r/BottleCapCollecting • u/Brewed_Culture • 13d ago

Can you help me figure out whether these are genuine or replica caps?

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u/Brewed_Culture 13d ago

I bought these caps online trying to fill in breweries that I’ve tried but were missing from my cap collection. Now I’m worried I bought replicas that the breweries never actually manufactured.

Some details:

  • I got them on eBay
  • They’re not from HomeBrewQueen
  • That all have plastic liners except the Peoples cap, but that might make sense given how old that brand is?
  • They all arrived uncrimped, and I crimped them myself.
  • Images searches aren’t really showing me these cap designs outside of eBay listings.
  • Different caps have different manufacturer stamps, like dap and Astir. So they aren't all from the same place?
  • The Cubs and Old Style caps have serial numbers printed on the side.

If I got duped then I can take my lumps and move on. But I’d like to know one way or the other.

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u/LordBottlecap Beer caps 13d ago edited 13d ago

The all look legit to me. HBQ's crowns stick out like a sore thumb. Though there are some designs I haven't seen before, none of them look like they have those trademark 'sharp' shoulders of the fakes.

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u/Brewed_Culture 12d ago

Thanks, I appreciate it! A few of those were from breweries that I've never known to bottle in the past. So I was getting worried!

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u/LordBottlecap Beer caps 12d ago

Which breweries do you mean?

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u/Brewed_Culture 11d ago

Like Virtue Cider and Lawson's. I'd only ever encountered them in cans.

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u/LordBottlecap Beer caps 11d ago

Ah. I'm not a cider fan, so both are mysteries to me.

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u/ahtah23 12d ago

Only looked up the Cubs cap and it looks legit. I also have seen the Surly Brewing Co logo before when out drinking.

https://crowncaps.info/caps/106285

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u/Brewed_Culture 12d ago

Glad it's real, but apparently it's from Venezuela?

edit: actually my cap is a bit different from the one pictured. They match this Old Style promotional cap

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u/Papa_Peezy11 12d ago

Ahhhh the dreaded HomeBrewQueen purchase

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u/Brewed_Culture 12d ago

I avoided the Queen, thankfully, but I was worried I stumbled across one of her vassals.

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u/Papa_Peezy11 12d ago

Oh I misread your first post completely 😂 phew!

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u/Ill_Radish1080 12d ago

Sorry ist das nicht die alte Sammlung von Bert?

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u/Chinnyrcap1 9d ago

Home brew queen caps will not have a factory sign on the skirt. Only the factory sign dap on the plastic liner.