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Local Brewing History – Bartels Article

24 August 2010

This article is courtesy of Jess Kidden from The North American Wine & Spirit Journal April 1909…some amazing photos for sure. Thanks Jess.

Lion Brewery Label Fun – Stegmaier Ale

22 August 2010

Here’s a great Stegmaier Ale label that I haven’t see (or posted) yet. This label is for the 12oz Stegmaier Ale.

Lion Brewery - Label Fun Basics Beer

20 August 2010

Here’s a fun one from the Stegmaier Brewing Co (Lion Brewery) called Basics Beer. It’s in the 12oz size, comes to us from the 1980’s and has a great tag line…”The Basic Promise: A good beer brewed with the finest ingredients at a basic price.” I guess the premise is that you save your advertising budget and make the beer more affordable.

Local Brewing Hsistory – A.B. Co Brewing ABC Porter

18 August 2010

Here’s another great label from Sam K. This one is from the A.B. Co Brewers and features their 12oz ABC Porter.

Local Brewing History – A.B. Co Brewing Wurzburger Beer

16 August 2010

Here’s yet another great label from Sam K. This one is from the A.B. Co Brewers and features the 12oz Wurzburger Beer in the 12oz size…and what a great looking label it is.

Local Brewing History – A.B. Co Brown Stout Porter

12 August 2010

Here’s another great label from Sam K. This one is from the A.B. Co Brewers and is hedging it’s bets by being a Brown, Stout, Porter. This is a keg label.

Lion Brewery – Label Fun Gibbons

10 August 2010

Here’s a pretty unique white label from an early Gibbons brew. The copyright looks to be 1937 and it does have the tax paid label. This is for the 32oz/quart size.

Lion Brewery – Label Fun Home Lager

08 August 2010

Here’s one of the more generic labels we’ve seen. Other than perhaps just “Beer”, this one’s fairly vague but fun to check out. I present to you Home Pilsner Beer from Pocono Brewing. Note the spelling of Pilsner.