I have a few bottles I’ve collected over the last few years that are signed by the brewer and/or someone else with or connected to the brewery.
What do you guys do with bottles like this? Do you save them forever - never opening them. Or do you drink them at some point & then still save the empty, signed bottle? I’m not sure if I should drink mine at some point or save 'em.
I say drink them. The brewer would hate to find out he has beer out there just going to ****. Plus, this rings of my past fascination with baseball cards so I would end up looking for a plastic sleeve that would fit a bottle just like people do with signed baseball cards.
I guess it depends on what it is - if its a rarity that you might not be able to replace, then yeah, I’d drink it and then clean very good and save the empty.
If its something you can replace easily - maybe not then. However, I have seen corrosion of caps over many years which may not be attractive to you.
In most cases, the beer isn’t going to be worth anything after a year or two anyways…