Temple Made From Heinekin Bottles

[FunFon]

Sorry if this has been posted before, was news to me and thought others might be amused:

http://www.renegadetravels.com/beer-bottle-temple-in-thailand/

[Dancealot]

Nice post. Now i wonder how many beer enthousiasts are going to be attracted by thousands of empty bottles. .

I think i'll skip this one.

Edited March 28, 2013 by Dancealot

[davejones]

Nice post. Now i wonder how many beer enthousiasts are going to be attracted by thousands of empty bottles. .

I think i'll skip this one.

We need a temple made from full bottles of Heineken. With straws given out at the entrance. LOL.

A novel way of recycling though. Even better than the rafts made of beer bottles during the floods.

I wonder what else the Thai people make from used beer bottles.

[rak sa_ngop]

Maybe then can put the new Heineken pint glasses to better use as well.

The inside bottom of these glasses have been diamond (or maybe laser?) cut so that bubbles form readily on the sharp glass edges. Therefore the beer comes to you foaming and then proceeds to de-gass itself as the beer stands. So unless you drink the pint within about 10 mins, you have a pretty tasteless, flat, unattractive beer to finish off.

Nice ones Heineken, words like 'shooting' and 'foot' come to mind.

[FunFon]

Nice ones Heineken, words like 'shooting' and 'foot' come to mind.

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Sounds completely intentional to me!

[Dancealot]

Nice ones Heineken, words like 'shooting' and 'foot' come to mind.

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Sounds completely intentional to me!

Is he claiming a glass has been designed to induce binging?

[FunFon]

Is he claiming a glass has been designed to induce binging?

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Not necessarily, just finish up quickly and then move along make room for the next customer.

Or have another, that works too. Just don't sit around only drinking one every half-hour. . .

[retell]

Nice post. Now i wonder how many beer enthousiasts are going to be attracted by thousands of empty bottles. .

I think i'll skip this one.

We need a temple made from full bottles of Heineken. With straws given out at the entrance. LOL.

A novel way of recycling though. Even better than the rafts made of beer bottles during the floods.

I wonder what else the Thai people make from used beer bottles.

waterpipes

[retell]

Maybe then can put the new Heineken pint glasses to better use as well.

The inside bottom of these glasses have been diamond (or maybe laser?) cut so that bubbles form readily on the sharp glass edges. Therefore the beer comes to you foaming and then proceeds to de-gass itself as the beer stands. So unless you drink the pint within about 10 mins, you have a pretty tasteless, flat, unattractive beer to finish off.

Nice ones Heineken, words like 'shooting' and 'foot' come to mind.

its tasteless flat and bad tasting when it's still closed ( and im from Holland )

[Farma]

Sleepy little country town with nothing much else to do or see.

Steroid freeks will love the public exercise machines made from farm implements in the roundabout park.

A cheap but good traditional massage in the public hospital on the left as you drive away from the roundabout is worth it. Blood pressure check included prior to massage.

Edited March 28, 2013 by Farma

[Thakkar]

I was tasked with the job of emptying those bottles.

*hic*...

T

[davejones]

I was tasked with the job of emptying those bottles.

*hic*...

T

I seem to have missed that job.

[davejones]

its not made, it is decorated with, not the same new website to promote ?

I suppose it would fall down if made from bottles.

[khaowong1]

I wonder if the monks were chanting the 5th precept when they were building this temple. 5 - I will refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages.

[market trader]

Nice ones Heineken, words like 'shooting' and 'foot' come to mind.

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Sounds completely intentional to me!

Maybe then can put the new Heineken pint glasses to better use as well.

The inside bottom of these glasses have been diamond (or maybe laser?) cut so that bubbles form readily on the sharp glass edges. Therefore the beer comes to you foaming and then proceeds to de-gass itself as the beer stands. So unless you drink the pint within about 10 mins, you have a pretty tasteless, flat, unattractive beer to finish off.

Do say... Now where does one find these glasses?

[Maestro]

I have deleted a nonsensical post about website promotion.

[FunFon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_wall#Bottle_Houses_Throughout_History

Edited March 28, 2013 by FunFon

[manarak]

why state that the temple is made of heineken beer bottles? there are far mor bottles of krating daeng and m-150 than heineken beer bottles...

[FunFon]

why state that the temple is made of heineken beer bottles? there are far mor bottles of krating daeng and m-150 than heineken beer bottles...

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Because I'm an ignorant fool that didn't research properly; I actually came across this on a completely non-Thai topic talking about Heineken's brief flirtation with square "glass bricks you fill with beer" as a building material and google-image-searched a picture of this temple to find out where it was.

Mea culpa and apologies to the local brands.

[frimu]

Same temple, other report:

http://www.dontworryjusttravel.com/index.php/asiapacific/thailand/item/201-million-bottle-temple

[Mampara]

Me thinks, that it should be a good place for the A A to have their weekly meetings

[Payboy]

Temple Made From Heinekin Bottles

And I thought I had a severe drinking problem.

[FunFon]

Me thinks, that it should be a good place for the A A to have their weekly meetings

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Most meetings require aircon.

[davejones]

I wonder what the toilets are like. Do you pee into a bottle? LOL.

[FunFon]

I wonder what the toilets are like. Do you pee into a bottle? LOL.

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Detailed pictures in the most recent link.

Which also claims "made out of" rather than just "decorated with" BTW.

[Star Dust]

[bangkokrick]

If anyone is interested I took a few pics when I visited the temple. It's quite amazing to see.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bangkokrick/sets/72157632681299427/

[davejones]

I wonder what the toilets are like. Do you pee into a bottle? LOL.

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Detailed pictures in the most recent link.

Which also claims "made out of" rather than just "decorated with" BTW.

I checked it out a bit on some other sites, and I think it is made out of bottles, rather than just decorated. In many of the images it looks like bottles and cement (or something similar.

Edited March 29, 2013 by davejones

[bangkokrick]

I wonder what the toilets are like. Do you pee into a bottle? LOL.

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Detailed pictures in the most recent link.

Which also claims "made out of" rather than just "decorated with" BTW.

I checked it out a bit on some other sites, and I think it is made out of bottles, rather than just decorated. In many of the images it looks like bottles and cement (or something similar.

I agree Dave it looks like it is made out of bottles on closer inspection.

[nidieunimaitre]

QUOTE:

"So unless you drink the pint within about 10 mins, you have a pretty tasteless, flat, unattractive beer to finish off."

And what do you have if you drink it within 10 minutes?

We are talking about heineken, right?