We're just back from our bi-weekly beer and commissary run out to Cannon Airplane Patch and we were looking forward to another episode of "Broadening Our Horizons" with a Lips of Faith Sour Brown Ale which looks like the pic on the right, below. But we won't be able to do so because of the weirdest turn of events. To wit, this:
That, Gentle Reader, is a hole right DEAD center in the bottle cap. I loaded the beer right up close to the passenger compartment firewall in the trunk, as I always do. I felt a slight "ping" when I shut the trunk lid but thought nothing of it... until I got home and began unloading my groceries. I noticed the trunk smelled a lot like beer and I had the briefest "uh-oh" sort of thought. But a cursory examination revealed no broken bottles in the bags... so where was the smell coming from?
Update, 1338 hrs: I decided to drink what was left, after all. I uncapped the bottle and felt around the lip to find no jagged edges, so I think I'm safe. It's pretty danged good, even considering the fact I'm drinking it at room temperature. That's no big deal... we DID live in Ol' Blighty for three years.
When we were kids we would take an ice-pick and poke a hole in our Coke bottle lids (similar to the hole in your beer) and drink them that way. I don't know why we did that, but it seemed fun at the time. I never worried about glass.
ReplyDeleteI used to do that to Coke bottles, too! I made them fizzier.
ReplyDeleteMan -- yesterday was a bummer. At least you got to enjoy the beer without having to wring it out of the carpet into a mug.
Wait, that beer cost $14??? At the commissary?? Holy mud, Moses!!
ReplyDeleteThat's some pretty pricey beer. I came by your site because Daphne at Jaded Haven recommended you. Thanks for your service.
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Lou and Moogie: I'd never heard of punching holes in coke bottle tops before. Who'd a thunk it?
ReplyDeleteAnd Moogie... I was NOT at all pleased about having to clean up the carpet. That beer is bright RED, yanno?
Kath: Yeah... I've posted about that before.
Thanks for dropping by, Moshe.
ReplyDeleteGlad you went ahead and drank it .
ReplyDeleteWhen I had a tragic accident opening a bottle of really good rye whiskey over here - the bottleneck had cracked in shipment, and the top third of the bottle broke off when I tried to pull the cork - a quick-thinking friend, who was at the house to help me drink the rye, ran into the kitchen and got a funnel and a couple of coffee filters.
We decanted the rye quite safely into another container, saving two-thirds of it.
Neat trick to remember if you are ever in a similar situation again.
Not that I take pity in another person's misery, but it is good to know that I'm not the only person who this sort of thing happens to.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to salvage the suds.
Heh! Maybe TGH finally got jealous, and decided to steal a swig for herself.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we punched holes in coke caps, too. Can't remember why...probably because there was nothing else to do.
Quite the cool coincidence, in a way, that it poked the one spot where it would leak but still be drinkable. At least you got an interesting blog post out of it :-)
ReplyDeleteTo not drink it would have been alcohol abuse, glad you took care of it!
ReplyDeleteI saw you on your beer run. And I waved. But alas, you didn't see me. ;) Maybe next time! LOL!