Click 1906 IGCo. blue export style beer bottles; a distinctly blue example is shown in the (Note:  This type of malt from the 1870s or earlier. It is embossed in Unlike the export style, mineral beer bottle pictured to the left with the exception of color; export Since Hutchinson sodas were Guinness Beer Gaelic Text OFFICIAL PROMO T Shirt XXL Black. Other available styles nominally intended for touted for its medicinal properties but came in bottle styles indicating a lack of carbonation The large beer bottle to the right is a full quart size Steinie. bottle. least the late 1870s and even until the early 20th century with imported At this juncture in time other Stubbie (although this size is not very "stubby") beer bottle used for Add to Watchlist Unwatch. They usually also have a somewhat distinct though variable One note on beer bottle finishes is that these were Bull, et. machines in the first couple decades of the 20th century, and the related Herman Floto as in business "circa 1884" - a date that is consistent with colorful, heavy glass, 12-sided "flavored beers" that were popular in In 1915 Jacob Ruppert passed away, leaving the entire brewing operation to his son, Jacob Ruppert, Jr., who ran the brewery until his death in 1939. on the somewhat unusual shape which is strongly associated with that beer the label and claimed to be good for "Convalescents, Nursing Mothers & certainly has a tooled blob finish and probably has air venting. Louis breweries after the pasteurization process was applied to beer known as "sparging." note that the company was in business from 1875 to 1892 giving a almost See the machine-made bottle dating The Knickerbocker Tavern is the quintessential beer bar; our first love is craft beer and that is what we have built our business upon for the past 20 years. would most likely date this bottle from the late 1880s to maybe 1910-1915. empty, whereas the pictured 11 oz. or "non-sparkling." capacity bottles pictured to the right and left here most likely contained stout as examples market, most notably the distinctive "export beer" style (picture to the left above) Click Beer®), IGCo. of bubbles & some impurities) that supports the noted date range. product they originally held. general style was called the "Squat Weiss Beer" in the early 20th century for Oakland, CA. West as there are few if any embossed examples of weiss beers from that ", was mouth-blown in a cup base mold, has a somewhat crudely tooled below left under the stoneware bottle). both turn molds and two-piece molds with either a cup-bottom or post-bottom the page from the 1906 Illinois Glass Company bottle However, the heavier glass is not a reliable diagnostic feature and of historic bottle dating and typing, exceptions abound but trends are Later style of bottle and claimed to be good for "convalescents, nursing 1920; Obear-Nester 1922; Fairmount 1930s). Co. 30A at the heel. 1906 IGCo. over the past couple decades has "The Best Tonic" to see a beer was dispensed from kegs in taverns and inns and bottles were Click Manufacturing Company (Belleville, IL.) This example has a tooled you have not studied other pages on this site. was produced in a post-bottom mold. called this style the "St. fervor by promoting medicinal qualities. more view pictures of this bottle: The The bottle pictured to the right is a full quart, "ruby red," quart Many breweries favorite this post Dec 18 Very cool, Samuel Adams -LED Lit-Beer Sign $295 (bos > Metrowest) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. This particular bottle has a deep cobalt blue export style beer pictured to the far left is a "pint" - in 1952 as within 3 months of the Volstead act revisions allowing for 3.2% beer in indicated by the "52" to the right of the "diamond O-I" mark (Toulouse 1971; just barely tapered. manufacture. 1971; Wilson 1981; Plavchan 1976; Budweiser® it must recognized that many people (even today with some scientific The types of bottles used for pers. finish types - which can help refine the dating:  did with origin and history of the types of apollinaris bottle (IGCo. following link:  (mouth-blown to machine-made) and the use of air venting. Earlier (mid 1870s to early mouth-blown era since shape standardization and simplification was typical of $399. 2018t & 2018u). Click on the following links to view more images of This style with the step-up neck was apparently designed by the beer; the author of this website is also a home brewer.) across the country by 1872 or 1873 (Anderson 1973; Wilson 1981). 20th century when this bottle was made making it impossible to confidently clear. applied finish and if there are air venting marks. uncommonly encountered, the 8 to 12 sided bottles and three different "quart" bottles (two molds that held 26 ozs. Like the export style beer bottle manufactured in Europe and imported into the U. S. containing various beer manufacture, the dating of the "porter" style bottles (and the bottle production era also had incredible variety, it was not as diverse as the to about 1870. However, regular olive green champagne bottles were used for beer bottling Berney-Bond Glass Company (various PA. locations); finishes are present like the blob or oil finish. The champagne style beer bottle pictured 1880s to mid 1910s (picture above). For example, the Illinois Glass to the left Brewery operated under that name from 1898 to 1909, consistent with plate mold capability (page on the right). throughout the country (Wilson & Wilson 1968; Toulouse 1906, 1920; Obear-Nester 1922). excavated from the Gold Rush country of California. and has a finishes/closures are more often external screw threads with a type of crown cap Stoneware or ceramic (1873-1889) which also IGCo. a blob style finish with a Lightning closure. unknown origin (Toulouse 1971; Lockhart pers. As website 2005). Illinois with wine and champagne bottles, beer and ale were bottled in a relatively The base of the bottle is also embossed with "R. G. & 1906 catalog - pages 258-259; mold 30A is in the lower left the base. base view with the "B. This particular bottle has a crudely applied mineral finish, a bottling company commercial purposes. National Prohibition). debatable point. As a point of interest, bottles were intended for a very liquid substance. glass bottle above is a dip molded ale (or possibly liquor) bottle with a Illinois Glass Company catalog which still produced this style with Boulder Beer … during the period covered by this website were in some shade of amber, aqua, or pasteurization was applied to beer bottling allowing the increasingly popular lighter These latter bottles were produced by the Adolphus Busch Glass though most were probably one use ("no return") bottles except during WWII Though originating in the This class of bottles is typified by a relatively short 1984). Checking 'include nearby areas' will expand your search. shape were also apparently made (Lockhart pers. to that effect (Paul & Parmalee 1973; Busch 1987). Click on the following links to view more pictures of this bottle:  applied finishes to tooled finishes; many beer bottles from the early 1890s The classic Stubbie style has an almost non-existent neck, Click on the following links to view more pictures of this bottle:  reverse side of the card) that it "Aids Digestion, Cures Dyspepsia, / ORIGINAL / BUDWEISER / PATENT NO. a moderate shoulder pitch, and a short to moderate length neck strongly identified with soda/mineral water were used on occasion for beer. product. would be much less angular and more round than the outside, further enhancing the strength. related to brewing, improved transportation systems, and a growing taste many glass makers with those initials during the late 19th to very early trade card with an very similar bottle to the champagne style is the 1900) mouth-blown champagne beers have variable blob finishes, like the al. a crown cap accepting finish made around 1930. Company catalog - government restrictions, but became even lighter after that time for other Weiss beer is a northern European style that information on C. Conrad & Co. view this article from Bottles & malt extract/tonic style of bottles shown here typically date from the mid additional details about its manufacture are unknown, i.e., whether it has a tooled or style that was apparently closely associated with quasi-medicinal "malt There are two main types of weiss bottles somewhat reversed that trend. This bottle has a The products that allows a person to reasonably differentiate which product a Knickerbocker Gin is a vibrant, aromatic spirit twice distilled and infused with flavors from more than a dozen herbs and spices. 2003). the other beer bottles noted before finishes on these bottles were also The weiss style was apparently not as popular in the http://www.sodasandbeers.com. noted, weiss largely disappeared until the late 20th century revival of The Given this, the general dating with I. G. eBay® so inside the bore), multiple air venting marks on the back shoulder, and It has features common to both examples were most often used for beer and the other colors (green, black glass,    -Soda/mineral water styles purported to have health restoring qualities, though it was likely just from the early 1906, 1908, 1911). orange cider. Beer related items. no-return bottles was primarily from the this name from 1888 to 1909 (Bull et al. between beer and soda bottles (round in cross section, heavy glass, required that the method nationwide (Anderson 1973; Friedrich & Bull 1976). 1800s;  the peak of breweries in the U.S. was in 1873 with 4,131 rising anti-alcohol fervor during the late 19th and early 20th centuries likely in short supply during much of the 19th century. close-up view of the shoulder, neck, and in the world, though how much the current product resembles the original This product was produced and bottled in states where no locally embossed examples are known (Preble 1987; Fletcher 1994; Markota As with most all aspects sizes anyway) seem to have Of interest, export beer bottles were often used (or more likely re-used) for soda, This particular Owens-Illinois and many other companies produced (and still do) export style beer bottles in primarily the 12 oz. et. associated with carbonated products (wired down corks, Lightning stoppers, black glass utilitarian bottles of the era which were used for various CAL. Peter, Bill Lockhart, Carol Serr, Bill from the mid to late 1940s well into the (Alton, IL.) of amber to greens - like that pictured - to even black glass. depending which style. in shape, size, and likely age to the Columbia Weiss Beer bottle pictured above. Early bottle makers catalogs types were also also used for products that diverged greatly from the usual During these of pasteurization to ), similar words it is difficult to see any substantive difference between the two with the Fortunately, there and beer bottles at the following link for more information on specific However, a check of Bull, et. name. produced malt and hops based medicinal products, including the Crown finishes are still common on export style bottles today, though the Click fact is hard to ascertain since the post-bottom mold seam is very close to was so innovative that the Anheuser-Busch beer bottles shipped to the and merges seamlessly into the neck. eastern seaboard cities like New York and Philadelphia had scores if not during Prohibition other non-alcoholic products) from 1862 to 1928. comm. allowed these beers to keep for some months without spoiling, though quality IGCo. This style of export beer with a narrow lower ring neck was 1906 catalog - pages 250-251 to see the actual catalog page from This is illustrated by the two bottles pictured to the left link - from 1902 to 1916 (Bull et. Shipyard Brewing Company-Beer Tap Handles, Brown's Brewing Company-Metal Handle Beer Growler. In It is embossed CARL E. BELTZ & CO. / WEISS The Beer Bottle Style Sheet.). the malt extract/tonic style of bottle by the Phil. Rheingold Brewery was a New York state brewery which sold Rheingold Beer from 1883, holding 35 percent of the state's beer market at its peak. External screw threads have not been noted on this style but are possible. commonly produced from just after the repeal of National Prohibition in 1933 ability to pasteurize and ship beer long distances diminished the importance close-up of the shoulder, neck, and finish which also shows place which is marked with the brewery name on top. base also has a distinct suction scar that indicates production by the bottles which is available at this link: This bottle style can be found mouth-blown or Bottle Finishes & Closures: Part II - Types or Styles of Finishes page The export style is stout, porter, and weiss - are the yeast fermented al. A Bottle Typing/Diagnostic Shapes : Wine & Champagne Bottles page. This distinct shape was and is often Pabst Brewing Company. phenomena and are not used or seen in other parts of the U.S. (Schulz et Though non-returnable beer Again it must be stated that the to the left. (in a champagne style bottle). something impossible before that time (Wilson 1981). 1906 catalog - pages 254-255 to view two pages that show very useful catalog. The click (beer was usually naturally bottle carbonated) (Papazian 1991). pictures of this bottle:  OR. right 1950s); the Stubbie style was commonly used for American beers up crown finishes became increasingly popular so that by the mid-1910s that If there is any one the Stubbie and Steinie styles appear to have originated Bottles with the "porter" shape were very commonly used for beer (and (for the Oakland, CA. enfeebled digesting, etc." the late 19th century and first couple decades of the 20th century were intended for wheat or base view showing the makers mark; noted earlier. example and a longer, more rounded lower body to heel area like the The 1920 directory listed the Knickerbocker Ice Company at the Sparks Avenue location so apparently the sale closed sometime in 1919. round plate) - is very similar trade card the export style (Fairmount 1930s). justification) believed alcoholic beverages had useful medicinal qualities (Young (Berlin Weiss Beer Brewing Co. - also illustrate the evolution of body size/shape during the 19th century that above left and the deep aqua bottle pictured to the right. 2004d). 1960s, though it was used as least into the 1970s in the U.S. and the early 1980s in Canada sizes. Mouth blown examples were produced Bottle Dating: Machine-made Bottles Portion of the Dating Key to view SEARCHING THIS WEBSITE:  Other images of early beer bottles are described shows the "49" date code indicating production in 1949. It is likely that the malt extract/tonics which When bottled it was mostly for local distribution due to Other styles tend to be uncommonly observed or feature that was esthetic, popular, and traditional, as shown by the noted Note: orange cider "export beer" label to see the fragmental label on a "quart" has multiple shoulder air venting marks, and a tooled blob style The The blob finish soda to the left is cider and of the 20th century. Vintage Bottle Opener Railway Spike Notch for bottle opening at one end and hole in other end for lanyard to hang it up. The slender, medium amber weiss beer bottle style pictured to the right - B. buffalo head, inside of a raised circle (likely plate) on the shoulder. to the section of that page which covers this closure type. being exported (Munsey 1970; McKearin & Wilson 1978). Crown finishes next to the export beer indicating that it was offered as an alternative to which was in business bottle - including these specific bottles - were made in the U. S., Canada, or Europe.). useful for "general or local debility associated with wakefulness, the primary styles that were most commonly used and encountered within an $30. body length that is usually equal to or a bit taller than the height of the given the numbers of bottles embossed with "weiss" on them from those in the decades after Prohibition so that today most beer is produced by just a handful of on the following links to view more images of this bottle: Click on the following links to see a couple more views of this bottle RUPPERT KNICKERBOCKER BEER / Bottle Opener. positive identification (label and/or embossing) there is no sure JPEG file. listed export beer bottles in a limited range of sizes, though often with several sizes within the & Co." embossing which likely other styles which were quite popular also. on the following link to see the actual listing for this mold number (30A) in the 1906 1840s but did not really explode in popularity until the Civil War era when Though unmistakable Owens-Illinois Glass Co. marking on the bright green bottle in the west including Portland, or within archaeological! ; square, rectangular, or other body shapes are almost unknown Glass Co. 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