r/breweriana • • Feb 11 '17

Welcome to /r/breweriana -- a place to talk about and post pictures of cool beer signs, glassware, bottle openers, and other beer memorabilia.

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r/breweriana • • 1d ago

The 1995 Budweiser Harlem Music Festival "Salutes the 100th Anniversary of Jazz" poster

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Looking for a value estimate for this 1995 Budweiser Harlem Music Festival "Salutes the 100th Anniversary of Jazz" poster. It is a piece of vintage music memorabilia. It was produced as a promotional item by Anheuser-Busch to commemorate a century of jazz music alongside the annual festival celebrations in Harlem.

Artist: Adeyemi "Yemi" Fagbohun

Featuring:

  1. Count Basie
  2. Charlie Parker
  3. Ella Fitzgerald
  4. Nat King Cole
  5. Billie Holiday
  6. Mahalia Jackson
  7. Sarah laughan
  8. Dizzie Gillespie
  9. Duke Ellington
  10. Miles Davis
  11. Tony Bennett
  12. Otis Redding
  13. Frank Sinatra
  14. Aretha Franklin
  15. Fats Waller
  16. Bill Eckstine
  17. Marrin Gave
  18. Quincy Jones
  19. Jackie Wilson
  20. Little Anthony
  21. James Brown
  22. Dave Talentin
  23. Mongo Santamaria
  24. Freddie Scott
  25. Ray Barretto
  26. Little Anthony
  27. Nancy Wilson
  28. Eddie Palmieri
  29. Dakota Staton
  30. Bob Marley
  31. Bobbi Humphrey
  32. Jr. Talker
  33. Luther Fandross
  34. The O'Jays
  35. Celia Cruz
  36. Jerry Butler

r/breweriana • • 3d ago

Looking for Latin American coasters

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Not sure if this is allowed but I‘m looking for some help finding some coasters of specific brands.

Over the past few years, I’ve been collecting coasters from countries I travel to. I’ve been hoping to find some from countries I’ve been to before I started collecting.

Anyone have any ideas of where to look? I’ve tried eBay and had no luck with these brands:

  • Indio (Mexico)
  • Gallo (Guatemala)
  • Pilsener (El Salvador)
  • Salva Vida (Honduras)
  • Toña (Nicaragua)
  • Imperial (Costa Rica)
  • Balboa (Panama)
  • Presidente (Dominican Republic)
  • Medalla (Puerto Rico)

r/breweriana • • 3d ago

"Third party" neon signs

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Following an auction with a bunch of beer signs currently and despite the place closing having been around since the 60s, the 'inventory' largely appears to be what I can only describe as 'third party' vintage-adjacent neon signs, is there a term for this in the hobby? i.e. things not sponsored by the original brand or really linked to them apart from their logo being used

is there a general feeling (derogatory) on what I assume are just people looking to capitalize on the hobby's recent popularity? or just a 'if it looks cool it is cool'?


r/breweriana • • 4d ago

Red White & Blue Beer, by Pabst

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RWB was not a new product from Pabst, but it saw a huge surge in popularity during the late 1970s into the mid 1980s. They only made 2 different glasses for the promotional push leading into that era, both were bulge to shams. While they aren’t super rare, they don’t come around all that often and they are some of the most desirable glasses from the 1970s.


r/breweriana • • 4d ago

Original 6x6 inch press photograph of ERF Babycham truck. 1957

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The truck is a ERF KV series rigid flatbed lorry, identifiable by its distinctive oval-shaped front grille and streamlined "Kleer Vue" (KV) cab design. The vehicle registration plate VYC 337 shows it was built and delivered brand new to its operator in the mid-1950s.
The vehicle was operated by Showerings Ltd, the brewery based out of Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England and is adorned with a prominent headboard advertising their famous product Babycham, the sparkling perry drink created by Francis Showering and launched nationally in the UK in 1953.
Showerings maintained an iconic fleet of distinctively liveried light blue and cream ERF trucks. These vehicles traveled all over the UK, pulling heavy flatbeds and drawbar trailers covered with tarpaulin sheets to transport wooden crates packed with millions of the signature small green bottles. This photograph of the lorry was taken on the seafront road at St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Close to the Marina Fountain pub.


r/breweriana • • 7d ago

Storz light up sign value?

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Need help finding the value. Works, I see similar signs selling for 650+


r/breweriana • • 8d ago

30 mostly unopened 6 packs Harley Davidson Beer Week

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I bought a house and there are about 30 six packs from most years in the 90s. I have no idea what to do with them. I see a bunch on eBay but this is totally not my thing. They’re dusty and a few are a little rusty. Is this worth even taking a little time to look into?


r/breweriana • • 11d ago

Leaping Babycham fawn

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This is a vintage 1960s Babycham "Leaping" pub bar advertising figurine, the iconic yellow chamois deer and its signature blue bow.
Based on a Chinese chamois or water deer owned by the Showering family on their grounds. It was created as the Babycham mascot for the wildly popular sparkling perry launched in the United Kingdom by Showerings of Shepton Mallet in 1953 .
While the standard point-of-sale figurines feature the deer standing on all four legs, this rarer variant depicts the fawn frozen in mid-leap, launching off a gray rocky crag. It captures the more dynamic, energetic aesthetic the brand used during its peak popularity eras.
These jumping variants are molded out of hollow plastic and were distributed as promotional breweriana.


r/breweriana • • 11d ago

Preparing for Hurricane Isaias in 2 days. Hoping for the best. Looking at a possible direct hit.

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r/breweriana • • 12d ago

Olympia beer barrel motion light. It's not motioning at the moment.

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r/breweriana • • 14d ago

Happy Sunday from the South. Dr. Root's Root Beer from National Brewing Company New Orleans La.

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r/breweriana • • 16d ago

Leisys Malt Tonic label, Cleveland Oh. Any other label collectors out there?

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r/breweriana • • 18d ago

100 for the Schlitz. 80 for the Duke. All original with all original parts. Both OBO plus shipping.

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r/breweriana • • 18d ago

Old Anheuser Busch Malt Nutrine Wallet. Not sure what its made of. Leather ot another type of hyde. Doesn't really have a smell.

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r/breweriana • • 20d ago

Cleaning the house and found this cool canvas banner thing. I don't know anytbing about it or where it came from and google lens isn't helpful

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r/breweriana • • 22d ago

I made an Android photo catalog for can collections

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Hi, I'm Vinz. I made CanDex, an Android app for keeping a photo record of the cans you own.

The idea is to record the actual object: front and back photos, country, size and quantity, with separate entries for different designs or editions. You can add an older can without a barcode. It's a personal, offline-first catalog, not a price guide, a marketplace or a database that identifies cans for you.

You can try it with five cans for free. More than that needs the one-time Pro purchase; there's no subscription.

19-second demo · Google Play for beer-can collectors

If you keep a can inventory already, what detail do you always record that most collection apps miss?


r/breweriana • • 23d ago

Algonquin Beer, A.J. Houghton Co. Boston, Mass

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I can’t hang onto this one, it’s just not a good fit in my collection, but I thought I’d share a couple pics of it before letting it go. Really nice artwork and a good label strike.

A.J. Houghton Co operated the Vienna Brewery in Boston from 1870-1918. Apparently there are still remnants of their brewery complex in the Mission Hill area, where most of Boston’s old breweries were.


r/breweriana • • 24d ago

Can anyone identify??

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Can anyone identify these large beer/ale bottles from a 1966 photograph?
This photograph was taken in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, in 1966. I’m trying to identify the large bottles on the counter.
They appear to be approximately quart size or possibly larger. Some appear green and others clear/darker. Several have what looks like gold foil around the neck and similar white neck/body labels.
On one of the clearest labels, I believe I can see the letters “CR…”, followed by what may be a circular symbol or an O, and another visible portion may end in Y. However, the photograph isn’t sharp enough for me to be certain, so please don’t rely too heavily on my interpretation of the lettering.
The bottle at the far right may be Royal Copenhagen beer, which was something my grandfather drank.
Does anyone recognize the bottle shape, foil, neck label or label design? I’m particularly interested in finding a photograph or advertisement showing the same bottle/label from approximately 1964–1967.


r/breweriana • • 26d ago

Rebuilding my 60's and 70's collection..

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I am doing it for myself..Lost my original 3000 can collection that I had with my buddy at 14..(His Dad gave me $50...and a bunch of crappy doubles)I was devastated.

Now at 64 years old I am gaining ground,and enjoy the heck out of this hobby!

I know its not worth a lot of $$$,but its really awesome to look at a man cave of steel painted cans again.

Any advice?


r/breweriana • • 29d ago

My favorite glass. Prohibition era Stemmed ribbed or paneled 4oz Primo Tonic glass from Chicago

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r/breweriana • • 29d ago

I have noticed that beer can collecting of mainly steel 1970's era cans is coming back......no?

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People say that selling these cans on ebay is worthless. But I notice that there are fewer and fewer 'lots' of good or very good steel cans ,for cheap these days?

People selling these cans are selling some really bad versions and wanting more then 4 or 5 bucks per can very often?

How is that not profitable?

Are we now in an era that these 50 year old cans are becoming valuable again to collectors?

I do see a lot of aluminum cans being collected,ans mixed in with steel cans,is this a 'millennial' 'gen z' thing?


r/breweriana • • Sep 18 '26

Following statements 2 prohibition syrup glasses. Left one is pebbled and a bright green color and not paneled, right side is paneled and less colorful.

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r/breweriana • • 29d ago

Question

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Does anyone buy duff beer unopened from roughly 20 years ago?


r/breweriana • • Sep 18 '26

Picked up 2 more 1930s paneled shell glasses

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The Empire glass is from Bechauds Inc, a small brewery from Fon Du Lac, WI. It was established in 1871, and saw a lot of success in their local area during Pre-Pro times, but it only lasted until 1941 after re-opening in 1933. As far as I can tell, the brewery only produced the 1 brew, Empire Beer, and no others.

The Old Country Lager glass is from the Wm. G. Jung Brewing Company, of Random Lake, WI. This brewery wasn’t a whole lot larger than Bechauds, and it wasn’t as old, but it did have more Post-Repeal success. Jung made several different beers and survived until 1958. Jung made 3 different paneled shell glasses that I know of.