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Antique Beer Bottle Hall of Fame


Here are some of the best antique Beer bottles seen on the Internet. If you have a top Beer bottle that you would like to brag about here, then please submit JPG picture and description to rlynch@antiquebottles.com. Also indicate whether you would like to publicize your name/Email as the owner of the bottle.

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Anheuser-Busch blob top bottle with original label. See full size view.
Labeled sample size embossed FREDERICKSBURG BOTTLING CO. S.F. with monogram. Label reads "FREDERICKSBURG BOTTLING COMPANY LAGER BEER 1510 & 1512 ELLIS STREET TEL 4366 SAN FRANCISCO CAL". See embossed side and closeup of label.
Augusta Brewing Co. Augusta , GA in rare citron color.
DENVER. ALE. BREWING Co
W. McC & Co. PITTS PA

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Blown at McCully’s glass house in Pittsburgh.
Sparking mint example that sold on eBay to Larry Brown, Email: lpbco@worldnet.att.net.
This bottle picture was also used in the July 2000 issue of the FOHBC magazine (page 29).
Larry contributed the following info on this rare bottle:

It is one of only two whole Denver Ale pints known and the only olive green one - the other is amber. Also, as far as I can determine, only the shards of up to 3 other pints have been dug in all the years that people have been digging in Colorado. The quart Denver Ale, although still a very good bottle, is much more common, with (many?) more than 30 whole specimens known, all but one of which are shades of amber. That one exception is also olive green. Chances are the pint came first and was replaced with the quart when drinkers demanded more per purchase. This would account for the smaller number of pints known since once the quarts began selling, there would be no real market for the pints and those bottles would have been destroyed. ... Records do show that both the pints and quarts had to have been territorial, as Colorado did not become a state until 1876. There are 3 (4 if you count the pint and quart Denver Ales as one each) different recognized Colorado territorial bottles and all of them were "beers" from Denver - the Endlich & Good, the Borcherdt, and the Denver Ale. With the exception of the pint Denver Ale, there are approximately 30 or more known good examples of each, and to the best of my knowledge, the pint I purchased is the only "non-dug" example of any of them.
J.J. HOTTENSTINE & BRO / ALLENTOWN / PENNa

C. CONRAD / ORIGINAL / BUDWEISER

beer bottle in rare citron color.

South Dakota beer with closure in rare citron color.


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