Steve hosted the big end-o-year bottle pick. 37 cases of bottles in all! The pick was divided into 3 sessions: Steve/Craig, Steve/Craig/Dave, and Steve/Dave.

        Steve and Craig were up first.  There was a good selection of blobs and hutches sitting there. The best bottle, an amber Simon F Gates from Racine was in the spot light. It's fate was to be decide by a coin tossed by me and called by Craig. Steve was the winner and had to take the Gates.

        The next session was a little larger and had many great bottles. Steve lucked out again and had first pick. I picked second and Craig picked last. Steve picked the Cunningham and Ihmsen flask. My first pick would be a op cornucopia/urn flask. Craig took the Peter Barth advertising flask from Milwaukee. Round three still had some good depth. Steve snagged the op Dr Janynes Oleaginous Hair Tonic. I took a cobalt Wherrbach blob soda. Craig opted for the  ip Udolpho Wolfs small size schnapps. Steve and Craig split a couple of crude Churchill's specifics. Steve also got 3 crude Hostetters two being yellow.  After that, the pick got a little tougher each round with mainly more common stuff being left.

        The last pick involved Steve and me. It was no secret we were both gunning for an amber WM Sillito Janesville advertising flask. I won the coin toss and it was indeed my first pick. Steve grabbed a different advertising flask, Wm Hemming. There was a clear Hemming still on the table and I grabbed it next. Steve took a Buob blob for his next pick. There was still a lot of good bottles left I remember getting a cobalt Lord Smith Chicago med, olive op utility, peacefull nights feeder, and a congress water. Steve got a super crude  op EH Flaggs Instantaneous Relief, cobalt Strong Cobb Cinnci, Bartletts Dressing,  and a congress water.