I’ve been thinking for years that I should have been saving my beer bottle caps but never quite got round to it. Then a few weeks ago the boyfriend and I received a beautiful gift in the form of a beer cap map.
This brilliant display is in the shape of Belgium, ready for the tops of all my favourite beers to take pride of place.
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I couldn’t possibly let a good gift go to waste, so in the interest of good manners I’ve been working hard at drinking some lovely Belgian beers in my quest to fill it. It’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it 🙂
So far I’ve been trying to place the bottle caps as near as possible to where the breweries are actually located on the map.
I suspect this will start to get tougher as I collect more caps, as a lot of the breweries are clustered around the same areas, but so far so good!
The collection to-date
At present my beer cap map features Westvleteren 12, St Bernardus 12, La Chouffe, St Stefanus, Affligem Tripel, Duvel, Malheur 6/10 (same cap), Malheur 12, Gulden Draak, Kwak, Westmalle Tripel and Westmalle Dubbel.
I’m sure I also have a Westvleteren 8 cap hidden away somewhere, brought home after a camping trip in Belgium, if only I can find it. Failing that I’ll just need to get myself back over there and get a new one.
With 32 gaps still to fill I think this lovely present will encourage me to try out more beers instead of gravitating towards the same old faithfuls.
I have a few favourites and find it hard not to pick them when I’m beer shopping, but who knows, maybe I’ll find myself a new favourite or three now.
Let the ‘research’ commence!
La Chouffe is one of my favourites. Can highly recommend Blanche de Namur wheat beer also.
Thanks for the tip Leslie, recommendations gratefully received. Haven’t sampled that one yet so will keep an eye out for it!