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| A rebus
is a puzzle that consists of pictures of objects, signs,
etc, which by the sound of their names suggest words or phrases. |
| The web site Historic New England has a nice one page explanation of rebus at http://www.spnea.org/NEHM/2003WinterSpringPage05.htm |
| In 1977 the Falstaff Brewing Corp was purchased
by a California based
holding company who also owned General Brewing (Lucky Lager). Rebus puzzles appeared on Ballantine Ale, Ballantine Beer, Ballantine India Pale Ale, Falstaff, Haffenreffer, Kassel, Lone Star, Lucky Lager, Narragansett, Pearl, Rainier Ale, Regal, and Texas Pride during the 1970's and the 1980's. They were called "Crown Ticklers". The 413 puzzles were manufactured in eight series.
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Ballantine six pack from Mistretta's Italian Market |
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Two great sites are listing the answers to
the beer cap puzzles.
Please visit them and encourage them to continue their work. Answer picture from Rainier Beer Cap Puzzles |
| Rainier Beer Bottle Cap Puzzles
at http://www.geocities.com/shabber_1/rainier.html and Mistretta's Online Newsletter
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I want to thank Tracy for all his help. He sells puzzle caps from series I, II, VI and VIII on EBay using the name gcmt1815. If |
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| you buy a set of 50 unused caps from him,
he will send you a complete list of the puzzle solutions. Without
Tracey's help, it would have been impossible to set up this site.
He filled in my missing caps in his four series and critiqued this bottle
cap site. Thank you again Tracy.
The goal of displays all 414 puzzles (there
are two #3 puzzles) on this site is completed. This was accomplished
because of the efforts of eleven people who mailed me the needed caps.
Individual thank-yous to each of them are included on this page.
You can contact me at JokeLibrary@AOL.com with any comments or suggestions. I check my email there every Sunday. |
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| After completing my puzzle beer cap collection
from the Falstaff Brewing Corp, I have extra caps. I will sell
you
fifty, unbent, clean Lucky Lager puzzle, beer caps for $28.00. The caps will all have different, random numbers. That's fifty cents a cap plus three dollars shipping. If you |
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Drawing from eHow.com |
| make me search for a certain cap, I will
charge you five dollars a cap plus shipping.
Email me at JokeLibrary@aol.com. I check this email every Sunday. |
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Warning: If
you use AOL 9.0 Optimized as your internet provider
these pictures will be a little blurry. To see the bottle cap puzzles clearly, minimize AOL and view with your Internet Explorer. |
| Other recognitions
I would also like to thank Gabby Talkington for his help
in filling in my missing
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| Bad Jonnie in Hawaii has been a big help
in filling in my blanks.
He had 327, 346, 352, 355, 359, and three new tops. Thank you Jonnie for being a good friend to me and this site. He has an excellent collection of puzzle caps at http://badjonnie.com/ljg/ |
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I want thank Norman Cote of New Hampshire
for six
new puzzle caps he added to this collection. The caps had crowns (tops) shown here on the left. They came from |
| Haffenreffer Private Stock Malt Liquor
(Narragansett Brewing Co. Wilkes-
Barre, PA) and from Ballantine Ale (Falstaff Brewing - Milwaukee, WI). |
| Ronald H. Monroe from Kent, Washington sent
me caps 161,
167, 171, 177, 178, 183, 189, 194, 197, 199, 201, 211, 212, 216 and the Regal crown. I didn't know that Regal made puzzle crowns. Ron thank you for all your help. |
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I've searched for the last nine missing caps
each day on eBay
for over a year. Robert Marsoli of North Haven, CT donated 329, 334, 341, and 365. Thank you Robert for both the caps |
| and for raising my spirits. I wasn't
sure that anyone but me had been to
this site. Thank you again Robert. Robert explained to me that Ballantine Ale is still being sold with puzzle caps. It is wonderful news that beer drinkers can still enjoy the challenge |
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of these cute puzzles. You can locate
stores in your area that sell
Ballantine Ale at http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/wherecan.htm |
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Greg Brady of Pennsylvania donated #348. Thank you Greg. |
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Gabe of Brooklyn, NY gave me # 350 and #
363. He collects
Ballantine Ale and sent me two singles from his collection. Thank you Gabe. |
| Walter Kosack from North Haven, CT tried to send me #336, but the post office's stamping machine removed it from the envelope. Thank's Walt for the effort. This collection will get done eventually. |  |
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Paul Pasemann from Texas sent me #336.
He pointed out that
Lone Star beer still has puzzle caps. Thanks Paul for helping this silly collection. |
| Jim Haboustak of South Euclid, OH gave me
#339. God bless you
Jim for your kindness. The collection is done. I would love to get a second #337 because mine is bent, but it isn't needed. My wife |
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spending a half an hour on eBay every morning.
Thank you again Tracy, Gabby, Jonnie, Norman, Ronald, Robert, Greg, Gabe, Walter, Paul, and Jim for sending me all the missing caps. I will always appreciate your efforts. |
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Jim Haboustak found an unbent
#337 and sent it to me.
Thank you again Jim. Now I'm really done. |
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Click on the Texas
Pride cap to
view all the puzzle tops I have found. |
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If you think you know beer, try playing the
Beer
Quiz.
My first time score was 4 out of 10. |
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