That makes perfect sense. We used to use beer bottles to make college folk art.
Our best use was after a huge party (400+ people). We collected all of the bottles and smashed them up into large chunks. We had an old table we were gonna throw out. I covered it in an epoxy resin and poured the glass chunks all over it. Once the resin dried, I covered the exposed shards and let it dry for about a week.
That table went everywhere with me until a young friend of the family asked if he could take it with him to college. It’s still in someone’s living room in Tallahassee, FL, likely a testament to hungover college shenanigans and ingenuity.
And FWIW, I cannot do IPAs. I’ve yet to find an IPA that doesn’t give me a headache. I don’t know what it is, but I cannot tolerate them like I can most other beers.
I don’t generally do IPAs either - most I just don’t like the taste.
The Avery stuff is very hoppy - almost citrusy. If I had noticed it was an IPA when I ordered it, I probably wouldn’t have tried it.
That table sounds really cool. Could be an interesting business and a way to dispose of old beer bottles at the same time.