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On our drive home from the mountains the other day, I got lucky.
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I finally found a man cave appropriate crate for my albums! No, I’d never heard of Holihan Brewers but neither did I care.
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They existed.
They brewed beer in Massachusetts.
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And that was good enough for me.
Okay, the crate wasn’t in the best of shape….
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But after a lot of elbow grease, scrubbing and oiling…
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It didn’t look half bad.
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And then there were three.
I’ll need at least 3 (probably 4, possibly 5) more.
I wonder if I’ll live that long?
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River's world..... 
Hey, ya never know what’s gonna be out “new” at the next yard sale or antique store. Good catch and clean-up. Worthy addition to the other two crates that are already on duty.
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It’s been so hard to find them, I was more thrilled than I should be.
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Back in the ’80’s, my friends and I drank a fair amount of Haffenreffer’s Private Stock malt liquor. It was pretty good, as I recall, but I drank a lot of Busch as well, so what the hell did I know? Your record collection is gonna be stylin’.
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I might be dead before I find enough crates… but yes damn it.
It will.
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Just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for the crate? I bet it was at least 24 times the original $1.25 price for a case of “Brown Stout.”
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I paid $35. Considerably more…
😉
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Pickwick Ale?? we have a Pickwick Mill here.
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Pickwick ale was an old Boston beer made for the Irish who didn’t like German Pilsners in the early 1900’s. Narragansett bought out the company and closed it in 1981.
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ah
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Nice! So where did you find your treasure? And the vinyl looks good in those old wooden crates 😉
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Near the border of NH and Maine in a little mountain town called Gilead.
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Well done! Cool vintage photo of the business you found, too. Print it out and line the crate bottom with it!
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That’s a great idea.
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I love that I went math nerd… 24botykes would be $1.20, making the crate’s original value 5cents.
Good find!!
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Anybody who traps Johnny Cash between the Dead and Aerosmith needs a reality adjustment. Jerry Garcia is turning in his grave.
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My albums are filed alphabetically. That was the luck of the draw….
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I love the idea of crating your albums this way. And $1.25 for a case? Those were the days!
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No doubt. What I really need is a time machine….
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And it appears to be Dudley-approved, so you have that going for you…
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An important review for sure.
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FINALLY!!
I kept wondering if you’d ever find one. Mr. Handsome approved too.
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I still need at least three more. I may not live that long..
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