hAlloWeen (A&W)

Maybe my "Can Collector Card" should be revoked.  This year, I didn't chase any Halloween cans.  I'm sure they were out there, but I didn't see any of them.  Instead...

I think this from last year.  Or the year before?  It's been in my pantry a LONG time.  Regardless, the ONE time a year I can feature it is now.  

I've made it a point to collect Halloween cans in the past, but this year snuck up on me.  So I'll feature a can from the past I haven't shown yet.

With Halloween coming later this week, remember with A&W, it's "No tricks, all treats".

Red Bull Green

This week I made another trash can find at work.

It's been a while since I've found a new Red Bull.  But this one is Green Edition.  And the flavor is Dragon Fruit.

I'm sure I've missed some of these special editions in the last few years, which makes me green with envy for the collectors who've kept up.

Birthday Haul

Last week I had another birthday.  And this year I got a few cans from my kids...

And this wasn't just a quick trip to the local Casey's.  Nope, these consist of steel cans and older aluminum cans.  Let's look at each one.

Wild West Sarsaparilla - I have a few of these already, but they're all variants.  This steel can (bottom-opened to preserve the pull-tab top) promotes it as the "First soft drink of the Old West".  And to be honest, I've always pronounced this flavor as "sassparilla".  Is it just me?  The first time I saw this can I wondered why they had all the extra letters in that word.

Graf's Cola - I didn't show the front of this steel can, but the back reveals the "Great American Inventors" of the Wright Brothers.  There's a nice pic with a great description of what made them famous.  They sure don't make cans like this anymore.

Pepsi-Cola - Next is an aluminum can featuring the Chicago's Navy Pier.  The can is from 1995.  It notes "Come join in the celebration of this Chicago landmark reborn.  Opening this summer."  I had no idea it had re-opened that year.  It was only a couple years later that I would make my one and only trip (so far) to Chicago and visit the Navy Pier.

G. Willikers - Well, the name says it all.  This aluminum can is the first of this brand in my collection.  It's grape.  Gee willikers, that's a boring flavor.

And that's my birthday haul.  Overall, it was a great year.  Thanks, kids.