Beer collectibles

We have seen our colleague’s board games collection so there is at least one person familiar with collectibles on this blog.
I’d like to introduce you to beer collectibles, or as we could call it - breweriana collectibles. Among the first beer collectibles were bottle caps, or crowns and labels, but nowadays it also includes beer cans, bottles, glassware, openers, tin signs, beermats(a coaster), drop catchers, and any other kinds of advertisers like pens, neon signs etc

The history of beer labels is much younger than the beer itself. Until XIX century, the beer haven’t been poured into bottles. And then the need of marking bottles appeared. The oldest labels of Tyskie Browary Książęce date back to the 20s of our century. World largest beer labels collection contain more than a two hundred thousand items.
Beer glassware also refer to beer steins – a traditional beer mug, made of pewter, silver, wood, porcelain, earthenware, or stoneware; and with open tops or hinged lids

The need for bottle openers starts with the bottle cap. Bottle cap is an innovation of the 1890s
Drop catcher is a small piece of absorbent paper put on the bottom of a beer glass to avoid that liquid contaminates the table, it differ from beermat, which is a coaster used to rest glasses of beer upon

So, you are a collector who wants to trade or exchange your breweriana, there is a perfect place where you can do both, and even more – it’s a beer festival and exchange fair held each year in Zywiec. Homebrew contest also takes place during the festival. More than five thousand visitors and almost two thousand exhibitors showed up last year. There is also a chance to visit old Zywiec brewery and museum. By the way, there is also very nice place in Tychy, where the old building dating back to 1902 was converted into Tyskie museum of beer and brewing.
I’d like to ask you, do you collect anything, and maybe you participate in some community events?