I didnt fall off the pole that night I will never know but I think I still have a flag somewhere with that logo :lol:

ed: schpling

so you're telling me, I just wasted 20c ... far out like a brussel sprout.

 

[mje1980]

so you're telling me, I just wasted 20c ... far out like a brussel sprout.

Nah, yours has the ''10 year anniversary" bit, gotta bump it to 22 or 23c, a handy profit . They're good glasses, though they got banned because some drunk bogan decided to belt another drunk bogan with one of the 1litre ones a few years ago. I could be wrong, and it's probably an insurance thing, but that did happen. Was probably going to happen anyway sooner or later, which is a shame.

 

[geoffd]

Nah, yours has the ''10 year anniversary" bit, gotta bump it to 22 or 23c, a handy profit . They're good glasses, though they got banned because some drunk bogan decided to belt another drunk bogan with one of the 1litre ones a few years ago. I could be wrong, and it's probably an insurance thing, but that did happen. Was probably going to happen anyway sooner or later, which is a shame.

well if the glass was thick enough it wouldnt shatter and cause lacerations. plastic is more dangerous; the beer could get warm.

 

[gscurto]

I have two, a big one like this and a little one as well.
I also have one of those viking horn ones shown above...

Silly to give them away when you moved to Oz Father Jack, I lost only one in transit, and that was my fault, and I had a duplicate anyway

I'm still adamant I'm not a collector but I might have to give away that fantasy soon...

Yes I am an obsessed brewer and have a range of boots including a Tamworth music festival boot of about 500ml size as well as liquer spirit shot glasses, being called cowboy requires a cowboy boot to match hehe

 

[mje1980]

well if the glass was thick enough it wouldnt shatter and cause lacerations. plastic is more dangerous; the beer could get warm.

Precisely the problem. Serious head injury. You'd have to hit the 1 litre ones with a mack truck to smash em haha. But I agree, im more worried about ensuring cold lager on a (guaranteed to be) hot n humid day!!

 

[bruce86]

Im a tad obsessed with belgian beers and the glass collection is starting. I built this in anticipation for when they get here lol

 

[geoffd]

nice Bruce, simple & elegant, understated in a classical way.

personally i'd have been inclined to make an inner groove with a chisel or some other intricate inlayed design, but I really like the template very much, great job; well done & thanks for sharing.