Show off your BOCK!

[Jim Romine]

Nice herd of goats, Marc!
Jim

[dwaugh]

@mtracy64

Beautiful Ruppert Marc! Salivating over that one. I only have the newer ones so there is quite a hole in my Ruppert collection between those older Bocks and older Ruppiners (threw in the Malta to prop up the Bock pyramid!).

[mtracy64]

@mtracy64

Beautiful Ruppert Marc! Salivating over that one. I only have the newer ones so there is quite a hole in my Ruppert collection between those older Bocks and older Ruppiners (threw in the Malta to prop up the Bock pyramid!).

Thanks, Dave. The Jacob Ruppert manages to look a little better in the photo than it actually is, but it's pretty good and I'm thrilled to have it. I came home from work one day and found it freshly listed on eBay with a best offer option. I put an offer in and the seller accepted. I knew it was from the Maine auction but didn't realize until later that it was the best of those. The guy sold it at a loss the first day of his eBay listing, which I don't understand.

The goat on the Jacob Ruppert ranks with the best of them in my opinion. As good as the goat looks in photos, it must be seen in person to be fully appreciated.

I'm very impressed by the stuff you've posted here and in the "favorite cans" thread!

Marc

[Jim Romine]

My goat herd is small and not the prettiest, but I like them a lot.
Here's a couple of my favorites.

Jim

[jacoby4664]

My goat herd is small and not the prettiest, but I like them a lot.
Here's a couple of my favorites.
ugly goats.jpg
Jim

That Ortliebs Bock Ale is ridiculous. I have never seen that can before. What a super cool can. Thanks for sharing!!!

[Clarkston1]

My goat herd is small and not the prettiest, but I like them a lot.
Here's a couple of my favorites.
ugly goats.jpg
Jim

Wow - elite bock cans there for sure!
Thank you to everyone for sharing more pictures.
Love visually seeing everyone’s favorite Bock cans.
Wish I would have started earlier, now I’m pretty much priced out
of the market for any new additions.

[Scott]

Living in the northwest, we NEVER find bock cans. Here's the only bock I've ever dug north of the California border. This was found about twenty years ago in Eastern Oregon and was certainly an unexpected but pleasant surprise. We had a little acid with us so gave it a quick soak along with a couple other cans we found that day.

[Tinman]

Not much bock stuff in our accumulation, a couple stubbies.

Formosa circa early 70's Labatts circa mid 80's

some labels,

and a few crowns... not sure if the one in the center is Canadian, anyone recognize it?

STAY SAFE!

[bodean]

I don't think I have any bock cans but I have these.

[Gansettman]

Some On and Off Bocks...

[stringsx24now]

Here is my herd plus three labels I wish the brands had made bock cans.

[mtracy64]

I neglected to include my cones last time. One is ugly, one is downright hideous, and one is just about the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

[Nobes1010]

This thread made me realize how few I have in my herd. Kinda excited to start adding some more.

[Clarkston1]

In the spirit of adding to this post for posterity here is what I believe is the only known example of a Rheingold Bock and its associated history.

[mtracy64]

In the spirit of adding to this post for posterity here is what I believe is the only known example of a Rheingold Bock and its associated history.

This is in my top three personal entries of "stupidity has consequences". I passed on this can two or three times when it was available. I wasn't yet particularly serious about Bocks and had no inkling that I would ever be able to get as many as I have, and I let the touch-up work scare me off this one. As noted in the article you posted, it was impossible to tell how much touch-up was done, though it was clearly significant.

There is another pre-war Bock which was believed to be unique, and nobody seems to know what happened to it. It couldn't be located for USBC photography, so the photo there was re-created from the Class Book photo. The can was last known to be owned by a well-known collector but wasn't in his collection when it sold.

Marc

[hemmings]

We actually had twin Nubians born today... and one was a Buck.err Bock. Seems really strange that the Lion would just vanish...

[Clarkston1]

In the spirit of adding to this post for posterity here is what I believe is the only known example of a Rheingold Bock and its associated history.

This is in my top three personal entries of "stupidity has consequences". I passed on this can two or three times when it was available. I wasn't yet particularly serious about Bocks and had no inkling that I would ever be able to get as many as I have, and I let the touch-up work scare me off this one. As noted in the article you posted, it was impossible to tell how much touch-up was done, though it was clearly significant.

There is another pre-war Bock which was believed to be unique, and nobody seems to know what happened to it. It couldn't be located for USBC photography, so the photo there was re-created from the Class Book photo. The can was last known to be owned by a well-known collector but wasn't in his collection when it sold.

Marc



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Yes, as you’ve said before, it’s the cans we didn’t buy when given the opportunity that we usually regret the most, not the cans we did buy.