Amendments to the original rules of The Wall

It quickly became clear that we were going to need ot adjust the original guidelines, which were made when we only had about 25 different bottles.

Part 1: General Rules

I.      All bottles on The Wall should have tops (if it doesn’t have a top, obtaining one should be a priority.)

No amendments to this rule, but we haven't necessarily followed it perfectly.

III.  Cans may only be put on The Wall if a valid argument can be made for them (i.e. “The Sapporo can could break most bottles.  It’s badass enough for The Wall.”)

Sorry Sapporo, 80-some bottles later there's simply no room for cans.

• Cans may not be placed on The Wall.
• Bottles must be no larger than 16 oz. to be placed on The Wall

IV. No Budweiser/Busch Products (Anheuser-Busch products are allowed, just nothing under the Budweiser/Busch brand names)

If there was one rule that I thought would never change, it was this one.  Being a craft brew fan living in Milwaukee, Budweiser is a profanity even among the 95 percent who aren't into the micro scene.  However, Phin discovered this beer (If you can't read it, click on "Ano" to view the website, then google translate should do the rest).  As a result, acquiring a Budweiser product has become a priority.

• If you see a bottle of Czechvar or Budweiser-Budvar,  you should buy it.

Part 2: The Top Shelf

We haven't needed any amendments for this section of the rules

Part 3: Shelving Order

I.      The front row on the bottom shelf should be selected the same way as the front row of the top shelf.

Derek hasn't been too adventurous of late, so the bottom shelf's top row is a 50/50 split between Phin and me.  We'll get this rule going when Derek gets enough beers he loves to fill his bottom row.

II.    With the exception of the beers selected for the front rows on the top and bottom shelves, bottles should be grouped by brewery.

The odd shape of certain bottles (I'm looking at you, Sprecher) has made it so that grouping by brewery will require us to take additional bottles off of the wall.  100's a pretty number, we're not grouping by brewery.

III.  The “display” row on the bottom shelf should have 2 rows behind it before any additional rows are added to the top shelf.

Well, this isn't an issue anymore.

Like the amendments? Anything we should Add?  Let us know in the comments