Look, we have a pretty extensive collection of coasters and matchbooks, but those things are supposed to get taken. When people sneak out things like glassware and ashtrays and the like, that always kinda drove me nuts. So it was a huge bummer to wake up and see this on Facebook this morning:
We search constantly to find rare and interesting art and breweriana to decorate Hopleaf with. Lots of things are one of a kind and many are quite expensive. Most of you can imagine how sad it makes us when people steal these things from us. Tonight was one of those nights. A rare and one of a kind framed sign was stolen by a thoughtless person with no conscience. Instead of being on our wall for lots of people to enjoy, some selfish loser had to have it all to him or herself. It is sad to think that one of our customers would do such a mean-spirited thing. I am angry and depressed.
Apparently, the thief made off with a 1940’s-era sign advertising Fox Deluxe, “very rare” in the words of the Hopleaf. We are currently scouring the 1700+ photos tagged Hopleaf on Flickr to see if we can come up with an image of the piece.
In the meantime, if you are the jerk who ‘liberated’ this last night, bring it back. If you know someone who just ‘found’ a piece of brewerania, ask them to do the right thing.
The thing about good beer is that it gets you drunk. And when people get drunk they do dumb things. (We know something about that ourselves, it’s true.) So it’s possible there’s someone in Chicago right now waking up with a wicked headache wondering what the hell this beer ad is doing here, and feeling really terrible when they put 2 & 2 together.
It’s all right, shit happens.
But don’t be a jerk. Don’t mess with one of the city’s temples of beerdom. Let’s be cool, and let’s try to do the right thing, huh?
This has been a public service message from the gents of Guys Drinking Beer.