XXXX Bottles

[tommo]

We've all seen the little bloke that graces the neck of the old rolltop XXXX tallies right

Is it Andy

Apologies to Dogger who may not have had the pleasure of sighting this vertically challenged dude

Anyhooo, shouted a mate (non brewing pond life) a few brews recently and he remarked on the rarity and value of these bottles.

Is he a poor misguided twit

Or am i sitting on a fortune that could quite possibly set me up for life.

t0mMo

[Friar]

Tommo

not just Dogger

I'm an ex Mexican(Vic) living in Perth and I got no idea what you talking about.

F

[tommo]

Dear texmex (F),

Sorry, inadvertently forgot how politically correct our unstable little world has become.

Apologies to the whole wide world except everyone who knows what I'm on about.

t0mMo

[tommo]

although,texmex(F), your ignorance (sorry) on said bottles might be an indication of the rarity and value of which I spoke.

[Dogger Dan]

Got a pic?

Dogger

[tommo]

G'day Dogger,

Would love to help with a pic but I'm basically crap at this whole show.

Oliver....
Help.

[Smabb]

Initially I thought your mate was mad (or a sucker in the making ) Tommo but on studying the bottle of "Vitamin X" I have just polished off, our little mate is indeed absent.

So at sometime between 1999 and now they stopped putting him on the bottles- however he was probably on millions of the buggers (certainly is on my bottle collection) so its hardly a rarity. Maybe in a few more years they might be
I have no idea when he was put on the bottles, though obviously (to you and me at least ) he's been the symbol for XXXX for many a year.

[tommo]

Cheers Smabb,

You're correct. He is mad but thats another story.

Just have to keep filling them up and pouring them down until they become rare i suppose mate

Bastard of a job but someone's gotta.......

[beerboy]

I've got about 300 of those bottles.

[tommo]

hang onto 'em dude, they're bloody rare as.

[Oliver]

I'll try and take a pic and post it.

As I write I'm enjoying drinking beer and replying to posts too much to get the digital camera out and find a XXXX bottle among my 300-odd collection.

It will happen. Probably before the advent of O&G T-shirts

Oliver

[Tony]

Here's a pic of 60 of them. For sale in Brisbane:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/60-X-750-ml-crown-seal-home-brew-bottles-XXXX_W0QQitemZ6199370562QQcategoryZ57128QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can see the XXXX guy if you know what you are looking for.

Not my auction, etc

Tony